Egypt
Past Horizons
- Issues Topping The Antiquities Agenda In Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Following the 25 January Revolution and the drastic decrease in tourism to Egypt, the income of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) reached its lowest level ever and its budget had to be curtailed. This meant that...
- 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...
- 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...
- Building The Great Pyramid
An architect and associate professor from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology believes that a grid of seven was used to create the great pyramid. The professor Ole J. Bryn believes the pyramid is in fact a six stepped mastaba pyramid with...
- Under The Step Pyramid
This is a video of the step pyramid including King Djoser's burial chamber. http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/mobile/Special_Report_Egypt_Adventure_20090518...
Egypt
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 damaged ceiling, Cintec are using a technology known as Waterwall, which consists of self-inflating water-filled bags to temporarily secure the damaged ceiling to allow time for the permanent repair of the Step Pyramid.
The structural repair and reinforcement company was appointed to the project after proving its credentials in preserving historical landmarks across the world.
The company has maintained structures including Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom and The White House in Washington DC, United States. In Egypt it has helped stabilise many other monuments, including the Al Ghuri Mosque in Cairo, The Red Pyramid of Senefru and the Hibis Temple at El-Kha
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- Issues Topping The Antiquities Agenda In Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Following the 25 January Revolution and the drastic decrease in tourism to Egypt, the income of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) reached its lowest level ever and its budget had to be curtailed. This meant that...
- 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...
- 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...
- Building The Great Pyramid
An architect and associate professor from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology believes that a grid of seven was used to create the great pyramid. The professor Ole J. Bryn believes the pyramid is in fact a six stepped mastaba pyramid with...
- Under The Step Pyramid
This is a video of the step pyramid including King Djoser's burial chamber. http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/mobile/Special_Report_Egypt_Adventure_20090518...