Aired Sunday 18 February, 6:45pm - 7:45pmon Channel 4 HD

Ancient Egypt by Train

Name: 6:45pm - Series 1 Episode 2
Start: 2024-02-18T18:45:00Z
End: 2024-02-18T19:45:00Z
Location: Channel 4 HD

Series 1 Episode 2: Cairo

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.

Category: Documentary / History / Miniseries
Original air date: 19/02/2023

Cast and crew

Paul CromptonDirector
Jonathan StowDirector
Alice Roberts