Pyramid (2002)

Director
Jonathan Stamp

Main cast
Hisham Abdullah; Mohamed Awad; Marc Bator; Omar Sharif

Genres
Documentary

Description
For four thousand years men have marvelled at the Great Pyramid of Giza and asked two questions: how was it built and why? To answer those questions we will travel back in time. By combining the latest archaeological research with the most up-to-date visual technology we can for the first time see the Pyramid through the eyes of the men who built it.


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