Ancient Egypt by Train

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