1 00:00:05,467 --> 00:00:12,067 The boys looked for a way to get to the Pharaoh’s pyramid. 2 00:00:12,068 --> 00:00:16,203 “There!” Akhom pointed. 3 00:00:16,204 --> 00:00:20,274 “We can sail to the Pharaoh’s pyramid in that boat!” 4 00:00:20,275 --> 00:00:23,576 “It looks like half a banana,” 5 00:00:23,577 --> 00:00:28,747 laughed Vinnie, describing the large sailing ship. 6 00:00:28,748 --> 00:00:33,086 “No. That small one,” corrected Akhom. 7 00:00:33,087 --> 00:00:37,376 The big boat was pulling a smaller one. 8 00:00:37,377 --> 00:00:41,085 Men were loading baskets onto the smaller boat. 9 00:00:41,086 --> 00:00:45,872 “Someone special must be going to visit the site,” said Akhom. 10 00:00:45,873 --> 00:00:49,211 “How do you know?” asked Vinnie. 11 00:00:49,212 --> 00:00:53,539 “All those baskets are food,” explained Akhom. 12 00:00:53,540 --> 00:00:57,336 “They only prepare that much food for the royal family. 13 00:00:57,337 --> 00:01:01,015 They must be going for a visit to the pyramid.” 14 00:01:01,016 --> 00:01:04,150 “Let’s jump on!” said Vinnie. 15 00:01:04,151 --> 00:01:09,800 The boys snuck into the small boat and hid among the food baskets. 16 00:01:09,801 --> 00:01:14,655 In the larger boat, twenty men picked up their long oars. 17 00:01:14,656 --> 00:01:18,007 They pushed and pulled the oars. 18 00:01:18,008 --> 00:01:24,147 The wind filled the gigantic sail and the small boat followed. 19 00:01:24,148 --> 00:01:27,279 The boys sailed down the Nile. 20 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:35,341 From the boat, Vinnie could see all kinds of interesting things off shore. 21 00:01:35,342 --> 00:01:39,885 A farmer pushed a wooden plough through a field of wheat. 22 00:01:39,886 --> 00:01:43,670 Another large ship sailed beside them. 23 00:01:43,671 --> 00:01:47,142 It carried a huge white block of stone. 24 00:01:47,143 --> 00:01:50,879 “What’s that?” he whispered to Akhom. 25 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:55,750 “That’s one of the blocks used for building a pyramid,” Akhom answered. 26 00:01:55,751 --> 00:01:59,535 “Pyramids are made of hundreds of heavy blocks of stone.” 27 00:01:59,536 --> 00:02:03,906 “That must take a lot of time and work,” said Vinnie. 28 00:02:03,907 --> 00:02:09,349 “Some say we make more stones than there are stars,” explained Akhom. 29 00:02:09,350 --> 00:02:12,355 “Thousands of people work on the Pharaoh’s pyramid. 30 00:02:12,356 --> 00:02:16,606 They started to build it before I was born.” 31 00:02:16,607 --> 00:02:18,733 “When will it be finished?” 32 00:02:18,734 --> 00:02:22,007 Vinnie asked in a surprised voice. 33 00:02:22,008 --> 00:02:26,206 Akhom shrugged. “Perhaps in a couple of years. 34 00:02:26,207 --> 00:02:30,154 Maybe by the time I marry.” 35 00:02:30,155 --> 00:02:35,625 Suddenly Vinnie saw a pair of blinking eyes staring from the water. 36 00:02:35,626 --> 00:02:40,487 “Akhom! Is that a crocodile?” Vinnie pointed. 37 00:02:40,488 --> 00:02:42,493 Akhom shook his head. 38 00:02:42,494 --> 00:02:44,379 “No, that’s a hippo. 39 00:02:44,380 --> 00:02:46,649 Look! There’s a crocodile!” 40 00:02:46,650 --> 00:02:52,045 Akhom pointed to a reptile lying in the sand. 41 00:02:52,046 --> 00:02:56,361 Further on the shore, they could see the Pharaoh’s pyramid. 42 00:02:56,362 --> 00:02:58,675 The boats slowed down. 43 00:02:58,676 --> 00:03:01,957 Men shouted orders at each other. 44 00:03:01,958 --> 00:03:06,923 “When we reach the shore, run for the pyramid,” Akhom instructed. 45 00:03:06,924 --> 00:03:14,756 When the boys jumped off the boat, Vinnie was surprised by the sight of the pyramid in real life. 46 00:03:14,757 --> 00:03:21,419 “Whoa!” he said, as he stopped to look up at the huge structure. 47 00:03:21,420 --> 00:03:26,391 Facing the sunset, the pyramid looked very majestic. 48 00:03:26,392 --> 00:03:31,373 Each side of its base was the length of two soccer fields. 49 00:03:31,374 --> 00:03:36,489 Though it seemed already quite tall, the workers were adding more blocks. 50 00:03:36,490 --> 00:03:42,172 Vinnie saw thousands of men pulling the heavy white blocks of stone. 51 00:03:42,173 --> 00:03:45,963 The boys climbed a ramp that led into the pyramid. 52 00:03:45,964 --> 00:03:48,646 Behind them, a voice shouted, 53 00:03:48,647 --> 00:03:52,206 “You, boys, stop! What are you doing here?” 54 00:03:52,207 --> 00:03:57,744 "The guards!” yelled Akhom. “Run, Vinnie! Run!” 55 00:03:57,745 --> 00:04:01,637 The boys ran up a ramp toward the pyramid. 56 00:04:01,638 --> 00:04:08,161 The guards followed closely behind.