''Pyramid'' aka ''Building the Great Pyramid'' is a 2002

BBC Television BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1 January 1927. It p ...

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

which tells the story of the building of the

Great Pyramid The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Built , over a period of about 26 years, the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wond ...

Giza Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza''; , , ' ) is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo. It is the capital of ...

through the commentary of the fictional builder, Nakht.

Production

The film was produced by the BBC in co-production with the

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and NDR.

Awards

* Primetime Emmy Award 2003 ** Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special *

International Emmy Award The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York City, New York–based International Academy of Televisi ...

s 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 Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

''.

Companion book

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References

External links

* 2002 television films 2002 films Films set in the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt British docudrama films Pyramids Discovery Channel original programming BBC television documentaries about prehistoric and ancient history 2000s British films British drama television films {{hist-documentary-film-stub