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.
Not quite documentary, not quite drama, this reenactment of a fictional conscript’s life building the Great Pyramid of Giza is best described as docudrama. Omar Sharif voices the thoughts of the aged Nakht remembering the moment Egyptian soldiers drafted him into the king’s service.
The 57-minute film re-creates the boat trip up the Nile and his ascent through the ranks,
from delivering water to helping haul 2.5-ton blocks up ramps for the king’s tomb.
Interspersed are narrator Michael Pennington’s historical assertions, along with contrasting footage of
what the pyramid looks like today.
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