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Upon learning of his grandfather’s death, an Egyptian anthropology
student inherits a journal that unlocks the secrets of untold treasure in the
Pyramids. When a government conspiracy threatens to take the treasure
first, our hero embarks upon his own crusade to discover the prize is more
valuable than riches and shakes the very foundations of humanity.
SYNOPSIS:
Indiana Jones/Contact/Flatliners/Star Gate
Blockbuster/High Concept/International/Trilogy
Opening Image: A jungle at dawn and a sudden burst of light and in an instant a very large metallic pyramid appears to be covering the entire African valley. A hairy creature walks underneath and looks up to see a solid white light and is mesmerized. The image converts to a long hallway and heavy breathing of a young male running towards the same light. As he approaches a doorway he is blinded by the sun and overlooking Egypt in 1826 with the Pyramid of Giza in the background and is confronted by a long line of British troops.
Our hero, Ktaby, a present day foreign exchange student, receives a phone call during class that his grandfather is dying and needs to speak with him. He travels back to Egypt and while on his grandfather’s death bed he is presented with a journal that reveals the secret passages within the Pyramids of Giza and the key to undiscovered treasure. Yet his father, an Egyptian powerbroker, does not approve of his son and does not believe in the journal and his father’s outlandish story. Ktaby returns to college and consults his best friend Jack about the journal and recounts his grandfather’s fantastic story. Upon review, Jack believes the information contained is true and it should be investigated. Meanwhile our heroes’ requirements for graduation are in jeopardy. Ktaby needs to have a solid graduate thesis and Pyramids of Giza may be the key to his success and the adoration of his father.
Our hero and his scholarly friends research the journal further and discover unique anomalies that the pyramids were not tombs but reactors for generating power for some massive unknown device. Our hero agrees to fund an expedition with is late grandfather’s inheritance into the great pyramids and satisfy his grandfather’s dying wish. Soon, word gets out that the elusive pyramid journal is in the hands of our hero and he is pursued by the sinister agents of General Hassan; a ruthless and corrupt government official bent on obtaining the untold riches still buried within the pyramids.
Our hero and his research team gear up and enter the pyramids secret passages outlined in the journal. New technology and advanced tools allow the team to gain access to yet undiscovered passages within the pyramids. With General Hassan and his mercenaries on their trail, Ktaby must get to the treasure first but not before making every effort to hinder Hassan’s advance. After days of exploration and dead ends and with the teams’ food and supplies run low; they are forced make life and death decisions. Despite the dangers, a love affair between our hero’s best friend Jack and his beautiful sister Asmad begins to blossom. The climax begins when our hero descent a bottomless pit and gets to the end of his rope while General Hassan and his men catch up to the team in the final dead-end chamber with no way out except down. After the general and his men ruthlessly interrogate the team without success, the general cuts the rope and our hero falls into the abyss. A struggle ensues and the generals’ mercenaries throw the remaining team members into the bottomless pit.
But the bottomless pit
is far from bottomless. Our hero and his team fall unhurt and weightless upon a
massive metallic pyramid deep within the earth. The “craft” is a weightless and
colorless device that our team is allowed inside. Inside, they discover
hundreds of other beings throughout the ages that are connected in stasis to
the craft. The team accidentally charges the craft with their cell phones to
jumpstart its technology. As a result, the reactor within the craft and cooling
system within the pyramid activate and superheated water and steam are blasted
through the ancient passages and out of the pyramid to which the General and
his band of mercenaries are obliterated. The team encounters several hybrid
humans as a part of its crew and is led deeper into the craft. They are
connected to the craft and the souls of our hero and his group are extracted
from their bodies, converted into a signal and are beamed across the universe.
Their souls are then injected into rapidly grown bodies that were grown during
their transit. They arrive in a new and fantastic beautiful world filled with
similar hybrid humans, aliens and ancient humans living in peace. Our hero
discovers that the Pharaohs are alive and that he has family on this world as a
result of his grandfather’s travels. Despite leaving two members of the team
behind, our hero and the Pharaohs of Egypt return to a Kings welcome back on
Earth 35 years in the future. Although many years past during our hero’s
travel, KTABY returns and makes amends with his elderly father.
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