Talking Pyramids

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi is currently flying through space aboard the International Space Station and he is using Twitter to communicate with us Earthlings. He goes by the name: @Astro_Soichi He has just posted a photo of the pyramids at Dahshur. The Red pyramid and the Bent pyramid can easily be seen from space: YES, you [...]

The ‘Black’ pyramid of Amenemhet III Fresh in the news this morning is the announcement that two more pyramids will be opened to the public to visit this year. It’s not easy keeping up with what pyramids are open and which are closed. Readers of this blog know that I am continually looking for information [...]

Four ushabti boxes, three canopic jars, and four sarcophagi were discovered Archaeologist from Japanese Waseda University have made another important discovery at Saqqara. Just two weeks ago over 30 mummies thought to belong to the Fifth Dynasty were discovered in an underground tomb just south of the pyramid of Unas. This time the find involves [...]