Egypt
Daily Mail
With photos.
- More Re Repairs To Pyramid Of Djoser
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- Video Report: Saqqara
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- Djoser's Pyramid
I love the picture with this article about the restoration of what may be the worlds oldest pyramid. The pyramid created in the 3rd dynasty for king Djoser. I hate the idea of diagonally inserted steel rods knitting together a building that has withstood...
Egypt
Airbags help to preserve pyramid of Djoser
Daily Mail
With photos.
Egypt's oldest pyramid has been saved from collapse by giant airbags which have been used to prop up the ceilings.
The 4,700-year-old building has been stabilised so engineers can carry out permanent repairs.
The giant structure was built as a burial place for Pharaoh Djoser, a warrior who reigned in the third dynasty for 19 years but has been damaged in an earthquake.
The British team - who helped repair Windsor Castle after it was damaged by fire in 1993 - used technology first developed to aid in the safer disposal of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan.
Engineering boss Peter James said: 'The entire structure could be destroyed at any point due to the damage caused by the earthquake.
'But we have stabilised the roof with these inflatable airbags and we will soon start repairing this magnificent building.'
- More Re Repairs To Pyramid Of Djoser
BBC News (Neil Prior) If you had your Cardiff council house repaired in the early 80s, then the odds are that the work would have been inspected by the same man who has now been tasked with saving Egypt's oldest stone-built pyramid. Newport-based...
- Modern Technology To Repair Step Pyramid Of Djoser At Saqqara
Past Horizons The 1992 earthquake resulted in the partial collapse of the burial chamber ceiling and raised the very real prospect of the pyramid’s entire central chamber completely failing without intervention. To support the partial collapse of the...
- Pyramids - Norwegian Researcher Unlocks Construction Secrets
Heritage Key For thousands of years, scientists from around the world have tried to understand how the Egyptians designed and built the Great Pyramid of Giza – the last remaining of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Now, an architect and researcher...
- Video Report: Saqqara
WishTV.com Terrific footage from inside and underneath the Step Pyramid of Djoser. Just over six minutes long. And not a hard hat in sight. Just south of Cairo, in an area known as Saqqara, there is something that has just been uncovered and a 24-Hour...
- Djoser's Pyramid
I love the picture with this article about the restoration of what may be the worlds oldest pyramid. The pyramid created in the 3rd dynasty for king Djoser. I hate the idea of diagonally inserted steel rods knitting together a building that has withstood...