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.
Production
Reconstructions that make you forget it's 2002 CGI.
Acting
Omar Sharif's voice could narrate your taxes and you'd weep.
Director
Jonathan Stamp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stamp filmed actual archaeological sites that were later damaged in the 2011 revolution — this footage is now unintentionally precious.
The 'dramatized' segments were controversial; historians argued Nakht's invented emotional arc projected modern individualism onto collective ancient labor.
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