In Ancient Egypt a revolution is brewing. A powerful pharaoh and his legendary architect begin the planet's most ambitious building project, setting off a chain of events that will utterly transform the country.
Why did the Pharaoh Snefru order three giant pyramids built - each the largest monuments on the planet at the time? To hold on to power this new king will marry his sister, conquer new territories and reorganize his entire country.
Egypt's Great Pyramid was built by a pharaoh with a reputation for cruelty. Now archaeologists are hunting for the truth about this king and his tomb, exposing strange ceremonies and an incredible lost city of the pyramid builders.
King Khufu orders his subjects to build the largest pyramid ever. If the resurrection machine isn't complete before he dies, his dreams of immortality could be dashed. Archaeologists unearth a remarkable lost manuscript.
Egyptologists think that investigating the turmoil of succession after a kings death could solve Egypt's most enduring mystery: The riddle of the Sphinx. This is a story of lies, betrayal, and history's most enigmatic statue.
The pyramid building age transformed Egypt. But cracks in the country's unity are beginning to show. Religious transformation, climate change and a weak pharaoh are about to bring the age of the pyramids to a crushing end.
