Professor!
Catherine!
Professor! Salaam, salaam.
We found something beautiful.
Ja? Oh!
Big, big, big surprise! Yeah?
Over here! Over here! Hey!
As-salaam alaikum.
Catherina, come.
Yes. Do it slowly.
I mean, there are symbols painted everywhere-
uh, names, titles of owners, lists of offerings.
Every other major architectural structure at the time...
was covered with detailed hieroglyphics.
When is the academic community gonna accept the fact...
the Pharaohs of the fourth dynasty did not build the Great Pyramid?
Look. Look.
Inside the pyramid, the most incredible structure ever erected,
there are no writings whatsoever, and— Dr. Jackson.
You've left out the fact that Colonel Vyse discovered quarrymen's inscriptions—
- Right. - of Khufu's name within the pyramid.
- Well, his discovery was a fraud. - Well, I hope you can prove it.
Well, who do you think built the pyramids?
I don't have any idea who built them. I mean, that—
Men from Atlantis? Or Martians perhaps?
The point is not who built them, the point is when they were built.
I mean, we all know new geological evidence...
dates the Sphinx back to a much earlier period.
And knowing this, I think, uh, we have to begin to re-evaluate...
everything we've come to accept about—
I mean, I-I've been able to show a fully developed writing system...
appeared in the first two dynasties.
You know, which—
Almost as if it was based on an even earlier prototype.
Is there a lunch or something that— that everybody-
Taxi!
Dr. Jackson. What? Yes?
Someone wants to speak with you.
Air force? What's this? What is this?
Could you step over to the car, please?
Sir?
We going somewhere?
You're gonna be fine. We'll take care of these.
Jackson— Those your parents?
Foster parents.
What— What is this all about?
- A job. - What kind of a job?
Translation. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Interested?
I— I'm gonna go now.
Go where?
I mean, you've just been evicted from your apartment. Your grants have run out.
Everything you own are in those two bags.
You want to prove that your theories are right?
This is your chance.
- What's this? - Travel plans.
Travel.
Sir?
Mrs. O'Neil?
Come on in.
Mrs. O'Neil, is your husband at home?
- Yes. - Do you think we might be able to speak with him?
You can try.
Excuse me, Colonel O'Neil. We're from General West's office.
Sir?
We're here to inform you that you've been reactivated.
Guy's a mess.
How'd he get like that?
His kid died.
Accidentally shot himself. Jesus.
Cleared.
Cold?
Allergies.
Always happens when I travel.
There you go.
Hi. Hi.
Dr. Jackson? Dr. Gary Meyers. How are you? Hello.
What is this place?
Nuclear missile silo. Now don't worry. It's been completely converted.
Barbara Shore. Hi. Hello.
Okay,Jackson.
Welcome to the well. Hello. Hello.
This is—
Where'd you find this? Giza Plateau, 1928.
I've-I've never seen anything like this.
Of course you haven't. No one has.
Now, there's— there's two lines of hieroglyphs. The inner track has the classic figures,
but the outer track is like the cartouche in the Center.
It's got writing unlike we've ever found before.
Those aren't hieroglyphics. Might be some form of hieratic or maybe cuneiform.
Yeah.
Well, the translation of the inner track is wrong.
Must have used Budge. I don't know why they keep reprinting his books.
E- Excuse me. Uh— What are you doing?
We've used every known technique. That's a curious word to use, eh? "Qebeh. "
Yeah. Then an adverbial— "sedjem-en-ef. "
Now "sealed and buried. "
Excuse me! Wh— What are - What are you doing?
It's not "coffin. "
"For all time. "
Who the hell translated this?
Uh, I-I did.
Well, this should read, "A million years into the sky is Ra, sun god,
sealed and buried for all time. "
It's not "door to heaven. "
"His...
Stargate. "
Well, so, why is the military so interested in 5,000-year-old Egyptian tablets?
My report says 10,000.
Afternoon, Colonel.
Um, do I know you?
I'm Colonel Jack O'Neil from General West's office.
I'll be taking over from now on.
