Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Were the pyramids made of concrete?

The question of how the ancient Egyptian pyramids were built is one that has occupied the minds of many for thousands of years. Many interesting theories have been developed over that time and one that has recently made the news is that of the concrete pyramid.
In today’s article we’ll […]

The Traditional Theory with Donald Redford

This is the first in a series of articles I’ll be posting concerning the age old question: How were the Egyptian pyramids built?
To start off lets look at a story thats been floating around the news last week or so. Donald B. Redford, Ph.D. is professor in […]

JSesh is a free Open Source hieroglyphic editor for ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts. It’s quite a useful tool and covers most of the Manuel de Codage system. You can download it from the JSesh website.
Some new tutorials have recently been added to the website. The most recent tutorial shows in detail how to create […]

I seem to have developed a bit of a ‘Modern Pyramid’ theme over the last few weeks from Japan’s Shimizu Pyramid to Dubai’s pyramids and Germany’s ‘New Great Pyramid’. So I thought I’d keep that going today with a post on Russia’s new found fondness for buildings with a pointy top.
Here you […]

The cameras at PyramidCam.com are back. You can once again view the Pyramids of Giza in real time.
Other features of the site include:
A Travel Log of ‘Rallye des pyramides’, a GoogleEarth placemark where you can view 3D reconstructions of the three pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx in GoogleEarth, a Weather page for […]

The Nova website has an interactive section on the Egyptian Pyramids which can be seen at a glance here.
There are several small 360 degree views in Quicktime VR such as the view from the top of Khufu’s pyramid as well as inside.
A bit of background and introduction to the pyramids here: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids.
Or […]

Saqqara Online is an excellent website for keeping up to date with the the excavations in the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara.
The Leiden Excavations are a joint project of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, the Netherlands & the Leiden University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Egyptology and Faculty of Archaeology in […]

The BBC has a fun and educational game for children to learn about the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids and how they were built. It’s really quite authentic. The picture below, for example, shows the stage where you select the angle for your pyramid and the accompanying hieroglyphic writing is from plate 16 of the […]

Click on the image to enter the Mastaba of Khufukhaf I

You can navigate through the tomb and click on any of the walls to read the inscriptions. Hovering over the inscriptions highlights a line of text and provides an English translation of the text.
From the Culnat website:
“The Mastaba of Khafkhufu I is situated in […]

National Geographic has on their website information and video previews of the ‘Engineering Egypt’ special coming up. It premiers on July 22.
“Ancient Egypt was powerful and mysterious—lasting for more than two thousand years and leaving behind the symbols of its greatness written on the desert in stone. More than a feat of engineering […]