Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Explore the area around Sesheshet’s pyramid A summary of what we know about Sesheshet and her pyramid appeared this morning on the Haaretz website. From the article: Dr. Deborah Sweeney, an expert on ancient Egypt from the archaeology department of Tel Aviv University, says researchers assume that Sesheshet belonged to the close circle of the [...]

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 [...]

Explore the area around Sesheshet’s pyramid The National Geographic has an update on the excavation of the pyramid of Sesheshet. A little bit more information has been released about the find. Earlier reports of the sarcophagus having been previously opened by tomb robbers has turned out not to be the case. I had thought it [...]

Remains of Sesheshet. Photo: Reuters handout Remains of an ancient Egyptian mummy, thought to be those of Queen Sesheshet have been found inside the newly discovered pyramid at Saqqara. The pyramid was discovered in November last year and since then Egyptian archaeologists have been excavating the pyramid looking for confirmation that this pyramid did in [...]

Scene from the Mastaba of Mereruka. Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, yesterday announced the discovery of another pyramid at Saqqara. This brings the number of pyramids discovered in Egypt to 118, the last one being that of Menkahor, which was rediscovered about five months ago. The Pyramid is thought to belong [...]