Talking Pyramids

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) has refused to return the bust of the Ankhhaf, architect of the pyramid of Khafre, for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza in 2015. Argument for the item not to be returned is that it is too fragile to be moved. Zahi Hawass took offense [...]

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 [...]

Inside Khufu’s 2nd solar boat pit Today the second solar boat of Khufu that lies beside his pyramid was unveiled to the public. The first boat was discovered in 1954 and now resides in a museum built especially to display the boat located directly above it’s pit on the south side of the pyramid. Three [...]

The step pyramid of Djoser was at risk of collapse after an earthquake in 1992 caused damage to the burial chamber. Last December structural repair and reinforcement systems company Cintec was chosen for the job of propping up Egypt’s oldest pyramid. They’ve now completed phase one of the work which involved setting up pressurised air-filled [...]

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 [...]

As planned, the site of South Saqqara opened to the public today. Here is an excerpt of the article in Al-Ahram: Hundred of journalists, photographers and TV anchors gathered today at the Saqqara Necropolis, 30km south of the Giza Plateau, to catch a glimpse of the tombs that the minister of state for antiquities is [...]

Seven tombs at South Saqqara will be opened to tourists this morning for the first time. Two of these new tombs are the unfinished tomb of Maya, Treasurer to Tutankhamun and also the original tomb of military chief, Horemheb. Both tombs date to the Amarna period. Panoramic view of the desert south of the necropolis [...]