In Ancient Egypt, 4,700 years ago, a revolution is brewing. The most ambitious building project on the planet sets off a chain of events which will transform the history. Buried in the sands of Egypt is a tale of a powerful pharaoh who would become a god and revolutionise Egypt. The legend of the world's first pyramid and its pharaoh Djoser.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the world's most famous tomb built, by Khufu, a pharaoh with a reputation for cruelty. Was Khufu really a megalomaniac ready to sacrifice his people in his pursuit of the perfect path to the afterlife? Now, archaeologists are hunting for the truth about this king and his pyramid, exposing strange ceremonies and an incredible lost city of the pyramid workers.