Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

How the Pyramid Built Itself

John Romer is an Egyptologist from Surrey, England and is well known for his humorous style and from his many appearances on a number of TV series on Archaeology.
In 1979, Romer and his wife, Elizabeth Romer, an archaeologist and designer, founded The Theban Foundation, for the purpose of […]

BBC: Building the Great Pyramid

This docudrama features fictional character Nacht, one of workers who was part of building the Great Pyramid.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

The DVD includes an interesting 14 minute long “Making of” feature which explains some of the special […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid planned for Tokyo Bay.
Houses 750,000 people, 12 times as large as Khufu’s pyramid, has a footprint of 275 city blocks and would contain 24 80-story skyscrapers suspended within it.

Watch father and son explore the pyramid of Khufu. This home video shows what it is like to enter the pyramid as they climb the Grand Gallery to the King’s chamber.