Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

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 to date [...]

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 features [...]

The Pyramid of Menkaure. Photo by Jon Bodsworth Visit the Giza Plateau page for information on the pyramid of Menkaure. Interact with the embedded GoogleMap at the top of the page & zoom in on the Menkaure pyramid for a closer look from the air.

More news on the search for Menkaure’s missing sarcophagus. Franck Goddio discovered artefacts submerged in Alexandria and is also favoured in the search for the Beatrice Spain and Egypt have made some advancements on the arrangement of a joint mission to search for the sarcophagus of Menkaure, lost on the sea floor somewhere between Malta [...]

Menkaure’s Basalt Sarcophagus Spain and Egypt will commence a search later this year for the Beatrice, the 19th century ship that was wrecked at sea while attempting to transport the black basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure to England. Please note, the news story wrongly reports the sarcophagus as having once contained the body of Khafre instead [...]

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 [...]