Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Next Monday the History Channel will air a documentary called “The Lost Pyramid”.
The documentary sensationally refers to the pyramid of Djedefre as “The Lost Fourth Pyramid of Giza”, even though Egyptologists have been well aware of this pyramid for over a hundred years, it first being investigated by John Perring and later by Flinders Petrie […]

Here is a great interactive 360 degree panorama of the Giza plateau and surrounds. Use the the Shift and Ctrl keys to zoom in and out and the mouse or the arrow keys to look around.

Click to interact with the full-screen 360 degree Panorama of Giza Plateau

Yellow circle indicates the position of the […]

Today it is with great excitement that I announce the launch of the GlyphStudy Open-Source Projects Group.
Here is the Public Announcement released earlier today:
The GlyphStudy Open-Source Projects (GOSP) Group is an association of software developers, Ancient Egyptian educators, students, and scholars of various levels devoted to open source and public domain tools and resources to […]

Here’s a practical exercise for you to do at home. A great weekend activity for the kids. I remember when I was about five my Dad helped me make a model pyramid out of paper. I’ve got three different methods of making a paper pyramid for you. Click on each of […]

For the final post in the series on Ancient Egyptian Games I’ve collected a bunch of games that can be played online and put them all together here on one page.
You can also purchase games for your computer from the Ancient Egyptian Games Shop.
Senet:
You can read all about the ancient Egyptian game of Senet or […]

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 […]

Heidelberg University
HEIDI: The University of Heidelberg’s Library Catalogue has a range of books on Ancient Egypt that can be viewed online or downloaded and printed out. Here are just a few examples of books that can be found there:
Richard A. Proctor:
The Great Pyramid: observatory, tomb, and temple
William M. Flinders Petrie:
Tanis (Band 1): 1883-4
London, […]

The ancient Egyptian game of Aseb, also known as ‘The Twenty Squares game’ is one of the oldest known games dating back to about 3000 BC. Boards from the 17th Dynasty have been found, evidence that the game was played for thousands of years.
It is sometimes found on the underside of Senet boards and […]

Faulkner’s Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian gives the translation of the word ‘Mehen’ as literally meaning “coil” and is used in reference to the goddess Mehen, or ‘Coiled One’, and also the board game called Mehen.

Mehen was a serpent god who’s coils encircled and protected Afu-Ra’s shrine.

I am this one who escaped from […]

Hounds and Jackals is a bit like Senet but instead of moving pieces on a board like Senet, the players plug hound-headed and jackal-headed pegs into holes in the board.
Thought to be the origin of the modern game of Snakes & Ladders, Hounds and Jackals was also known as the ‘Game of 58 […]