Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

In the last 24 hours a bit more information on the discovery of what has become known as the ‘Father & Son’ tombs located west of the pyramid of Unas at Saqqara has been released as well as more photos and a video. An obvious point I missed is the cartouche of Pepi II and [...]

False door from the newly discovered tomb Two tombs dating to Ancient Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty have been discovered west of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. The 4200 year-old tombs appear to have belonged to a father and son, named Shendwa and Khonsu respectively. Inside the father’s was found a beautiful false door (pictured [...]

Ptahmes as depicted in his tomb A 3300 year old tomb belonging to the mayor of Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt has been rediscovered at Saqqara, just south of the Unas pyramid causeway. Until it’s discovery earlier this year, the tomb had been lost since 1885, when treasure hunters first raided the tomb, removing [...]

Camels operators gather at Giza Zahi Hawass has appeared in a recent article in Al-Ahram once again explaining his push to ‘clean up’ the Giza Plateau. He talks about the criticism the project has received from local camel operaters, who’s livelihoods depend on the tourists. Hawass explains that everyone benefits with the new system as [...]

Pyramid Texts from the north wall A burial chamber containing a pink granite sarcophagus with a black basalt lid has been discovered at South Saqqara by a French archaeological mission. Although badly damaged, the walls are covered in texts which contain the name of the tomb’s owner, ‘Behenu’, thought to be the Queen of either [...]

Remains of the ‘City of the Pyramid Builders’ – Photograph by Mark Lehner New tombs have been discovered at Giza further supporting the view that the pyramids were not built by slaves but by free skilled workers. “These tombs were built beside the king’s pyramid, which indicates that these people were not by any means [...]

Archaeologists have discovered what is thought to be the largest known tomb at Saqqara. The tomb is one of two 26th Dynasty tombs recently uncovered at an area of Saqqara known as Ras El Gisr and are roughly 2500 years old. One of the recently discovered tombs at Saqqara. Photo from the SCA. It consists [...]