Building the Great Pyramid

Pyramid
BBC DVD Cover
Genre	Documentary
Written by	Jonathan Stamp Steven Manuel
Directed by	Jonathan Stamp
Starring	Hisham Abdullah Mohamed Awad
Voices of	Omar Sharif Christian Brückner
Narrated by	Michael Pennington Tom Hewitt Marc Bator
Composer(s)	Jonathan Cooper Martyn Swain
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Distributor	BBC Worldwide
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Two
Original airing	28 October 2002
Chronology
Related shows	Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death Pompeii: The Last Day

Pyramid aka Building the Great Pyramid is a 2002 BBC Television documentary film which tells the story of the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza through the commentary of the fictional builder, Nakht.

Production

The film was produced by the BBC in co-production with the Discovery Channel and NDR.

Awards

International Emmy Awards 2004
- Nominated: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

Media information

DVD release

Released on Region 2 DVD as a bonus disc with Egypt.^[1]

Companion book

Jackson, Kevin; & Jonathan Stamp (10 October 2002). Pyramid. BBC Books (hardcover). ISBN 978-0-563-48803-3.
Jackson, Kevin; & Jonathan Stamp (1 February 2003). Building the Great Pyramid. Firefly Books (paperbook). ISBN 978-1-55297-719-4.

References

↑ "Egypt". BBC Shop. 6 February 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2008.

External links

Pyramid at the Internet Movie Database