Egypt
- Video Of The Tunnels Beneath The Step Pyramid
MSNBC Video MSNBC were taken into the 5 miles of the Step Pyramid's subterranean tunnels by Zahi Hawass before he lost his position. A lot of scaffolding! Very upbeat and excitable, but it has some really fascinating footage. Not sure...
- Hawass - Current News On Sites And Objects
drhawass.com Hawass comments about findings at Dashur, Abusir, and five objects recovered from the looting at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. On Sunday I went to Dahshur to visit my excavations in an area south of Saqqara. We began this work when satellite...
- More On Locating Userkare's Lost Pyramid
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown) With diagrams. Vincent has done an excellent summary and analysis of the recently reported attempts to discover the pyramid of Userkare at Saqqara. The location of the lost pyramid of Userkare may have been found with...
- 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....
- Royal Tomb Still Waiting To Be Discovered
http://tinyurl.com/3x7z24 (naukawpolsce.pap.pl) Thanks to the EEF News Digest for the following story: "Last year, a team of Polish archaeologists from the Mediterranean Archaeology Department at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), lead by Prof.Karol...
Egypt
Travel: Saqqara, Dashur and Giza
http://blogs.bootsnall.com/sgwood/?p=45
"So we started at Sakkara (or Saqqara, depending upon the translation). There, we were first taken to the Tomb of Mereuka and the Pyramid (realy a pile of rubble) of Teti. It was mildly interesting in the way of carvings and such, but more of an introduction into the world of baksheesh (Egyptian tipping). Basically, at the door, a “watchman” would strike up a conversation and then follow you to explain the site, expecting to be kicked back some Egyptian pounds at the end. The next and more wonderous site was the Step Pyramid of Zoser, built in 2650 BC as the very first of the pyramids as we know them. We were not allowed inside, but the outside was more than worth it. Some of the surrounding funerary complex has been rediscovered and rebuilt, but mostly there is a lot of desert. In fact, by climbing one set of stairs, we had an expansive view over the Sahara. Truly a site on the edge of nowhere!"
- Video Of The Tunnels Beneath The Step Pyramid
MSNBC Video MSNBC were taken into the 5 miles of the Step Pyramid's subterranean tunnels by Zahi Hawass before he lost his position. A lot of scaffolding! Very upbeat and excitable, but it has some really fascinating footage. Not sure...
- Hawass - Current News On Sites And Objects
drhawass.com Hawass comments about findings at Dashur, Abusir, and five objects recovered from the looting at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. On Sunday I went to Dahshur to visit my excavations in an area south of Saqqara. We began this work when satellite...
- More On Locating Userkare's Lost Pyramid
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown) With diagrams. Vincent has done an excellent summary and analysis of the recently reported attempts to discover the pyramid of Userkare at Saqqara. The location of the lost pyramid of Userkare may have been found with...
- 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....
- Royal Tomb Still Waiting To Be Discovered
http://tinyurl.com/3x7z24 (naukawpolsce.pap.pl) Thanks to the EEF News Digest for the following story: "Last year, a team of Polish archaeologists from the Mediterranean Archaeology Department at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), lead by Prof.Karol...