Ancient Egypt By TrainSeason 1, Episode 2 - The Pyramids

Professor Alice Roberts arrives in Cairo by train carrying a book she first read as a youth, 'A Thousand Miles Up The Nile' by Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Edwards. Alice follows Edwards' footsteps to the Great Pyramids and is allowed to climb deep inside to see the tomb and sarcophagus of the pharaoh Khufu. In the Great Museum Alice is besotted by Tutankhamun, in Saqqara she learns how and why the pyramids came about, and she even finds time for a spot of shopping in a Cairo souk.

Ancient Egypt By Train was broadcast on SBS ONE at Friday 12 April 2024, 10:30. This episode was initially placed on Sunday 19 February 2023.