Building the Great Pyramid

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| alt_name = Pyramid

| image = BBC Pyramid DVD Cover.jpg

| caption = BBC DVD Cover

| genre = Documentary

| creator =

| writer = {{unbulleted list |Jonathan Stamp | Steven Manuel }}

| director = Jonathan Stamp

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| starring = {{unbulleted list | Hisham Abdullah | Mohamed Awad }}

| voices = {{unbulleted list | Omar Sharif (Nakht - original) | Abdullah Mahmoud (Younger Nakht - original) | Hisham Abdullah (Deba - original) | Mohamed Awad (Kaem-ah - original) | Christian Brückner }}

| narrated = {{unbulleted list | Michael Pennington (original) | Tom Hewitt | Marc Bator }}

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| composer = {{unbulleted list | Jonathan Cooper | Martyn Swain }}

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| executive_producer = Steven Manuel

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| runtime = 60 minutes

| channel = BBC One

| released = {{Start date|2002|10|28|df=y}}

| related = {{unbulleted list | Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death | Pompeii: The Last Day }}

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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

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

=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 | access-date=22 July 2008 | author= | last= | first= | author-link= | date=6 February 2006 | format= | publisher=BBC Shop | pages= | doi= | archive-url= | archive-date= | quote= }}