Google has upgraded the Giza area in Google Earth and Google Maps with higher resolution imagery allowing us to see the pyramids in more detail. You can now pick out people on the plateau, the trial passages referred to by Petrie, and even individual toes of the Sphinx’s front paws. I look forward to more [...]
Every day Bennu reports on the latest news and information related to ancient Egypt. Once a week these updates are compiled and posted here. Daily News from 23rd – 29th of May 2009 Playmobile’s Pyramid, Sphinx with Mummy, Royal Ship, Pharoahs Temple, Egyptian Chariot, Egyptian Soldiers, Tomb with …. http://is.gd/CvNi # Students’ Mural To Be [...]
An update on the state of some of the pyramids from Heidi who has just returned from Egypt. Water threatens the pyramid at Hawara The ground water at Hawara is high. So high in fact that the subterranean chambers of the pyramid of Amenemhet III at Hawara are totally submerged under water. Anyone trying to [...]
Learning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs can be difficult. From having to remember the individual hieroglyphs, the vocabulary and grammatical structure of the sentences, to the transliteration techniques and Manual deCodage codes. It’s like having to learn several languages at the same time. Many people find it all too overwhelming and give up not long after starting. [...]
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View the weekly reviews in the Study Some of you have been keeping an eye on the “Recent Tweets” section on the right. This area displays posts imported from the micro-blogging service Twitter, where Bennu tweets his little heart away. He has become a lot more active lately so I just wanted to write a [...]
One of the main functions of Talking Pyramids is to provide up-to-date information on the Egyptian pyramids. Last year Zahi Hawass announced that he wanted all Egyptian pyramids to open to the public by 2009 though I do not think this is the case. Although I try to keep the entry prices up to date [...]
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I thought it’s about time I gave readers a bit of an update on some of the recent happenings here at Talking Pyramids and some of the new features that will be implemented in the near future. Aside from posting regular news items concerning the world of ancient Egyptian pyramids, one of the main features [...]
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