The Egyptian pyramids
A community portal about The Egyptian pyramids with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Pyramids of Egypt, among the largest constructions ever built by man, , constitute one of the most potent and enduring... [more]
A community portal about The Egyptian pyramids with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Pyramids of Egypt, among the largest constructions ever built by man, , constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization. It is generally accepted by most archaeologists that they were constructed as burial monuments associated with royal solar and stellar cults, and most were built during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods .
The Egyptians wore regular clothes but always wore elaborate jewelry. The personal jewelry was worn for ornamention and to show how wealthy the person was. Some of the jewelry included earrings, bracelets, anklets, rings, and beaded necklaces. The gems the Egyptians put in the jewelry were garnet, onyx, turquoise, amethyst, and lapis lazuli. They also added copper, gold, and shells. Egyptians also wore necklaces of colorful beads and...
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The erosion of the Sphinx & its surrounding trench show the result of regular heavy rains or perhaps flooding, not wind, not sand. Egypt has not had that kind of climate since 7,000BC & with the possibility of the Sphinx being buried in sand for much of the time (as it was till recently excavated) it may very well be many thousands of years older than that. From a detailed study of the highly-weathered limestone rock and the enclosure in which it sits, Robert Schoch, a geologist from...
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ScienceDaily (2008-03-29) -- The Aztecs, Mayans and ancient Egyptians were three very different civilizations with one very large similarity: pyramids. However, of these three ancient cultures, the Egyptians set the standard for what most people recognize as classic pyramid design: massive monuments with a square base and four smooth-sided triangular sides, rising to a point. The Aztecs and Mayans built their pyramids with tiered steps and a flat top.
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Say hello to your next-door neighbor: Cheops, Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom
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Over three thousand years ago, the Pharaohs of Egypt’s Old Kingdom, built the massive Pyramids to house their remains and their riches for eternity. This astonishing Wonder of the World has attracted tourists for centuries, but only The Mena House Oberoi is located a mere 700 yards away, right on the sandy plain. Originally built as a hunting lodge in 1879, but has been a...
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Experts have discovered a canal at an Aswan rock quarry that they believe was used to help float some of ancient Egypt's largest stone monuments to the Nile River. Most ancient Egyptian stonework, like the obelisk erected by Hatshepsut seen here (top), was quarried and shaped in Aswan.The discovery is the first concrete evidence for a long-held theory that ancient workers transported their massive stone monuments directly by water.Now scientists are concerned that saltwater corrosion will...
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July 19: Tourists visit the ancient Pharaos king Cheops' first solar boat during their visit to the boat museum at the Pyramids site in Giza, Egypt CAIRO, Egypt — Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat ...
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Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists announced ...
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Belgian tourists photograph the original ropes which were joining the main pieces of the Pharos king Cheops' first solar boat during their visit to the boat museum at the Pyramids site in Giza, Egypt, Saturday, July 19, 2008. Cheops' second solar ...
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We spent 3 nights in Cairo seeing the Egyptian Museum, Khan El Khalili Souk, and the Pyramids of Giza! Then it was off the Sharm El Shiekh for 5 days of diving the Red Sea!! It was a great trip!!!
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Ever wondered how mummies are made or how pyramids were built? And just why were the Egyptians so good at mathematics? The solution to these and other intriguing questions will be answered at an Egyptian ...
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The enormous constructions at Cern evoke great cathedrals and Egyptian pyramids, says Jonathan Glancey.
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The mysterious Wall of the Crow separates Egyptologist Mark Lehner's dig from the pyramids at Giza.
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