Egypt
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus)
With photographs.
Thanks to Owen Jarus for pointing me at the above article about recent work carried out at the pyramid at Seila. Here's a short extract.
Jarus goes on to describe four of the major discoveries made by the team at Seila.
- Structure Near Snefru's Bent Pyramid May Be A Harbour
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) With photos. Archaeologists have discovered a large structure – to the northeast of the 4,600 year old Bent Pyramid – which may be the remains of an ancient harbour. It connects to one of the pyramid’s temples by way of...
- Byu Team Digs Up Ancient Egyptian Mummies
Universe (Angela Berrett) BYU students and professors have been excavating a cemetery near the Seila pyramid in Egypt, containing more than one million mummies, most of which are likely Christian, according to BYU professor C. Wilfred Griggs. "[The team...
- The Black Pyramid
drhawass.com There's a good aeriel photograph of the Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dashur on the above address. Here's the caption: Aerial view of the pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dashur. Called the Black Pyramid because of its dark color,...
- Conference News: Egyptian Symposium In Toronto
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) Owen Jarus promises a detailed report on the symposium but in the meantime he has bullet pointed some of the key points of interest. There are several fascinating items but the one that most interested me were some of the results...
- Visiting Dashur
http://tinyurl.com/ct8zz A travel article about the benefits of taking the time to visit Dashur: "Nothing can dispel the wonder of the majestic pyramids at Giza, outside of Cairo--but the KFC and Pizza Hut across the street come pretty close. Then there...
Egypt
Conference Report: Discoveries at Seilla pyramid
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus)
With photographs.
Thanks to Owen Jarus for pointing me at the above article about recent work carried out at the pyramid at Seila. Here's a short extract.
A Brigham Young team excavated the pyramid in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Much of their work has yet to be published. Professor Muhlestein said that they are working on getting all of it into publication as soon as possible. (Note - it is not unusual, in archaeology, for full publication of results to take many years).
Muhlestein also told the audience that the university sent a team of engineers out to the Seila Pyramid last year. The engineers, using sophisticated GPS equipment, created a map of the pyramid and and a digital reconstruction. They also analyzed the site’s topography.
The pyramid was built by Snefru, the father of Khufu and first king of the Fourth Dynasty. Snefru built two pyramids at Dashur – the Red and the Bent Pyramid. He also built a pyramid at Meidum (although some think that his predecessor, Huni, started it). Snefru was the first pharaoh to construct “true” pyramids rather than step-pyramids.
The pyramid he built at Seila is located six miles west of the Meidum pyramid. It’s smaller than the other three pyramids and appears rather isolated. It was built on a 52 degree angle, almost identical to that of Meidum, and has a causeway that goes nowhere (there’s no building at the end of it).
Jarus goes on to describe four of the major discoveries made by the team at Seila.
- Structure Near Snefru's Bent Pyramid May Be A Harbour
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) With photos. Archaeologists have discovered a large structure – to the northeast of the 4,600 year old Bent Pyramid – which may be the remains of an ancient harbour. It connects to one of the pyramid’s temples by way of...
- Byu Team Digs Up Ancient Egyptian Mummies
Universe (Angela Berrett) BYU students and professors have been excavating a cemetery near the Seila pyramid in Egypt, containing more than one million mummies, most of which are likely Christian, according to BYU professor C. Wilfred Griggs. "[The team...
- The Black Pyramid
drhawass.com There's a good aeriel photograph of the Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dashur on the above address. Here's the caption: Aerial view of the pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dashur. Called the Black Pyramid because of its dark color,...
- Conference News: Egyptian Symposium In Toronto
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) Owen Jarus promises a detailed report on the symposium but in the meantime he has bullet pointed some of the key points of interest. There are several fascinating items but the one that most interested me were some of the results...
- Visiting Dashur
http://tinyurl.com/ct8zz A travel article about the benefits of taking the time to visit Dashur: "Nothing can dispel the wonder of the majestic pyramids at Giza, outside of Cairo--but the KFC and Pizza Hut across the street come pretty close. Then there...