Talking Pyramids

Another update on the state of (dis)repair of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara: Mohammed Abdel Fattah, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, inspected the ongoing renovations at the step pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara with General Mohammed el-Sheikha, head of the developments unit of the council Monday. Abdel Fattah said that the [...]

Cintec prepare to enter the pyramid There has been another development in the controversy of the halt to the restoration efforts on Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara. The restrictions to the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ budget have resulted in a cessation of payments to Cintec, the company carrying out these restorations to the inner chambers [...]

It seems that a delay in payments to the structural repair and reinforcement systems company Cintec, who were carrying out restoration work to the insides of the pyramid of Djoser has resulted in a halt to the restoration work. The newly appointed Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt Mohammad Abdel-Maksoud announced [...]

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 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 [...]