Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

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 [...]

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 then [...]

My previous post on the use of 3D Models of the Sphinx and pyramids to predict weathering prompted a few post from fellow bloggers around the web. One of these was by Andie Byrnes, who also mentioned another similar effort by an Egyptian team as reported in Scientific Computing.

Sphinx Perspective, by Oberazzi CC By [...]

The Sphinx as seen in the late 19th century

This week’s Friday Photo is of the Sphinx at Giza. Click on the image to see the accompanying annotations, drawings and information about Egyptian deities.
The Riddle of the Sphinx has been solved by an inscription at Edfu which shows it to be a transformation of Horus [...]

National Geographic’s Egypt Unwrapped series addresses the age of the Sphinx and again, I thought I’d share a few snippets with you.
Geologist Colin Reader looks at the Sphinx at Giza and discusses the weathering issue. Like Schwaller de Lubicz, John Anthony West and fellow geologist Robert Schoch, Reader is of the opinion that evidence [...]