Contributory members are able to log private notes and comments about each site
Sites MelissaBWrite has logged. View this log as a table or view the most recent logs from everyone
Khafre's Pyramid
Date Added: 25th Jul 2017
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1978
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by Thorgrim on 13th Feb 2005. The most awesome experience is to enter the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza. Is it just a coincidence that Giza is located exactly 30 degrees and zero minutes from the equator? (Cairo is 30 degrees 1 minute North) Just think about it - some time before 2,500 BC, the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom placed the Sphinx and the great pyramids exactly one third of the way up from the equator and two thirds of the way down from the north pole. With all that space to go at - it must have been deliberate and pro...
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Sakkara Pyramid
Date Added: 25th Jul 2017
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1978
Sakkara Pyramid submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Mar 2006. The world's first large stone structure built under Pharao Djoser founder of the 3rd Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
Under the Architect Imhotep, the original small mastaba was expanded in all directions to a height of 62 Meters, a length of 123 Meters and a width of 107 Meters. The stone blocks are much smaller than those of the later pyramids.
The pyramid had a casing eventually, though this is now lost.
There are numerous passages under the pyramids where a mummified leg bone of Djoser was ...
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Memphis Museum
Date Added: 25th Jul 2017
Site Type: Museum
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2001
Memphis Museum Ramses II submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Mar 2006. The Memphis museum, near Sakkara has a collection of statues and stelles, including a 13 meter limestone statue of Ramses II.
Memphis was the Old Kingdom capital of Egypt. It then declined and only came back to prominence under Ramses.
Currently, the area is largely rural and agricultural and artifacts are discovered on occasion during building works.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None