Building the Great Pyramid

*Building the Great Pyramid*
Building the Great Pyramid
	BBC DVD Cover
Also known as	Pyramid
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;
Composers	Jonathan Cooper; Martyn Swain;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Steven Manuel
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	28 October 2002
Related
	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[edit]

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

Awards[edit]

Primetime Emmy Award 2003
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
International Emmy Awards 2004
- Nominated: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

Media information[edit]

DVD release[edit]

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

Companion book[edit]

Jackson, Kevin; & Jonathan Stamp (10 October 2002). Pyramid. BBC Books (hardcover). ISBN 978-0-563-48803-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Jackson, Kevin; & Jonathan Stamp (1 February 2003). Building the Great Pyramid. Firefly Books (paperbook). ISBN 978-1-55297-719-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)