Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref)
- Who Built The Pyramids?
Ahram Online (Zahi Hawass) “Who built the pyramids?” This is a question that the public still asks me even today. My continuing discoveries at the site of the tombs of the pyramid builders at Giza (first found in 1990) clearly demonstrate that these...
- Discovery Of The Tomb Of Rudj-ka
drhawass.com Press release with photos. A Fifth Dynasty tomb (2465 - 2323 BC) of the priest, Rudj-Ka was recently uncovered in an area south of the pyramid builders’ necropolis. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny announced that the discovery was made...
- Cemetery Of The Pyramid Builders
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) I still consider the discovery of the Cemetery of the Pyramid Builders to be one of the greatest archaeological achievements, and personally speaking this ranks as one of my most precious discoveries. This is because prior...
- Who Built The Pyramids?
Em Hotep I missed this back in February but better late than never! First of a three part look at the question of who built the pyramids (next two parts yet to be posted). With photographs. Here's the introduction: In the first part of January the...
- In The Field: New Workers' Tombs Discovered At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Press release with three photos: A collection of tombs that belong to workers who built Khufu’s pyramid has been discovered in the area of the workmen’s tombs on the Giza plateau, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced....
Egypt
In the field: More re Giza cemetery
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref)
On Monday morning on the Giza plateau workers were busy removing sand from the newly discovered tomb of Idu, overseer of the construction of the Great Pyramid. They were surrounded by a media scrum, gathered around admiring their work, taking photos and trying to glimpse what has been uncovered.
During routine excavation and cleaning at the plateau an Egyptian archaeological mission, led by Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), stumbled upon what is believed to be a collection of early Fourth Dynasty tombs belonging to workers who built Khufu and Khafre's pyramids.
"The tombs belong to the late fourth and fifth dynasties (2649-2374 BC)," says Hawass, who argues that they constitute one of the most important discoveries of the 20th and 21st centuries, shedding light on the early period of the Fourth Dynasty and contradicting assertions that the Pyramids were built by slaves.
"These tombs were built beside the king's pyramid, which indicates that these people were not slaves. If they had been they would not have been allowed to build their tombs beside their king's," said Hawass.
- Who Built The Pyramids?
Ahram Online (Zahi Hawass) “Who built the pyramids?” This is a question that the public still asks me even today. My continuing discoveries at the site of the tombs of the pyramid builders at Giza (first found in 1990) clearly demonstrate that these...
- Discovery Of The Tomb Of Rudj-ka
drhawass.com Press release with photos. A Fifth Dynasty tomb (2465 - 2323 BC) of the priest, Rudj-Ka was recently uncovered in an area south of the pyramid builders’ necropolis. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny announced that the discovery was made...
- Cemetery Of The Pyramid Builders
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) I still consider the discovery of the Cemetery of the Pyramid Builders to be one of the greatest archaeological achievements, and personally speaking this ranks as one of my most precious discoveries. This is because prior...
- Who Built The Pyramids?
Em Hotep I missed this back in February but better late than never! First of a three part look at the question of who built the pyramids (next two parts yet to be posted). With photographs. Here's the introduction: In the first part of January the...
- In The Field: New Workers' Tombs Discovered At Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Press release with three photos: A collection of tombs that belong to workers who built Khufu’s pyramid has been discovered in the area of the workmen’s tombs on the Giza plateau, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced....