Talking Pyramids

“It is Re who opens this beautiful New Year’s Day to thee”. “It is Ptah who opens this beautiful New Year’s Day to thee”. New Year’s Jars Dynasty 26 664-525 BCE Faience Such flasks were traditionally offered on New Year’s Day, filled with water from a sacred pool. This spectacular faience masterpiece exemplifies the refinement [...]

Time for a light-hearted look at how the Egyptians built the pyramids. This short video reveals how the king’s image came to be depicted on the stone walls of temples and tombs. For many more videos visit the Talking Pyramids YouTube channel

Despicable Me is a new animated movie in the style of Alfred Hitchock. The evil villain, Gru is stealing the world’s landmarks and of course, the pyramids of Giza are on his list. I had to chuckle as one of the characters posed in front of the pyramids in the classic poses that you so [...]

And now for something completely different… I don’t usually cover movie previews but I thought I’d post this one for a bit of light entertainment. Fourth century. Egypt under the Roman Empire. Violent religious riots in the streets of Alexandria reached its legendary library. Trapped behind the walls, the brilliant astronomer Hipatia struggle to save [...]

The BBC have an adventure game available to play online called “Death in Sakkara, an Egyptian Adventure”. Set in 1939 the game takes the player on a journey of intrigue, murder and mystery. You play the part of Journalist Charles Fox in the hunt for a missing archaeologist. A scene from ‘Death in Sakkara’ Play [...]

Some readers might know of Andrew Bayuk from Guardians Discussion board from the mid 90′s. Back then there weren’t a lot of discussion groups online and before enthusiasts of ancient Egypt splintered into many different groups, Guardians was the one place to meet with others and discuss all aspects of Egyptology. Andrew still runs Guardians [...]

NEWS FLASH! News report just in from BBC. Massive statues unearthed in Sphinx excavation. In more serious Sphinx-related news, Channel Five will be showing a documentary on Thursday at 8pm called “The Secrets of Egypt” in which geologist Colin Reader discusses the controversy over the age of the Sphinx. Like Schwaller de Lubicz, John Anthony [...]