This figure 10,000 is ludicrous. I mean, Egyptian culture didn't even exist.
We know, but the sonic and radiocarbon tests are conclusive.
- Well, these are cover stones. Was there a tomb underneath? - No, no, no, no.
But we found something a lot more interesting.
Excuse me. This information has become classified.
From now on, no information is to be passed on to non-military personnel...
without my express permission.
- Catherine, what's going on here? - I'm not sure.
A fixed-quotient synapse— Oh, I know.
Colonel O'Neil. I think you owe me an explanation.
I was told I had complete autonomy.
Plans change.
Why are you here? Why did they bring you on this project?
I'm here in case you succeed.
Completed search of cuneiform and other predynastic hieroglyphics.
No matches whatsoever.
I've exhausted all reference material in comparing the symbols in the cartouche...
against all known writing samples from the period, pre and post.
Still no similarities.
I'm never gonna get paid.
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
Can I borrow this?
Orion.
The financial situation is—
- Hi. - Hello.
Right here. Jackson.
I'd like you to meet General West.
Oh, hello. Oh, right, General. Right.
Hi. Okay.
So you think you've solved in 14 days what they couldn't solve in two years?
Two years?
All right.
Anytime.
Um—
I have some stuff to look at.
Uh, if you just pass- pass them down. Um—
You'll have to share them because— I'm sorry, I don't—
I'm sorry, I don't have enough of those.
But, anyway— Uh, okay. All right.
We're obviously looking at a picture of the cover stones.
Now, on the outer track,
these figures that you would believe to be words to be translated...
were, in fact—
Sorry about that— were, in fact, star constellations.
Now, these constellations were placed in a unique order, forming a map or an address of sorts.
Seven points to outline a course to a position, and, uh—
To find a destination within any three-dimensional space,
we need six points...
to determine the exact location.
You said you needed seven points.
Well, no— six for the destination.
But to chart a course, you need...
a point of origin.
Except there's only six symbols in the cartouche.
Well, the seventh actually isn't inside the cartouche. It's just below it, here,
designated by a little pyramid...
with... two...
funny,
neat little guys...
and funny little line coming out of the top.
- Anyway, uh— - Well, he did it.
No. That symbol isn't anywhere on the device.
Uh, wh-what device? Um—
Show him.
Yes, sir.
What is that?
It's your Stargate.
Come, Jackson.
Technical personnel, report to command Center.
Monitors up! Monitors are up.
Mitch, you wanna bring up the details on the Center monitor, please.
Yeah.
I've got details on.
Hold it. Wait.
Do you have a, uh— Oh. Here. Sorry.
Hey, hey, hey, don't—
Two figures on either side,
praying beside a pyramid with the sun directly above it.
He's right.
It was in front of us the whole time.
General West.
Jackson has identified the seventh symbol.
- Go ahead. - Programming seventh symbol into computer.
Chevron one is holding. Chevron one is locked in place.
Power output at 23%.
- Chevron two is holding. - Engage.
Chevron two is locked in place. We're at, uh, 35%.
All right, we got a condition red at the gate. Evacuate all personnel.
Clear the bay. Clear. Let's go.
It was under the cover stones?
Yes. My father found it. 1928.
Made out of a mineral unlike any found on Earth.
Chevron five locked in place.
Seventy-nine percent.
Chevron six is holding.
Chevron six is locked in place.
This is as far as we have ever been able to get.
Chevron seven.
Override manually.
Chevron seven is locked in place.
Send in the probe.
Let's go. Let's go.
We're here. Check.
Yes, sir.
Record all information from the Stargate.
- Clear inner silo for approach. - Clear inner silo.
Everybody out of here. Let's go. Let's go. Green!
It's guiding itself. Can you believe that?
All right.
The beam has locked itself onto a point somewhere in— in the Kaliam galaxy.
I- It has mass. It-It could be a moon or a large asteroid.
Where are we on that map?
The blue dot.
That's right,Jackson.
It's on the other side of the known universe.
We're- We're losing the signal.
This is the information the probe sent back to us.
Freeze and enhance.
