Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Scene from the mastaba of Mereruka
OsirisNet has updated their excellent and informative website with the addition of the mastaba of Meryteti.
The mastaba of Meryteti is located just north of the pyramid of Teti and is a part of the Mereruka mastaba complex.
“The mastaba/chapel of Meryteti consists of five chambers, a burial shaft and […]

Zahi Hawass in 2003
In a recent interview with Andrew Bayuk, Zahi Hawass has revealed that they have discovered another pyramid at Saqqara. It is claimed that this pyramid belonged to one of the queens of Teti. Other tombs were also found at Saqqara but a formal announcement is yet to be made.
The museum […]

More discoveries at Saqqara. Several painted wooden coffins as well as statues representing their owners have been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists. Tunnels containing carved stones were also found in the area.
“These coffins were found in the tombs of senior officials of the 18th and 19th dynasties,” near Saqqara, Zahi Hawass, the director of […]

More on the discovery of the pyramid of Menkauhor at Saqqara, a video from the National Geographic website:

Video of the excavation of what is thought to be Menkauhor’s pyramid at Saqqara

From today’s story in the Guardian:
“In 1842, German archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsius mentioned it among his finds at Saqqara, referring to it as number 29 […]

18th Dynasty stele depicting Menkauhor
The Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) reported today that the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in the Saqqara area has been discovered.
Secretary General of the SCA, Zahi Hawass stated that it was thought to belong to fifth Dynasty King Menkauhor who ruled from 2444 B.C. to 2436 B.C. (not […]

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 […]

There is always something happening in the world of Egyptology. Today’s story concerns the possible discovery of Imhotep, architect of Djoser’s Step Pyramid:
“The Saqqara Geophysical Survey Project may be on the verge of discovering the remains of Imhotep, the architect of the Step Pyramid.
Project Director Ian Mathieson said, ‘We’ve now found two large tombs where […]

This week’s ‘Photo of the Week’ is of the Unas Sarcophagus chamber. This photo shows the chamber’s ceiling near the eastern end of the north wall.
The texts that can be seen in the lower section of the photograph detail the purifications and presentation of offerings.

This is a story from the archives - from September 2001. Story by Nevine El-Aref of Al-Ahram weekly.
Egyptian-Japanese archaeologists working in Saqqara have stumbled upon evidence that the builder of the Great Pyramid was revered as a god for up to two millennia after his death, writes Nevine El-Aref
What is known about […]