Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Over the past few days I’ve been in contact with Todd who is currently in Cairo. Although it is difficult to get around to the back of Menkaure’s pyramid Todd has managed to take a photograph of some excavations currently underway on the east side of Menkaure’s pyramid on the Giza Plateau.

Excavations at Menkaure [...]

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 [...]

This week’s photo comes courtesy of Jon Bodsworth from Egypt Archive. It is an unsual shot showing the three pyramids of Giza. In the foreground is the south-east corner of the Great pyramid, followed by Khafre’s pyramid with the pyramid of Menkaure in the background.

The three pyramids on the Giza plateau – by Jon Bodsworth

MSNBC has another photo of the quartzite statue discovered yesterday on the Giza plaeau. The 149 cm tall statue is of a man wearing the typical Old-Kingdom shoulder-length wig. His right hand is clenched on his knee and holds an unidentified object while his left hand rests on his thigh.
The statue has a [...]

Statue found near the pyramid of Menkaure
A life-sized statue of a seated man has been found on the Giza plateau just north of Menkaure’s pyramid. It was discovered by mainentance workers just 40 cm below ground level.
Dr Hawas has said that it’s age is not easy to identify as it has no inscriptions on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]