You can clearly see the gate on the other side.
Both gates must have functioned as a doorway between our worlds.
These readings tell us it's an atmospheric match.
Barometric pressure, temperature and, most importantly, oxygen.
These markings are different. They don't match the symbols on our gate.
That's why we may have to abort.
This project is for naught without a reconnaissance mission.
Once on the other side, you would have to decipher the markings on their gate...
and, in essence, dial home in order to bring the team back.
Based on this new information, I don't see how we can do that.
Well, I could do that.
Are you sure?
Positive.
He's full of shit.
You're on the team.
You understand this complicates things.
That's why I wanted you, Jack.
We've opened a doorway to a world we know nothing about.
Jackson.
Hello. Hi.
I have something for you.
No, I-I— Yes.
I found it with Stargate when I was a child.
It has brought me luck.
You can bring it back to me.
Backup storage. Reserve power on.
Let's do it. Let's get it down.
Surveillance and monitoring—
Ten-hut!
If anybody has anything to say, now's the time to say it.
Vector tracking set.
Molecular deconstruction in progress.
Jackson. It's all right. It's over.
Stay with him. Jackson. Just listen to me. Keep moving.
It wears off in a minute.
What a rush.
Prepare to move out.
Three teams. Let's go. White team, go.
Ready? Okay.
Team two, move up.
Clear. No contact.
Freeze. Hold for sounds.
O2 ratio stable. Conditions are similar to inside.
I'm gonna take a look around.
Kawalsky. Feretti. Let's rock and roll.
This side clear.
Move up there. Good.
I knew it.
.332.
Report. A quarter-mile perimeter survey is just about complete, sir.
Wrap this up. Get everybody back inside. Right.
I want all you people back through the Stargate within the hour.
You're coming with us, aren't you, Colonel?
Sir? Jackson.
Start working on the Stargate.
What's that all about? I don't know, Feretti.
I— I'm gonna need more time.
I mean, there's bound to be more structures here...
or some other traces of civilization.
Not this trip. Just get back in there and re-establish contact.
Well, it's not that easy. This is a replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
We're not gonna find any hieroglyphic inscriptions or carved relief.
I mean, we really- we really need to look around more.
Your job here is to realign the Stargate. Can you do that or not?
I can't.
You can't or you won't?
I can decipher the symbols on the Stargate, but I need an order of alignment.
Now, those coordinates were marked on tablets back on Earth,
and there must be something like that here.
And I just— I just need to find it.
Find it? What— What do you mean, find it?
You didn't say anything about finding anything.
Well, I assumed the tablets would be here. I mean, right here.
- You assumed? - You're a lying son of a bitch!
You didn't say a word about finding anything!
Kawalsky.
Set up a camp down here. Organize our supplies.
Sir— You've got your orders.
- This is hot. - You know, I can't believe we're stuck here.
Don't be such a doom sayer, Feretti. Yeah, give it a rest.
Yes, please. If we're not back soon, they'll just turn on the gate from the other side.
Oh, no. It doesn't work that way.
You see, if you don't turn it on from here, we're screwed, okay?
So I'm telling you guys, we're not going anywhere.
Shut up.
This is a nice tent.
Oh, we each get a tent. That's nice.
What the hell is that?
- Thermal blanket. I don't need that. - Talk to him.
I got everything here but sunblock.
Hey. Hi.
Hey.
Isn't there something you should be doing right now,
like getting us out of here?
Foot powder. Great.
Now that's cold.
Base camp is up, sir.
Where's Jackson?
It's okay. It's okay.
Shh, shh, shh, shh. That's a good boy.
It's okay.
Good boy.
What?
What do you want? You want some of this?
Here you go. You like that?
There you go. There you go.
I wouldn't feed that thing.
It's got a harness! It's domesticated!
Damn it. Let go of it!
Help me!
Whoa!
Stop it.
You okay,Jackson?
Kawalsky. You dropped these.
Brown.
Get away from me.
Easy.
All right,Jackson. You're on.
Me?
You're the linguist. Try to talk to 'em.
Hi.
