Professor!
Catherine.
Watch your step. OK. - We have found something beautiful!
I don't believe it. Big, big surprise! - Yeah? I can hardly wait.
Over here!
Dr. Langford. - Hello.
What have we here?
Cover stones.
It's fantastic.
Catherina, come!
What in God's name is that? - I wish I knew.
... there are symbols everywhere.
Names, titles of owners, offerings. Every other major structure
at the time was covered in hieroglyphics.
When is the academic community going to accept that
the pharaohs of the 4th Dynasty did not build the Great Pyramid?
Inside the pyramid, the most incredible structure ever erected,
there are no writings whatsoever. - Dr. Jackson,
you left out that Colonel Vyse
discovered quarrymen's inscriptions
of Khufu's name within the pyramid.
His discovery was a fraud.
Well, I hope you can prove it.
Who do you think built the pyramids?
I don't have any idea who built them.
Men from Atlantis? Or Marsians perhaps?
The point is not who built them, it is when they were built.
I mean we all know,
new geological evidence dates the Sphinx back to
a much earlier period. Knowing this,
we ought to re-evaluate everything we've come to accept about ...
I've been able to show a fully developed writing system
appeared in the 1 st two dynasties.
Almost as if it was based on an even earlier prototype.
Is there a lunch or something, that everybody ... ?
Dr. Jackson! - What? Yes?
Someone wants to speak with you.
The Air Force? What is this? - Could you step over
to the car?
We goin' somewhere? - You're gonna be fine.
We'll take care of these.
Those your parents?
Foster parents.
What is this all about?
A job.
What kind of a job?
Translation.
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Interested?
I'm gonna go now.
Go where?
You've just been evicted.
Your grants have run out.
Everything you own is in those two bags.
You want to prove that your theories are right?
This is your chance.
What's this?
Travel plans.
Mrs. O'Neill?
Come on in.
Mrs. O'Neill, is your husband home?
Yes.
Could we speak with him?
You can try.
Excuse me, Colonel O'Neill, we're from General West's office.
We're here to inform you that you've been reactivated.
That guy's a mess.
How'd he get like that? - His kid accidentally shot himself. - Jesus.
Cleared.
Cold?
Allergies.
Always happens when I travel.
There you go.
Dr. Jackson, Dr. Gary Meyers. - Hello. - How are you?
What is this place? - Nuclear missile silo.
Now don't worry, it's been completely converted. Barbara Shore.
OK, Jackson, welcome to the well. - Hello.
Where did you find this? - Giza Plateau, 1928.
I've never seen anything like this. - Of course you haven't.
No one has. - There's two lines of hieroglyphics.
The inner track has the classic figures.
But the outer is like the cartouche in the center.
We've never found this writing before. - Those aren't hieroglyphics.
It might be some kind of hieratic or cuneiform.
The translation of the inner track is wrong.
Must have used Budge. Don't know why anyone would.
What are you doing? We've used every known technique.
That's funny, "Gebeh," eh?
Yeah. - Then an adverbial, "sedjem-en-ef."
Then "sealed and ... buried."
Excuse me, what are you doing?
It's not "coffin."
It's "for all time."
Who the hell did this?
I ... I did.
This should be "A million years
into the sky is Ra, Sun God, sealed and buried for all time."
It's not "door to heaven,"
it is ...
"Stargate."
So why is the military interested in 5,000 year-old tablets?
My report says ten thousand.
Afternoon, Colonel.
Do I know you? - Colonel Jack O'Neill, from General West's office.
I'll be taking over from now on.
10,000 is ludicrous. Egyptian culture didn't even exist until ...
We know, but radiocarbon tests are conclusive. - Was there a tomb?
No, but something a lot more interesting. - Excuse me.
This information has become classified.
No information is to be passed on to civilians
without my express permission.
What's going on? - I'm not sure.
Colonel O'Neill.
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.
TWO WEEKS LATER No matches whatsoever with cuneiform
and other pre-dynastic hieroglyphics.
I've exhausted all references comparing the cartouche symbols
against all known writings from the period.
Still no similarities.
I'm never gonna get paid.
Can I borrow this?
Orion.
Right here, Daniel. - Jackson,
this is General West. - Oh, right, General.
