Pyramid

00:00:14 and there is nothing to be seen in this part of the Sahara Desert...

00:03:13 They brought me here to labor on a task that mystified me.

00:05:19 about great stone steps he'd built into the sky.

00:07:34 cliffs, fields...

00:09:43 It was a shape that symbolized life

00:11:53 There were boats loaded with everything you can imagine -

00:14:30 to form the pyramid core.

00:17:36 At home, everything we ate, we caught or grew ourselves

00:20:32 Each man would take a blunt chisel, soften it in fire, re-shape the tip

00:22:58 but we were kept on.

00:25:04 The pyramid already towered above the desert floor.

00:27:27 for the construction of the upper burial chamber.

00:30:16 "A fertile field for her lord."

00:32:53 one of the King's men now.

00:34:40 There is a gash about 30 feet high

00:37:30 of what we were doing at Giza

00:39:52 His journey is described in many ways - as a falcon

00:42:19 Each one weighed upward of 50 tons

00:44:04 that would tax any modern construction engineer.

00:46:17 but beneath there was a plug of rock left protruding.

00:49:01 there were also three smaller pyramids for his queens.

00:52:26 The Great Pyramid was about to fulfill the purpose

00:54:47 They will share eternal possession of his crown.

04:00:00 humans have considered this -