This week’s photograph is by Daniel Morcos. A very nice cinematic shot of Khafre’s pyramid. Photo by Daniel Morcos. All Rights Reserved. Click here if you feel like Chasing Daniel to see more of his beautiful photos.
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This week’s photo comes from Chamorrobible. An Air Transport Command Airplane Flies Over The Pyramids During World War II, 1943. Click on the photograph to view the image in full size. Source: Chamorrobible.org
Feb. 25, 2008 — Two of the pyramids of Giza , the last surviving wonder of the ancient world, were conceived as a single project–a sort of grandiose stage show to represent the final and most important part of a pharaoh’s journey to the afterlife, an Italian study has concluded. It is widely believed that [...]
The Giza Plateau Mapping Project has been in existence since 1986 and was founded by the President and Treasurer, Mark Lehner and board member, Matthew McCauley, Ancient Egypt Research Associates, Inc. The organisation is dedicated to research concerning the ancient Egyptian monuments of the Giza Plateau, and making the results of those studies available to [...]
It seems that Khufu and Khafre are the only pyramids at Giza that are currently open on to the public. Menkaure’s pyramid is closed. You can visit the Giza Plateau page for more information.
After seeing Andie Byrne’s request for information on the which pyramids were currently open to the public I realised that if I am to create a real information service on the ancient Egyptian pyramids I need to include this sort of information. So I have begun adding opening times on those pyramids that are currently [...]
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