Talking Pyramids

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. Over the past three months alone there have been 41049 visits, 32 953 Visitors, and 109 576 page views.

I’ve received a lot of mail from readers thanking me for providing this service and I feel it is time that I gave thanks back to the people who have given thier support.

Some of you will know that this blog is just one part of the larger network of sites that I run, which I presumptuously refer to as the ‘Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Network’. The network consists of about eight main areas that have grown individually over the past seven or so years.

An annual subscription to the Flickr account, which serves as a repository for many of the images used on the network, was very kindly paid for by Hans Ollermann. If you have not yet viewed his fine photos on Flickr then be sure to visit his page.

Hans has a magnificent collection of photos that he keeps adding to at a rapid rate. Hans has given me permission to use several of his photos on Talking Pyramids and in also some of the videos that were created as educational flash card videos, part of the supporting materials for VOCAB: with Bennu. One day, out of the blue, Hans presented me with a year’s subscription to Flickr. This account is where much of the supporting materials for VOCAB: with Bennu is stored and is used as a way of engaging with other photographers who have supported Talking Pyramids. Some of these photographers who have contributed photos and on the ground information include Cool Unyot, Lenka Peackock, Mary Harrsch, Morrigan19, tutincommon, ~irene~, Guy Flâneur, Tracey Delaney, Axletriple, Pareeerica, Steven Wagner, Ricardo Liberato, kairoinfo4u and more.

Su Bayfield from England, who runs the informative Egyptian Monuments, has been very kind to allow the use of many of the pyramid photos that appear on the individual pyramid galleries. Thank you Su for your support.

Jon Bodsworth, a brilliant photographer, also from the UK, has supported my work for many years by allowing the use of his photos on my websites. He visits Egypt regularly and has provided many of the photos used on this blog. Jon has also supplied many of the photos used on Pyramid Texts Online, and has even taken specific photos at my request with no expectation of compensation. I can’t thank Jon enough for his generosity.

Heidi Kontkanen ventured into the pyramid of Amenemehet II to report on the current state of the water levels. As regular readers know, I am always trying to stay up to date with the specific states of the pyramids and visitor access to them and I thank Heidi for providing up to date information as well as scans of recent tickets to a number of places throughout Egypt.

Minjae Ormes from National Geographic deserves a big thank you also for her support in providing photographs to be used.

Thanks to Shelly Bernstein and the Brooklyn Museum for use of thier archive photos and their ongoing support and engagement.

There are many people on Twitter who’ve supported Talking Pyramids and would be difficult to name them all here. Some that come to mind are Bettina Tizzy, Vint Falken and the rest of the team over at Heritage Key, teal64, Nepthys14747, Alun, TAG, Diana Wyatt, Dave Wallace, and shadowsinstone. Thanks to Bob Skinner for help compiling some of the Kamrin resources for VOCAB: with Bennu, and to the rest of the GlyphStudy group. Thanks also to fellow bloggers Geoff Carter, Keith Payne, Andie Byrnes, Ben Morales-Correa, Su Bayfield, Stefan Geens and others for mentioning Talking Pyramids on your blogs.

All of you who have purchased books from the Talking Pyramids Book Shop and the Pyramid Texts Online Bookshop and also games from the Games Shop have also helped as a small commission is given on each sale.

Finally, I’d like to thank the few of you who have directly provided financial support by giving donations through the PayPal donation link on Pyramid Texts Online. Your kindness to put your hand in your pocket and give money to help keep the network of Ancient Egyptian Pyramids sites running has been GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks also to all of you who I have not named who have helped in one way another.

And of course I must thank you, the reader. YOU are the reason this blog exists.

Thanks.

Vincent.

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