BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The season opener for the Discovery Channel series “Expedition Unknown” is as big as it gets in the archeology world. Host Josh Gates goes inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid to look at one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

In the two-part program scheduled to air 9 p.m. Wednesdays on the cable channel, Gates unravels long-held conspiracy theories about how this marvel of engineering was truly built. Using first-of-its-kind 3D scans of a mysterious tunnel system, Gates executes a daring experiment to replicate the Pyramid’s construction, uncovering a labyrinth of secrets buried deep beneath the stone.

“The Pyramid is a really enigmatic structure. It was built 4,500 years ago. It was the tallest building in the world when it was built, and it remained the t

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