"EXPEDITION UNKNOWN: EGYPT LIVE" Premieres Live on Both Coasts Sunday, April 7, at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT on Discovery

(LOS ANGELES) - Discovery Channel's epic 2-hour live event 'EXPEDITION UNKNOWN: EGYPT LIVE, hosted by adventurer and avid explorer Josh Gates premieres live on both coasts this Sunday, April 7 at 8 PM ET/ 5 PM PT. The live special will give viewers the rare opportunity to see the inner chambers of an excavation site, where archeologists recently uncovered a network of vertical shafts leading to an underground network of tunnels and tombs with 40 mummies believed to be part of the noble elite. The broadcast will also simulcast on Travel Channel and Science Channel and air in nearly 100 markets around the world on Discovery.

Josh Gates will be joined by an all-star team of adventurers including TV personality Chris Jacobs; world-renowned Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass; and Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt for the 2-hour live multiplatform event. The epic event will be produced by Discovery Studios and Ping Pong Productions in association with Big Dreams Entertainment with Leslie Greif as executive producer.

Followers of @Discovery on Instagram will be given a behind the scenes look during the live broadcast with additional insights and exciting moments led by our team of expert archeologists and historians. Viewers are also invited to join conversation on Twitter using hashtag #ExpeditionUnknown for a chance to be featured on-air and watch past seasons of EXPEDITION UNKNOWN on Discovery GO. Host Josh Gates can be found on Facebook: @joshgatesofficial, Twitter: @joshuagates, and Instagram: @gatesygram.