The BBC’s 2002 docudrama *Building the Great Pyramid* stands as a landmark in historical storytelling, blending documentary rigour with cinematic flair. Emerging in the wake of *Walking with Dinosaurs* (1999), which revolutionised palaeontological documentaries through CGI, this film applied similar techniques to human history. Directed by Jonathan Stamp and co-produced with the Discovery Channel and Germany’s NDR,…