What the hell did you say to him? Nothing.
Hey.
Hmm? It's okay.
Hmm? It's okay. It's okay. See?
See? Yeah.
Hmm?
Quartz, primary element.
I can't make it out. It sounds familiar— a bit like Berber.
Maybe Chadic or Omotic.
Mmm. Thank you.
Thank you.
Here.
Mmm.
- Buh-Ni. Buh-Ni-wae! - Buh-Ni-wae?
Buh-Ni-wae! Buh-Ni-wae. Buh-Ni-wae.
- What's that mean? - I have no idea.
He's inviting us to go with him.
How can you be so sure?
Because he's inviting us to go with him.
We were looking for signs of civilization. Obviously, we found it.
You want me to get us back home, this is our best shot.
Colonel, he's right. I took some readings on what they were mining back there.
It's the same material as the Stargate.
Radio base camp.
Tell 'em to keep that area secured until we get back.
Yes, sir.
Base camp, come in.
Hold on. Feretti, I've got 'em! Come on!
Yes, sir.
What— Can you repeat that, sir?
Colonel O'Neil has requested that you secure base camp.
Looks like we're gonna be here for a while. Okay, sir.
You understand? Yes, sir.
So what's the story? Did they find something?
They're not coming back, okay? This is not good. I'm telling you guys.
The Eye of Ra.
It's the Egyptian sun god.
They think he sent us here.
Yeah. I wonder what could've given them that idea?
Ra.
Ra?
Where they all goin'?
Come in. Come in. Feretti, I can't hear you. Sir, I can't make this out.
Feretti, say again.
We have to abandon the base camp!
Repeat, we have to abandon base camp!
It's useless! It won't work in this! Freeman, let's go! Let's move!
Everybody, back inside. Come on! Just take what you can carry!
Get movin'! The battery pack! Grab it!
All right. We're goin' back right now. Let's go.
Wait. Wait!
Move it. Move it.
Get back. Move it.
Move out of the way.
Get over here.
Stay here.
What is it, Colonel?
Sandstorm comin' this way.
That would've been an excellent reason to shoot everyone.
We'll stay until it's over.
I'm sorry. All right?
Get back into the pyramid!
The hell did that come from?
Kawalsky? Brown? Do you read?
Hey, Jackson. I don't think we should eat any food here.
I don't know. They might consider that an insult.
Well, we don't want to offend them, now, do we, Daniel?
- Eh? - Tastes like chicken.
Tastes like chicken. It's good.
Tastes-
Tastes like chicken. Tastes like chicken. Good!
Jackson. You said that was an Egyptian symbol.
Yeah, the Eye of Ra.
Would you say then that it might stand to reason that if they know one Egyptian symbol—
Yes.
No, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
No, no.
It seems like writing is forbidden to them.
They want me to go with them. Should I stay?
I'll go with them. I'll go. I'll be fine.
Okay. That's good.
All right. All right. That's good. What is that smell?
Oh, it's— okay. That's good.
I think that's good. My hands are pretty clean. Thank you very, very much.
Thank you very- That was very nice.
Thank you. That was great.
I smell much better, now that—
Yes, thank you.
Oh, Christ.
I smell like a yak.
No, no. Please, no more. Please.
Please, no more. I'm fine.
I'm clean. I'm— I'm— Oh.
I thought you were one of the other cleaning—
No. No, no, no, no, no, no.
No. You don't— You don't have to do that. Please.
Maybe you should go. Okay?
It's okay. Maybe you should go.
No, no. It's okay. It's okay. It's all right. W— Here.
Uh, let me grab this.
No, no, no, no, no, no. It's me. I wanted to— Thank you.
I wanted to- I'm very- I'm very happy.
Thank you.
Uh— Daniel.
Daniel.
No, uh— I'm, uh—
Daniel. I'm Daniel.
Sha'uri.
Uh, you— Uh—
W- We came, uh—
Pyramid. See, we came, uh, from the pyramid.
It's- It's okay.
Never mind. Never mind.
It's okay.
Earth?
You— You know— You know this symbol?
You've seen this symbol?
