Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

* Bastet * – by Pareeerica CC by NC ND 2.0 It was back in January 2008 that I began Talking Pyramids and I’ve enjoyed running the blog over that time. Thinking about the future and areas to improve upon, I have been reflecting on how the blog has grown during it’s relatively short life. [...]

Learning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs can be difficult. From having to remember the individual hieroglyphs, the vocabulary and grammatical structure of the sentences, to the transliteration techniques and Manual deCodage codes. It’s like having to learn several languages at the same time. Many people find it all too overwhelming and give up not long after starting. [...]

The new library at Pyramid Texts Online The Pyramid Texts Online website has had a major update with the addition of the Library. Sit down and relax with an old classic, flick through the pages on-screen thanks to the Internet Archive’s Flip Book. Due to the antique age of most of these books it is [...]

After reading Andie’s post on the Temple of Denderah I have gone through some of my old photos of Egypt and found some of the Temple of Hathor at Denderah. I’ve added these to the Photo Gallery which you can view by clicking on the link on the side panel on the right or by [...]

Who is Bennu? Where is he now? What is Bennu twittering about? Bennu is a small greeny-blue heron that can be seen flitting around the ‘Pyramid Network’ formed by the following web of connecting sites: This blog: ‘Talking Pyramids’, Pyramid of Man, Pyramid Texts Online, Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, & Flickr

There have been a few new additions and changes to the blog so I thought I’d give a site update post. Pyramid Fields The area on the top-right side called ‘Pyramid Fields’ is where a lot of the action has been lately. I have been in contact with a number of people on my quest [...]

After seeing Andie Byrne’s request for information on the which pyramids were currently open to the public I realised that if I am to create a real information service on the ancient Egyptian pyramids I need to include this sort of information. So I have begun adding opening times on those pyramids that are currently [...]