Talking Pyramids

The Giza plateau reopened on Wednesday after being closed for the past two weeks. Soon after the recent unrest in Egypt began tourists started leaving the country in large numbers. The lack of tourists on the Giza plateau and at other popular sites has been hurting the locals who depend heavily on tourism to make [...]

The Sphinx before being cleared. Ancient mud brick walls surrounding the Sphinx have been discovered during a routine excavation on the Giza plateau. The walls date to the reign of King Thuthmose IV, about 1400 BC. From the website of Dr Zahi Hawass: Dr. Hawass stated that the newly discovered wall consists of two parts: [...]

Dr Zahi Hawass has posted an update on his blog on the work recently carried out at the Sphinx and the search for secret chambers. Did they find Edgar Cayce’s fabled Hall of Records? Last year, we drilled several holes around the Sphinx in order to measure the level of the groundwater, and we sent [...]

An unusual shot of the Sphinx from dannebrog shows the Giza wall in the background. The size of the camel resting beside the wall in the shade indicates the height of the wall. The Sphinx as viewed from the north shows the Giza wall in the background Photo sphinxhead by dannebrog. Some rights reserved.

Nubian Pyramids This morning saw a continuation of the rewrapping of the mummy known as the “Anonymous Man”. There will be one final day on Tuesday when they’ll wrap things up…literally. Sorry, couldn’t resist that one. There was a very brief but interesting video on the website of Dr Hawass today about producing a very [...]

At night on the Giza plateau, after the sun has set below the pyramids, the coloured lights come out and dance all over the sphinx and pyramids in a specticle that is famously known as the “Sound and Light Show”. Now, after thirty years of service the curtains are closing for the old coloured lights [...]

Restorations of Djoser’s Pyramid Wind, pollution and rising ground water levels continue to threaten Egypt’s monuments. We’ve seen how rising water is damaging the Sphinx and the ongoing efforts to reduce the water levels there. One thing leads to another: The capillary action of the stone brings water high up into the monument, calcium deposits [...]