Talking Pyramids

Cintec prepare to enter the pyramid There has been another development in the controversy of the halt to the restoration efforts on Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara. The restrictions to the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ budget have resulted in a cessation of payments to Cintec, the company carrying out these restorations to the inner chambers [...]

Camels at Saqqara Four ancient Egyptian wall paintings have been discovered at Saqqara by locals who were randomly digging in the sand during the lapse in security during the height of the revolution. They were uncovered by the Egyptian Archaeology Mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, chaired by Mohammed Abdel Fattah. “This important discovery [...]

Inside the pyramid of Unas Today’s update brings a bitter sweet combination of news on the state of Egypt’s antiquities. Museum The good news is that the limestone statue of Akhenaten holding an offering table was reportedly found in a rubbish bin outside the museum by a young boy. The statue was found to be [...]

Pyramids of Dahshur as seen from Saqqara Reports in the news this morning are that pyramids at Saqqara and storage magazines at Abusir have been broken into. Pyramids of Pepi I and Djedkare Isesi have been opened along with magazines in South Saqqara. Both Abusir and Saqqara are reported to have suffered a lot of [...]

Structural repair and reinforcement systems company Cintec has been appointed to grand task of preserving the Step Pyramid of Djoser after an earthquake in 1992 caused damage to the burial chamber. Here is how they’ll do it: In some cases it uses stainless steel structural reinforcement anchors which are surrounded with a special fabric sock [...]

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 [...]