Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Giulio Magli was in the news a couple of years ago with his grand plan for Giza, the idea that the three Giza pyramids

In the last 24 hours a bit more information on the discovery of what has become known as the ‘Father & Son’ tombs located west of the pyramid of Unas at Saqqara has been released as well as more photos and a video. An obvious point I missed is the cartouche of Pepi II and [...]

False door from the newly discovered tomb Two tombs dating to Ancient Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty have been discovered west of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. The 4200 year-old tombs appear to have belonged to a father and son, named Shendwa and Khonsu respectively. Inside the father’s was found a beautiful false door (pictured [...]

Ptahmes as depicted in his tomb A 3300 year old tomb belonging to the mayor of Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt has been rediscovered at Saqqara, just south of the Unas pyramid causeway. Until it’s discovery earlier this year, the tomb had been lost since 1885, when treasure hunters first raided the tomb, removing [...]

Pyramid Texts from the recently discovered pyramid of Behenu In the EEF news this morning was the news of the online publication of Giulio Magli’s 2010 paper: Archaeoastronomy and Archaeo-Topography as Tools in the Search for a Missing Egyptian Pyramid in PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 7(5) (2010) Here is an abstract: Among the [...]

Pyramid Texts from the north wall A burial chamber containing a pink granite sarcophagus with a black basalt lid has been discovered at South Saqqara by a French archaeological mission. Although badly damaged, the walls are covered in texts which contain the name of the tomb’s owner, ‘Behenu’, thought to be the Queen of either [...]

Inside the Serapeum at Saqqara This old black & white photo is from the Brooklyn Museum’s Lantern Slide Collection and shows inside the serapium, a tomb built for the sacred Apis bulls. The sarcophagus that can been seen in the photo is one of 25 that were found, some weighing as much as 70 tonnes. [...]