Mmm.
Show me. You show me.
Kawalsky, this is base. Do you copy?
You're wasting the battery.
We'll never get anything in this storm. You'll have to wait till it passes.
Yeah, right. If it passes.
You know, I was stationed in the Middle East. I've never seen anything like it.
- Yeah, yeah. - I don't understand. Why don't we just turn the gate back on ourselves?
Yeah, how hard can it be?
That would be great. Yeah. We could turn the thing in the wrong order...
and materialize in the vacuum of outer space.
Do you have any idea how many possible combinations there are on that thing?
No. How many?
Shut up. Hmm?
What the hell is goin' on?
All right. Spread out.
Come on. Let's move.
Let's move out.
Okay. It's just a lighter.
See?
Look.
See?
Here.
Yeah, it's pretty fabulous.
Yeah.
Hmm.
Yeah, you're right.
It's pretty stupid.
No, you keep it.
It's yours.
No!
Dangerous!
What is this place?
Here.
Cypian. Rem-e-n-jef.
Bah-KA-nafsema. Tah-pah-rief.
I'll be damned.
- Tah-pah-rief? - What?
Tah-pah-rief?
- Tah-pah-rief? - Tah-pah-rief.
Tah-pah-rief. Tah-pah—
Neh-jed? Neh-jed?
- Neh-dah. - Neh-dah. Neh-dah.
Tiu.
Tiu. Tiu.
Uh—
Netjer? Netjer-u? Netjer-u?
Natay. Naturu.
Nafi.
No signal at all?
Nothing.
More interference?
No.
They're simply not there.
Ah?
Any sign of him? I haven't been able to locate Jackson, sir.
We're looking for Jackson.
Jackson. The guy who wears this jacket. He's, uh—
He's got, like, long hair that comes down— No. No.
No, no, no. No. It's—
He wears glasses, so he can see.
Guess the word "dweeb" doesn't mean anything to you guys, does it?
Yeah. Why not? I'm on Planet "X," looking for a dweeb who wears green fatigues.
He wears this jacket. He's got long hair.
It comes over his eyes. He wears glasses and—
sneezes.
Chicken. Chicken.
Chicken. Chicken man! You got it.
You want this?
Thought you couldn't speak their language. Huh?
You scared me.
It's an ancient Egyptian dialect.
I mean, like the rest of their culture, it's evolved completely independently,
but, uh, once you know the vowels—
Just answer the question.
W— Um— Well, I mean, you just— I just had to learn how to pronounce it.
I mean, it hasn't been a living, spoken language in more than 1,000 years.
I mean, look at this. It says, uh, "A traveller from distant stars...
"escaped from a dying world, looking for a way to extend his own life.
His body decaying and weak, he couldn't prevent his own demise. "
Apparently his whole species was becoming extinct.
"So he travelled or...
searched the galaxies, looking for a way to cheat death. "
And, uh— Look here.
"He came to a world rich with life,
where he encountered a primitive race. "
Humans.
"A species which, with all his powers and knowledge, he could...
"maintain indefinitely.
He realized within a human body he had a chance for a new life. "
Now, he apparently...
found a young boy.
It says, "As the frightened villagers ran,
"night became day.
Curious, and without fear, he walked towards the light. "
Ra took him and possessed his body,
like some kind of a parasite looking for a host.
And inhabiting this human form,
he appointed himself ruler.
He used the Stargate to bring thousands of people here to this planet...
as workers for the mines.
Just like the one we saw.
This mineral is clearly the building block of all his technology.
With this, he can sustain eternal life.
Now, uh, something happened— where is it- back on Earth—
a rebellion or uprising— and the Stargate was buried there.
Fearful of a rebellion here,
Ra outlawed reading and writing.
He didn't want the people to remember the truth.
Jackson. I think you better take a look at this.
That's it. That's what we're looking for.
They must have hidden it here in hopes that one day the gate on Earth could be reopened.
I knew they'd have it written down someplace.
Wait a minute.
Where's the seventh symbol? It must have broken.
It's gotta be here somewhere. Let me see.
