Pyramid

Oct 28, 2002

0h 58m

★ 6.0

Overview

Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that even with our 21st-century technology, we could not build anything like it today. Based on the most up-to-date research and the latest archaeological discoveries, here is how the Pyramid came to be.

Genres

Documentary

Drama

Production Companies

BBC

Discovery

NDR

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Cast

Nakht (voice)

Omar Sharif

Narrator (voice)

Michael Pennington

Nakht

Abdullah Mahmoud

Deba

Hisham Abdullah

Karem-ah

Mohamed Awad

Abdullah Mahmoud

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