Talking Pyramids

Satellite image of the Nile Still on the topic of the use of satellites in Archaeology, the University of Arkansas is helping archaeologists by providing them with satellite imagery as old as 40 years to see what archaeological sites looked like before the spread of cities encroached on them. With the aid of new technology [...]

An archaeological site at Cahuachi – photo by Ed88. CC Some Rights Reserved. In another example of the use of satellites to discover archaeological sites, yesterday at a satellite imagery conference in Rome it was announced that an ancient adobe pyramid near Peru’s Cahuachi desert has been discovered with the aid of a new remote [...]

Here is another video on the Underwater Museum planned for Alexandria. Although it is in French it is still worth a look just for the visuals even if you don’t speak French. Click to watch the video Click to watch the video There is also an article in Al Ahram in French. An English translation [...]

A 3D recreation of Khufu’s pyramid Three dimensional models will be made of many of Egypt’s ancient monuments and archaeological sites using aerial and terrestrial photography. The first phase of the process has just been completed: The project comes as part of SCA’s plan to archive Egypt’s monumental areas that will also include the Pyramids [...]

National Geographic has a story on the submerged artifacts in the bay of Alexandria and the Underwater Museum that is planned for the site. A team funded by UNESCO, will conduct tests to evaluate the feasibility of such a museum for the site. Hundreds of artifacts were discovered at the site in the 90′s by [...]

In another example of how Universities, Museums, and Libraries are embracing the web, the World Digital Library enters the scene to provide the world with access to free access to books and other learning multimedia. From the Library’s website: The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual [...]

Hierowords Luca has announced an update to Hierowords, a free to download program that allows you to chose among 810 hieroglyphs of the Gardiner’s list and among 6717 hieroglyphs of the extended library from the CCER and arrange them in words. In an email to the GlyphStudy group Luca wrote: Dear all, I am sorry [...]