Ella Al-Shamahi
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
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Jungle Mystery: Lost Kingdoms Of The Amazon
Character: Self - Presenter
Archaeologist and explorer Ella al-Shamahi heads for South America, in search of legendary cities and civilisations...
Our Changing Planet
Character: Self - Presenter
An ambitious seven-year natural history series documenting six of the planet's most threatened ecosystems and meeting the people fighting to restore the Earth’s delicate balance....
Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb
Character: Self - Presenter
In 1922, the tomb of Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun was unearthed. Soon tales spread of a deadly jinx. Now the extraordinary scientific truth of the 'Pharaoh's Curse' is revealed....
What Killed the Whale?
Character: Host
Biologist Ella Al-Shamahi joins a specialist autopsy into the death of a 40-foot sei whale, which washed up near Edinburgh....
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
Character: Herself - Presenter
According to recent science the Neanderthals are not the knuckle-dragging apemen of popular imagination. In fact they are our distant ancestors. About 2% of the DNA of most people is of Neanderthal origin—and it continues to affect us today. Ella Al-Shamahi enlists the skills of Andy Serkis, the master of performance capture, and a group of experts to investigate Neanderthals....
Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis
Character: Self - Presenter
Exploring the bustling oases where elephants, lions, leopards and hundreds of other species meet and compete for water....
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What Killed the Whale?
Character: Self - Presenter
In this critical investigation into the most arresting victims of the climate emergency, biologist Ella Al-Shamahi joins a specialist autopsy into the death of a 40-foot sei whale, which washed up near Edinburgh. Across the 90-minute single doc, Ella sets out to uncover why whales are dying in record numbers and whether or not the crisis is man-made....
Tut's Toxic Tomb
Character: Self
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores the gripping science behind an astonishing Egyptian legend as she investigates whether toxins inside Tutankhamun's tomb and among the pharaoh's treasures could explain a number of mysterious deaths....
Viking Warrior Women
Character: Herself
Using original excavation data combined with cutting edge computer graphics, we recreate the grave of a mighty viking warrior woman as never seen before....