Talking Pyramids

Pyramid of Amenemhet I Another update from Zahi Hawass on the current state of things at some of the pyramid fields: At Lischt, a famous site containing the Middle Kingdom pyramid of Amenemhat I, looters have broken into tombs many times, and there are illegal excavations taking place at night. I have heard rumors that in [...]

Thomas Campbell, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art speaks of how the looting has effected their excavation site in Dahshur: JEFFREY BROWN: Tell us about the site. What kind of work goes on there? And the attacks, what do you know about the attacks at this point? THOMAS CAMPBELL: It’s a middle kingdom [...]

Dahshur. Photo by Vincent Brown According to the latest update from Dr Zahi Hawass the pyramid site at Dahshur was attacked by thieves on the weekend and a magazine containing artifacts was looted: In another terrible turn of events, last night a magazine in Dahshur was broken into; it is called De Morgan’s. This magazine contains [...]

Pyramids of Dahshur as seen from Saqqara Reports in the news this morning are that pyramids at Saqqara and storage magazines at Abusir have been broken into. Pyramids of Pepi I and Djedkare Isesi have been opened along with magazines in South Saqqara. Both Abusir and Saqqara are reported to have suffered a lot of [...]

It’s always fun to have a bit of interaction and feedback from you, the readers of Talking Pyramids. A small part of this interactivity is the poll that appears on the right side, just below the Delicious Links. The last poll asked what theory you favoured to explain the construction of the Great Pyramid. Among [...]

In the past it has been a struggle to keep up to date with which sites are open to visitors and those that are closed. I keep in regular contact with sources in Egypt as well as travellers who have recently visited the sites. I have used news websites, blogs, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and other [...]

The United Nations and the Egyptian Government have teamed up with the aim of developing Dahshur’s community while preserving the area’s culture and heritage. Two days ago they held the program’s first workshop: “Mobilization of the Dahshour World Heritage Site for Community Development” at Saqqara. The Pyramids of Dahshur The workshop was attended by Zahi [...]