So you think you've solved in 14 days
what they couldn't solve in 2 years?
Any time.
I have some stuff to look at.
If you'll just pass 'em down.
You'll have to share. I don't have enough.
Anyway ...
Here is a picture of the cover stones.
The symbols on the outer track that you thought were words,
were, in fact, star constellations.
These were placed in an order, forming a map or address of sorts.
Seven points to outline a course to a position.
To find the destination within
any three-dimensional space we need six points
to determine an 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 on the cartouche.
The 7th isn't actually inside the cartouche. It's just below,
designated by ...
a little pyramid with ...
two ...
funny ...
neat little guys and a funny line coming out of the top.
Anyway, uh ...
He did it.
No.
That symbol isn't on the device.
What device?
Show him.
What is that?
It's your "Stargate".
Come, Jackson.
Monitors up! - Monitors are up.
Mitch, bring up the details on the center monitor, please?
I've got details on.
Hold it.
Wait a minute.
You have a, uh ...
... here. Sorry.
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 7th symbol.
Go ahead. - Programming 7th symbol into computer.
Chevron 1 is holding. Chevron 1 in place.
Power output at 23 percent.
Chevron 2 is holding.
Engaged. - Chevron 2 locked in place. - We're at 35 percent.
Condition red in the gate. Evacuate all personnel.
Area secure. Heading back. Seal the door.
This was under the cover stones? - Yes. My father found it. 1928.
Made out of a mineral unlike any found on Earth.
Chevron 5 lock in place.
79 percent.
Chevron 6 is holding.
Chevron 6 is locked in place.
This is as far as we've ever been able to get.
The breakers aren't holding. Override manually.
Chevron 7 is locked in place.
Send in the probe.
Let's go!
Yes, sir.
Record all information from the gate.
Clear inner silo for approach. - Everybody outta here. - Let's go!
It's guiding itself.
Can you believe that?
The beam has locked itself onto a point
somewhere in the Kaliam galaxy.
It has mass. It could be a moon or a large asteroid.
Where are we on that?
The blue dot.
That's right, Jackson.
It's on the other side of the known universe.
We're losing the signal.
This is what the probe sent us.
Freeze and enhance.
You can clearly see the gate on the other side.
The gates must have functioned as a doorway between our worlds.
These readings say it's an atmospheric match.
Pressure, temperature, and ...
most importantly, oxygen.
These markings are different.
They don't match our gate. - That's why we may have to abort.
This project is for naught without a reconnaissance mission.
Once there we would have to decipher the markings on their gate
and, in essence, dial home, 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.
Your call.
You're on the team.
You understand, this complicates things.
That's why I wanted you, Jack.
We've opened a door to a world we know nothing about.
I have something for you.
No, I ... - Yes.
I found it with the Stargate when I was a child.
It has brought me luck.
You can bring it back to me.
Back-up storage.
Reserve power, on.
We're secure. Clear the area. - Move it, let's go.
Surveillance and monitoring. ... equipment, reserve power ...
If anybody has anything to say, now's the time to say it.
Vector tracking set.
Molecular deconstruction in progress.
Jackson, it's alright. It's over. Stay with him.
Keep moving.
It wears off in a minute.
What a rush!
Prepare to move out.
It's all here, yeah.
Three teams, let's go.
White team, go!
Clear, no contact.
One-two ratio stable. - Conditions are similar to inside.
I wanna take a look around. Kawalsky, Feretti.
Move up there, good.
I knew it.
One - three - three - two.
Report.
Our quarter mile perimeter is just about complete, sir.
Wrap this up, everybody back inside!
I want you all back through the Stargate in an hour.
You're coming too, aren't you, Colonel?
Jackson, start working on the Stargate.
What's that all about? - I don't know Feretti.
I'm gonna need more time.
There's bound to be more structures, or some other traces of civilization.
Not this trip. Just get back in there and re-establish contact.
It's not that easy. This is a replica of the great pyramid of Giza.
We're not gonna find any hieroglyphics or carved relief.
We need to look around more.
Your job is to re-align the Stargate. Can you do that or not?
No.
You can't, or you won't?
I can decipher the symbols, but I need an order of alignment.
The co-ordinates were on stone tablets back on Earth.
