Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

These items were found by Wayman Dixon in 1872 at the bottom of the northern shaft of the so-called ‘Queen’s’ chamber of Khufu’s pyramid.

Diorite ball and copper hook found in a shaft in Khufu’s pyramid. Photo: Jon Bodsworth

Now on display in the British Museum, one is a spherical ball of diorite and the other is [...]

The Red and Bent pyramids as seen from the ISS

The Pyramids of Dashur were recently photographed by an Expedition 17 crewmember on the International Space Station.
Easily observable in the image are the Red pyramid and Bent pyramid both built by Khufu’s father Sneferu.
The pyramid complexes of Amenemhat III and Senwosret III can also be [...]

This week’s photo shows the western end of the burial chamber of Unas.

Sarcophagus in the burial chamber of Unas. Photo: Jon Bodsworth

The texts above the sarcophagus are considered the most important of all the texts in the pyramid of Unas. These are the only texts near the sarcophagus and contain many protective [...]

This week’s photo is of Djoser’s pyramid and comes from the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian Lantern Collection.

Step Pyramid of Djoser, from the Brooklyn Museum collection.

See also this post for photos of the inside of Djoser’s pyramid.

This week I thought I’d post something a bit different.

A 1:1000 scale model of the pyramid of Khufu

It’s a pyramid I made with my friend Simon about 12 years ago. We both made one each from a block of limestone using just a hacksaw and a piece of sand paper. It [...]

This week’s photo is of the Fragmentary Ointment Jar inscribed for Unas in the Brooklyn Museum.

Here are some more photos of the boat museum built to house the first of Khufu’s funeral boats. These photos were supplied by Guy Flaneur who has done an excellent job of capturing a variety of interesting views of Khufu’s boat, and some of the accompanying objects in the boat museum.
A slide [...]