Just gotta— gotta do—
It's worn off.
I can't make it work without the seventh symbol.
All right. That's it.
Kawalsky. Brown.
Come on, Jackson!
What the hell is that?
Here.
You might need this.
Look out!
Where are we going?
Why are we going to the Stargate? I can't make it work.
Stay right here and shoot anything that comes down that ramp.
What are you doing? Just cover me.
What is that?
What are you looking for? It's gone.
Put it down, Jackson.
What is that?
It's a bomb, isn't it? That's what you were looking for.
What the hell were you thinking?
What'd you come here for?
Wait! Oh! No!
O'Neil! Wait! Stop! No! No!
No!
Colonel! It's me.
You all right?
Hmph.
Where's Jackson?
Sha'uri.
Come on!
Let's go, guys!
Freeman!
Freeman! Freeman!
Jackson, keep going!
Over there! Come on! Kawalsky!
Come on!
Jackson!
Come on! Come on!
Here, Colonel.
So, what do you think?
They're not exactly Special Forces, but they sure were eager to join up.
Take these guns away, Lieutenant, before they hurt themselves.
- Sir? - You heard me. Send 'em all home.
There's no place for these kids to go.
Anyway, we could sure use their help right now. For what?
Huh? To do what?
Why don't you just tell 'em everything?
Why don't you tell them about the bomb?
What's he talkin' about?
My orders were simple.
Track down signs of any possible danger.
If I found any, blow up the Stargate.
Well, I found some.
Well, your bomb is his now.
And tomorrow he's gonna send it back to Earth,
along with a shipment of that mineral they mine here.
And when that thing goes off,
it's gonna cause an explosion a hundred times more destructive than that bomb alone is capable of.
I'll intercept that bomb before he can send it through.
Why wasn't I told of this?
Because there wasn't any reason to tell you, Kawalsky. You weren't even supposed to be here.
You were all gonna go right back through with Daniel.
I was gonna stay behind alone and blow up the Stargate, and that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
It's the gate on Earth that poses a threat. That's the one that we have to shut down.
You're absolutely right.
But since you don't know how to get us back,
we don't have that option, do we?
You had accepted the fact that, no matter what happened, you would not be going home.
Don't you have people who care about you?
Do you have a family?
I had a family.
No one should ever have to outlive their own child.
I don't want to die.
Your men don't want to die.
And these people here don't want to die.
It's a shame you're in such a hurry to.
Husband?
Connect the moons.
This is the symbol for this planet. That's it.
The point of origin.
What are you doing?
I found it.
- What are you talkin' about? - The seventh symbol.
We're goin' home.
Let's go.
Kasuf.
What's happening up there?
How you doin'? Hmm?
Damn! Come on, Feretti!
Come on!
Get that door!
Hey. You okay? You all right?
Spread out!
Let's go!
We're dead! Quit talking like that, man.
- Well, what are we gonna do? - Cover me.
Cover you?
Kawalsky!
Come on, Feretti! Help me push this thing over!
What are you doing? Completing this mission.
I thought we agreed to dismantle the gate on the other side.
And you will.
That's your job now.
I'm gonna stay here and make sure this goes off.
You got seven minutes.
Daniel!
What are you doing?
- Jackson. - Wait for me.
Nabeh!
You got any rounds at all, Feretti? We're all out of ammo!
Incoming!
Kawalsky, we gotta do somethin'.
Damn.
Hey!
Stop! Hey!
Give my regards to King Tut, asshole.
- How much time do we have left? - Forty-five seconds.
He's leaving. Turn it off.
I'm trying to. I can't disarm it. What?
I can't stop it. They got it rigged.
I've got an idea.
Ah! See? Did I tell ya?
Right.
I always knew you'd get us back.
Yeah, right. Later.
Thanks, Daniel.
You sure you wanna do this?
Yes, I'm sure.
Are you gonna be all right?
I'm gonna be all right.
How about you?
Yeah.
Yeah. I think so.
Tell Catherine this brought me luck.
I will.
I'll be seeing you around,
Dr. Jackson.