I just need to find something like that here.
What do you mean "find it?"
You didn't say anything about that. - I assumed they would be here.
You assumed?
You're a lying son of a bitch!
You didn't mention finding anything!
Set up a camp down here. Organize our supplies.
You've got your orders.
This is hot.
We're stuck here. - Don't be such a doomsayer.
Yeah, give it a rest. - Yes, please.
If we don't come back soon, they'll just turn off the other gate.
It doesn't work that way.
If you don't turn it off from here, we're screwed.
So I'm tellin' you guys, we're not goin' anywhere.
This is a nice tent.
Oh, we each get a tent. That's nice.
... the hell is that?
A thermal blanket, don't need that.
I got everything but sun-block.
Shouldn't you be doing something now?
Like getting us outta here!
Foot powder. Great.
That's cold, man.
Base camp is up, sir.
Where's Jackson?
It's OK. No, It's OK.
Good boy!
What do you want?
You want some of this?
I wouldn't feed that thing!
It's got a harness.
It's domesticated!
Let go of it!
Do something!
Come on!
Help me!
You OK, 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 with 'em.
What did you say to him? - Nothing.
It's OK.
It's OK. See?
Quartz, primary element.
I can't make it out ...
It sounds familiar, a bit like Berber.
Or maybe it's Chadic or Omotic.
Thank you.
What's that mean?
I have no idea.
He's inviting us to come.
How can you be so sure?
Because he's inviting us to go with him.
We were looking for signs of civilization. We've found it.
To get us back home, this is our best shot. - He's right.
I took some readings on what they're mining.
This is the same material as the Stargate.
Radio base camp.
Tell them to keep it secure, until we get back. - Yes, sir.
Base camp, come in. - Feretti, I've got 'em.
Come on.
Could you repeat that, sir?
... O'Neill says to secure base camp. Looks like we could be here a while.
OK, sir. - Understand? - Yes, sir.
What's the story? - We're not going back. This is not good.
The eye of Ra.
It's the Egyptian Sun God.
They think he sent us here.
I wonder why ...
Ra.
Where they all going?
Come in.
Feretti! Sir, I can't make this out.
Feretti, say again.
We have to abandon base camp! Repeat, we have to abandon base camp!
It's useless. It won't work in this.
Freeman, let's go!
Everybody back inside!
I'll get the ammo. Get the battery packs!
We're going back right now.
Wait!
Stay here.
What is it, Colonel? - Sandstorm. Coming this way.
An excellent reason to shoot everyone.
We'll stay until it's over.
Sorry.
We've gotta get back to the pyramid!
Where the hell'd that come from?
Kawalsky, Brown, do you read?
I don't think we should eat.
They might consider that an insult.
Well, we don't want to offend them now, do we, Daniel?
Tastes like chicken.
It's good.
It tastes ...
Tastes like chicken.
Good!
You said that was an Egyptian symbol. - Yeah. The eye of Ra.
Then it might stand to reason that ...
if they know one Egyptian symbol ...
Yes.
What the hell's going on?
It seems like writing is forbidden to them.
What?
They want me to go with them. Should I stay? I'll go.
I'll be fine.
OK, that's good.
What is that smell?
I think that's good. My hands are clean. Thank you.
That was very nice. I smell much better now.
O Christ, I smell like a yak.
Please, no more.
I'm fine. I'm clean ...
I thought you were one of the other cleaning ...
No, no, no. You don't have to do that.
Maybe you should go. OK? It's OK. Maybe you should go.
It's OK. It's all right. Let me take care of it.
No, it's me.
Thank you, I'm very happy.
Daniel.
I'm Daniel.
We came ... uh
This pyramid. See, we came from ...
We came from the pyramid.
It's OK.
Never mind.
It's OK.
The Earth.
You know the symbol?
You've seen the symbol?
Show me.
You show me.
Kawalsky, this is base. Do you copy?
You're wasting the battery.
Never get anything in this storm. Wait till it passes. - Yeah, right.
If it passes.
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.
How hard can it be? - Great!
We could turn the thing in the wrong order and end up in outer space.
Do you have any idea how many possible combinations there are?
No. How many?
Shut up.
What the hell is goin' on?
Spread out.