Ancient Egypt by Train with Alice Roberts
The Pyramids
Season 1 Episode 2 of 4
Alice arrives in Cairo by train and follows in the footsteps of Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Edwards. The journey takes her to the Great Pyramids, where she is allowed to climb deep inside to see the tomb and sarcophagus of the pharaoh Khufu. In Saqqara she learns how and why the pyramids came about, and even finds time for a spot of shopping in a Cairo souk
Ancient Egypt by Train with Alice Roberts airs on More4 at 10:00 PM, Monday 29 September. (Subtitles, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
History
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Alice Roberts
Presenter