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...
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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 almost famous Egyptian pyramids to be established are the Great Pyramids of Giza, placed in the outskirts of contemporary Cairo. There are up 100 Egyptian pyramids of varying sizes, and over 50 more overmuch in neighboring Sudan. However, the three Great Pyramids of Giza earn their renown by being the biggest of these. Zahi Hawass is doing it once more, new robot will be placed in to the great pyramid of Khufu to break what is set the mystery shots. Maybe, maybe there is a opportunity... Read Full Story
The almost famous Egyptian pyramids to be established are the Great Pyramids of Giza, placed in the outskirts of contemporary Cairo. There are up 100 Egyptian pyramids of varying sizes, and over 50 more overmuch in neighboring Sudan. However, the three Great Pyramids of Giza earn their renown by being the biggest of these. Zahi Hawass is doing it once more, new robot will be placed in to the great pyramid of Khufu to break what is set the mystery shots. Maybe, maybe there is a opportunity... Read Full Story
Discovery of secret doors suggests possibility of hidden treasures. For years scholars have considered that the pyramid of King Khufu , greatest of the three "great" pyramids at Giza city, had been blank in antiquity and everything of measure, including the body of King Khufu himself, had been transferred. Nowadays, Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of Egypt's Greatest Council of Antiquities and director of the Giza Plateau , suspects that might not be the case. "I really in person believe... Read Full Story
Discovery of secret doors suggests possibility of hidden treasures. For years scholars have considered that the pyramid of King Khufu , greatest of the three "great" pyramids at Giza city, had been blank in antiquity and everything of measure, including the body of King Khufu himself, had been transferred. Nowadays, Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of Egypt's Greatest Council of Antiquities and director of the Giza Plateau , suspects that might not be the case. "I really in person believe... Read Full Story
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 Boston... Read Full Story
Aswan is Egypt's sunniest southern city and ancient frontier town located about 81 miles south of Luxor . It has a distinctively African atmosphere. Its ancient Egyptian name was Syene. Small enough to walk around and graced with the most beautiful setting on the Nile, the pace of life is slow and relaxing. Days can be spent strolling up and down the broad Corniche watching the sailboats etch the sky with their tall masts or sitting in floating restaurants listening to Nubian music and... Read Full Story
Everyone knows about the Pyramids at Giza, it’s a must see for tourists around the world.
At the beginning of my time in Cairo, a friend from Binghamton came to visit and I took her to the Giza Pyramids. We had a blast getting there as we took the subway and three cabs to get there.
The trip wasn’t really so long, but we decided to see Coptic Cairo in the early afternoon, meet up with another friend, and then go see the Pyramids. It was amazing. Coptic Cairo is the oldest part of the... Read Full Story
The huge architectural achievements of the past are built of stone. Stone quarries supplied the large jams of granite, limestone, and sandstone that were used for construction temples and tombs. Designers planned carefully as building was done without mortar, so the stones had to fit precisely together. Only pillars were used to sustain short stone supports. At temple of Karnak, a ramp of adobe brick can be seen leading to the top of the temple wall. Such ramps were used to allow workmen to... Read Full Story
In south-west of Cairo About 27km, is also the setting for the pyramids of Unas, the mastabas of Mereruka, Ti and Ptahotep. Here, too, is the Serapeum where the sacred Apis bulls were entombed, each in a massive sarcophagus, in cavernous underground galleries. Adjoining Saqqara is Memphis, site of the capital established by Mena (or Narmer ) who united Upper and Lower Egypt into one Kingdom and founded the First Dynasty about 3400 B.C.A gigantic statue of Ramses II , and the exquisite... Read Full Story
Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx are the most popular among visitors to the ancient Egypt.
The Pyramids of Giza are said to have been built by over 20,000 workers in a span of 80 years and they include the largest of all pyramids popularly known as ‘Great Pyramid’.
The Great Pyramid is the oldest and largest of the three Pyramids of Giza and it is believed to have been built as a tomb for Khufu, the Fourth dynasty Egyptian king around 2560 BC.
The pyramid, which stands 481 feet high... Read Full Story
