Aired Sunday 18 February, 7:45pm - 8:45pmon Channel 4 +1

Ancient Egypt by Train

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