Posted in Pyramids on Jun 17th, 2007
Following on from last Sunday’s video post about the building of the pyramids, here is part two of the same programme.
Again, the video clip strongly suggests that the Egyptian’s were neither the builders or architects behind the construction of the pyramids. How true a statement do you think that is?
This excerpt covers the curse of […]
Posted in Pyramids on Jun 10th, 2007
After watching the French interpretation of how the pyramids were created a few days ago, I thought it would be interesting to take a peek at another, somewhat offbeat, view of their construction.
This video makes some interesting points, especially in terms of the quality of construction when compared to modern buildings, but does that mean […]
Posted in Pyramids on Jun 7th, 2007
There are many theories circling around about how the pyramids of ancient Egypt were built.
I think most people can appreciate now that such an undertaking was quite an achievable task and that, perhaps, the builders were well looked after workers rather than slaves.
However, the actual techniques employed to creat the huge limestone blocks […]
Posted in Pyramids on Jan 11th, 2007
There were around eighty pyramids built during the times of ancient Egypt. The three largest, best-preserved and well-known of these are situated at the Giza Plateau, near Cairo and date back to the beginning of the Old Kingdom.
The most well-known of these pyramids was built for the pharaoh Khufu and is known as the Great […]