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King of the Pyramid
Imhotep’s great creation, the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, sparked a frenzy of construction in Egypt, and a nation of farmers became a nation of builders. It is even possible that Imhotep went on to design a second step pyramid for Zoser’s successor, King Sekhem- Khet, whose pyramid was discovered in the 1950s (see Appendix II). … Continue reading
History of the Great Pyramid
The Arabs were the oldest documented people to enter the Great Pyramids. The Calip Al Mamoum of Baghdad, around 820 A.D., hired an army of workers to dig through the stones of the pyramid to enter it. They were unable to find the entrance, which was concealed, on the north side of the structure. The … Continue reading
Lost Tomb of Egyptian Mayor Found at Saqqara
A 3300 year old tomb belonging to the mayor of Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt has been rediscovered at Saqqara, just south of the Unas pyramid causeway. Until it’s discovery earlier this year, the tomb had been lost since 1885, when treasure hunters first raided the tomb, removing wall panels and other items. Shortly … Continue reading
History of Egyptians Pyramids
By the time of the early dynastic period of Egyptian history, those with sufficient means were buried in bench-like structures known as mastabas. The first historically documented Egyptian pyramid is attributed to the architect Imhotep, who planned what Egyptologists believe to be a tomb for the pharaoh Djoser. Imhotep is credited with being the first … Continue reading
Information Regarding Sculpture
Sculpture is the act or process or art of carving or Regarding Sculpture like stones, woods or plastic. It is a 3 dimensional artwork made by forming or mixing hard material, particularly stones like marble, metal, wood or glass and plastic materials. Round objects can be obtainable as sculptures. Materials can be done by removal … Continue reading
Tombs and Burial
People all over the world have their own different views of death and definition of the Afterlife. Influences from the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cultures are strong enough to last up until our age, but in some civilizations, practices and beliefs changed as their own societies declined. How the New Stone Age people treat their … Continue reading
The Concept of the Four Sons of Horus
The Four Sons of Horus are most well known for their association with the mummification of the internal organs but there is more to these gods than containers of the dead king’s body parts. By focusing on the earliest records of the ancient Egyptian use of these four gods we’ll be letting the pyramids speak … Continue reading
Who used the pyramid as a symbol?
Many of the secret societies, such as the Rosticrucians, Masons, Jewish mystics, and others, have assigned importance to the Great Pyramid through mysticism. On the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States is the symbol of a Pyramid with a cap stone bearing the All-Seeing-Eye. The Great Seal’s design was largely due … Continue reading
Pyramid Builders Tombs Found at Giza
New tombs have been discovered at Giza further supporting the view that the pyramids were not built by slaves but by free skilled workers. “These tombs were built beside the king’s pyramid, which indicates that these people were not by any means slaves…If they were slaves, they would not have been able to build their … Continue reading
The Case of the Missing Queen
One of the great treasures in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum is the funerary furniture and jewelry of Queen Hetepheres. Elegant furniture with beautiful gold bands of hieroglyphs are the main attraction, but there are also spectacular silver bracelets inlaid with turquoise butterf lies, whose discovery came about under unique circumstances. Found in 1925, when Tutankhamen’s tomb … Continue reading