Building the Great Pyramid

Infobox Television
show_name = Pyramid


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genre = Documentary
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writer = nowrap beginJonathan Stamp·wrap Steven Manuelnowrap end
director = Jonathan Stamp
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starring = nowrap beginHisham Abdullah·wrap Mohamed Awadnowrap end
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narrated = nowrap beginflagicon|UK Michael Pennington·wrapflagicon|USA Tom Hewitt·wrap flagicon|Germany Marc Batornowrap end
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composer = nowrap beginJonathan Cooper·wrap Martyn Swainnowrap end
country = UK
language = English
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distributor = BBC Worldwide
exec_producer = Steven Manuel
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runtime = 60 minutes
channel = BBC Two
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first_aired = October 28, 2002
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"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".cite web | url=http://www.bbcshop.com/History/Egypt-DVD/invt/bbcdvd1751 | title=Egypt | accessdate=2008-07-22 | author= | last= | first= | authorlink= | coauthors= | date=2006-02-06 | year= | month= | format= | work= | publisher=BBC Shop | pages= | language=English | doi= | archiveurl= | archivedate= | quote= ]

Companion book

*cite book
date = Oct 10, 2002
title = Pyramid
last = Jackson
first = Kevin; & Jonathan Stamp
publisher = BBC Books (hardcover)
id = ISBN 978-0563488033
*cite book
date = Feb 1, 2003
title = Building the Great Pyramid
last = Jackson
first = Kevin; & Jonathan Stamp
publisher = Firefly Books (paperbook)
id = ISBN 978-1552977194

References