Ancient Egyptian Architecture
Egyptologist Bob Brier is to teach a course entitled “Ancient Egyptian Architecture” at the University of Louisville. The course will cover architectural aspects of the construction of the ancient Egyptian pyramids. Apparently enrollment for the course has already exceeded the maximum number of students that was scheduled for the course.
I wonder if he’ll be discussing Jean-Pierre Houdin’s Internal Spiral Ramp theory?
“I think it’s a great class and a great opportunity,” said Mary Yates, a graduate fine art student enrolled in Brier’s class. She also stated that the class offered “more information than I ever dreamed.”
Classmate Cassandra Kincheloe agreed with Yates, describing Brier’s incorporation of philosophy and religion in the curriculum as interesting and enthralling. Brier hopes to foster in his pupils the same appreciation he had as a college student for Egyptian culture and architecture.
Brier’s own fascination with Egyptology actually sprung from an injury he sustained playing basketball. While recovering from an injury to his ACL, Brier read a textbook about hieroglyphics that someone had given him.
Next year Brier will be involved in constructing a full-scale replica of the solar boat that was found unassembled in a pit beside the Great Pyramid in 1954. He is to give a lecture about this project on February 12 called “The Boat Beneath the Pyramid: Cheops Solar Barque.”
Stay tuned to Talking Pyramids for more news on that in the coming months.
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Vincent,
Considering that I live ten minutes away from the University of Louisville, where my wife is enrolled as a student in Music Therapy, my heart skipped a beat when I read this!
Unfortunately, I think an older story somehow ended up on your desk. As near as I can tell, the “Ancient Egyptian Architecture” class was taught during the 2004 spring semester, and the source article was probably renewed in 2008 because Dr. Brier returned to U of L for a one-night engagement to speak about his work with Ronald Wade back in 1994. That symposium occurred on January 4, 2008.
While Egypt and Egyptology have always been passions of mine, as a writer I was focused elsewhere during that period and entirely missed out on the opportunity to study under one of the giants in the field. Oh well, never look back, eh?
Of course, I could be wrong and you may be in possession of information I am not. I would be very pleased to be wrong…
–Keith
Hi Keith,
Thanks for that. This is interesting. I think perhaps the article has been updated with the new information at the bottom about Brier and the rebuilding of Khufu’s boat. In an earlier news item I posted with an interview with Bob Brier in October he said:
“I’m actually working on a, it’s called a Cheops Boat. There was a boat that was found buried next to the Great Pyramid, and it’s a 140-foot boat and nobody’s exactly sure how it was used. Was it used by the pharaoh actually on the Nile? Was it a symbolic boat to take him to the next world? I’m going to build the full-scale boat and put it on the Nile and sail it again.”
So I think the story has been refreshed with this new additional information. But it does seem odd they’ve refreshed an old story. I’ll contact them and find out for sure.
But I am certain you will be able to catch his lecture “The Boat Beneath the Pyramid: Cheops Solar Barque” on February 12 next year.
I’d love to read your report on that!
Thanks for bringing it up.
Vincent
PS …and so it seems you may have to chastise your wife afterall.
Vincent,
And chastise I shall!! She is supposed to have my back with these things!
If you have no luck getting a response back from U of L in the next day or two, I will call them for clarification and post the results here.
Just think of me as the Talking Pyramids Louisville Bureau!
–Keith
Thanks Keith,
that would be great.
Vincent,
I was unable to reach anyone at University of Louisville, but I can do you several degrees better. A mutual friend of ours put a call in to Dr. Brier himself, who confirmed, alas, this story is indeed several years old.
I was really hoping I was wrong!
Thanks a lot for that Keith.
Ahhhh, what a shame. Oh well, that’s cleared that up. A few crossed wires here, that article from last month that mentioned his Khufu boat replica project was in Toledo. Still, I look forward to hearing more about that.