Egypt
- 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,...
- Video: Treasures Discovered In Egypt
BBC News (Christian Fraser) Thanks to Vincent Brown's Talking Pyramids blog for highlighting this video. It lasts for over two minutes and offers a short overview of some recent discoveries and some ongoing problems in Egyptian archaeology. There's...
- Restoring Djoser's Step Pyramid
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/841/he1.htm"The Step Pyramid complex stood untouched until the 17th century, when European travellers attempted to enter and explore its underground chambers. At the turn of the 19th century, shortly after the Napoleon...
- Zahi Hawass, Dig Days Column
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/766/he2.htmIn Hawass's regular Dig Days piece, this week entitled Adventures in the Step Pyramid, Hawass describes entering one of the Queens' pyramids located south of the Menkaure Pyramid at Giza, and the Step...
- Saving The Step Pyramid
An article from Dr. Hawass on the rising ground water and the damages being caused to Djoser's pyramid and the work being done to save the pyramid. http://drhawass.com/blog/saving-step-pyramid...
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 about the wisdom of letting the TV crew loose in the pyramid.
The Great Pyramids of Giza are one of the most iconic images in the world, but 19 miles south of modern-day Cairo lies the Saqqara plateau, Egypt’s oldest pyramid complex. Follow NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel to Egypt, where he journeys through a network of underground tunnels beneath the Step Pyramid of Djoser.
- 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,...
- Video: Treasures Discovered In Egypt
BBC News (Christian Fraser) Thanks to Vincent Brown's Talking Pyramids blog for highlighting this video. It lasts for over two minutes and offers a short overview of some recent discoveries and some ongoing problems in Egyptian archaeology. There's...
- Restoring Djoser's Step Pyramid
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/841/he1.htm"The Step Pyramid complex stood untouched until the 17th century, when European travellers attempted to enter and explore its underground chambers. At the turn of the 19th century, shortly after the Napoleon...
- Zahi Hawass, Dig Days Column
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/766/he2.htmIn Hawass's regular Dig Days piece, this week entitled Adventures in the Step Pyramid, Hawass describes entering one of the Queens' pyramids located south of the Menkaure Pyramid at Giza, and the Step...
- Saving The Step Pyramid
An article from Dr. Hawass on the rising ground water and the damages being caused to Djoser's pyramid and the work being done to save the pyramid. http://drhawass.com/blog/saving-step-pyramid...