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 [...]

The Egypt Exploration Society has posted a series of videos from the lecture ‘One of Our Cities is Missing!’ On 25 June 2011 the EES hosted a day of lectures focussing on ‘Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids’. Speakers included Drs Jaromir Krejci, Richard Bussman, Joanne Rowland and David Jeffreys. Dr Jeffreys, Director of [...]

Dassault Systèmes has released the next 3D interactive experience of Jean-Pierre’s innovative theory on the pyramid of Khufu. Discover the New Khufu’s Pyramid Building Theory by Jean-Pierre Houdin: Visit the Dassault Systemes website to experience Khufu Reborn. Download the study carried out by Jean-Pierre Houdin, which has some very interesting observations: 34 Clues in Support [...]

Pyramids Closed. Chaos in Egypt generates fear of attacks on monuments After the ransacking of the Egyptian Museum and due to the current situation in Egypt the pyramids of Giza have been closed and the Egyptian army on guard against any attacks. Rather than attempt to gather all the events here I’ll direct you to [...]

Thursday was ‘D Day’ and Jean-Pierre and Dassault Systèmes ended all the intrigue and mystery with their spectacular 3D presentation of Episode 2 “Legacy of Khufu” at the La Géode conference in Paris. Jean-Pierre told the conference that 3D simulations indicate that there are two undiscovered chambers located very close to the King’s chamber inside [...]

‘Behenu’ News on the discovery of the burial chamber inside the pyramid of Behenu continues with this video on the recent excavations at the site. The report mentions that pottery sherds, torn cloth and bone fragments were found in the burial chamber: “Experts are now examining what is left of Behenu’s mortal remains including what [...]

Nubian Pyramids This morning saw a continuation of the rewrapping of the mummy known as the “Anonymous Man”. There will be one final day on Tuesday when they’ll wrap things up…literally. Sorry, couldn’t resist that one. There was a very brief but interesting video on the website of Dr Hawass today about producing a very [...]