Step Pyramid

Jump to the full entry & travel map Giza, Egypt

Jump to the full entry & travel map ……their size and iconic shape but this is best viewed at a distance.  Then to Saqqara and an early step pyramid.  This felt far more authentic as it was miles from anywhere. The tombs of…

Think you know all there is to know about these goliaths of the ancient world? Heritage Key picks out ten key facts about pyramids.1. There are actually 118 pyramids in Egypt. Sure, you might have heard of Khufu's, or Khafre's – or even Djoser's incredible Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the first…

drhawass.comZahi Hawass talking about the Step Pyramid. I don't know how long this page has been up but I hadn't seen it before so it may be that others haven't seen it either. Thanks to Fred Sierevogel for pointing me at it.Today, the Step Pyramid complex is visited by thousands of tourists…

Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)I have a horrid impression that this has article already been posted on the blog, but a search through both Ben's……scientific mission to carry out a laser scanning survey of Djoser's Step Pyramid. At the footsteps of the pyramid were gathered dozens of…

Egypt State Information Service"Egypt plans to make a documentary film of Pyrmaid of Djoser, Egypt's first step pyramid, using a three-dimensional technique to be a reference to all archaeologists," Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said Monday9/6/2008.The film will display a perspective…

Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi)Some of Egypt's most magnificent pyramids were deliberately designed to follow a pattern of invisible diagonal……location of all the pyramids of the Fourth and Fifth Dynasties, from the Step Pyramid of Djoser (2630-2611 B.C.) to the now-collapsed…

Nauka w Polsce The last season of the mission lead by Prof. Karol Myśliwiec, from the University of Warsaw's Mediterranean Archaeological Center,……The excavation zone is located about 150m. west of the oldest Egyptian step pyramid, that was built for Pharaoh Djoser (27th century B.C.).…

Al Ahram Weekly ()Intact wooden and limestone sarcophagi housing dozens of mummies have been discovered inside the Sixth-Dynasty tomb of Sennedjem……Gisr Al-Mudir area located at the south-western corner of King Djoser's Step Pyramid complex in the Saqqara necropolis was brimming with…

BBC News (Christian Fraser)Thanks to Vincent Brown's Talking Pyramids blog for highlighting this video. It lasts for over two minutes and offers a……the shaft beneath the newly discovered pyramid and the interior of the Step Pyramid of Djoser.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes

drhawass.comMinister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, announced today that Egyptian archaeologists, performing routine conservation work at the southern side of Saqqara’s step pyramid (2687-2668 BC), have stumbled upon what is believed to be a deep hole full of the remains of animals and birds. The…

When SG-1 explores the entrance of an ancient step pyramid on a remote world, they are surprised to discover a package of Russian cigarettes.Added: July 02, 2009Air date: August 17, 2001Duration: 43:54

Jump to the full entry & travel map Cairo, EgyptBack in Cairo to close out my Egypt tour with a visit to the Pyramids.First……and Bent Pyramids in Dashur. The Red Pyramid was the first completed, non-step pyramid. Was able to go into it. Walked down a very low,…

Jump to the full entry & travel map Cairo, EgyptMt Sinai (I slept instead of climbing the maountain for a second time) and then back to Cairo again. Visited the step pyramid of Saqquara and the bazaar again.

Even if you haven’t yet been able to travel as your wildest dreams may desire, put these locations on your list of places to see in life. I hope you enjoy the pictures in our color-centric version of the series, and we regret it can’t contain every one of the world’s gorgeous locations.The…