Talking Pyramids

One of the missing items In yet another strange twist to the ongoing saga of the looting of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, two more of the stolen pieces have turned up. Where? Well, that’s the strange part – they were found INSIDE the museum itself during an inventory check of the museum contents. How [...]

Camels at Saqqara Four ancient Egyptian wall paintings have been discovered at Saqqara by locals who were randomly digging in the sand during the lapse in security during the height of the revolution. They were uncovered by the Egyptian Archaeology Mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, chaired by Mohammed Abdel Fattah. “This important discovery [...]

As reported earlier on Twitter, a recent satellite survey has detected 17 new pyramids and more than 1000 tombs in Egypt. Two of these pyramids have already been confirmed by excavations on the ground. The discoveries were made by Dr Sarah Parcak from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who is known for her work [...]

The Sphinx before being cleared. Ancient mud brick walls surrounding the Sphinx have been discovered during a routine excavation on the Giza plateau. The walls date to the reign of King Thuthmose IV, about 1400 BC. From the website of Dr Zahi Hawass: Dr. Hawass stated that the newly discovered wall consists of two parts: [...]

A tomb dating to the Fifth Dynasty, about 2465 – 2323 BC, has been discovered to the south of the tombs of the workers who built the pyramids on the Giza plateau. The discovery by an Egyptian archaeological team from the Supreme Council of Antiquities was announced by culture minister Farouk Hosny in a press [...]

Menkaure’s Basalt Sarcophagus Egypt’s Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni has announced that the joint Egyptian-Spanish mission to search for Menkaure’s sunken sarcophagus will commence in early March 2011. The black basalt sarcophagus was lost while being transported back to England aboard the Beatrice when the ship was wrecked at sea off the coast of Spain, [...]

In what appears to be a backflip on his earlier position, Dr Zahi Hawass has now confirmed there is indeed an extensive natural cave system under the Giza plateau. The ‘Giza Caves’ were explored by Colins and his wife who recorded video inside the caves. In Zahi Hawass’ earlier statements on the announcement by Collins [...]