Web Directory

» Aimaz.net: Giza Project
   An attempt to understand the compositional principles of the Giza complex, which supports the conclusions of John Legon.
   http://www.aiwaz.net/GIZA-Project/c8

» Door Shuts on Pyramid's Mysteries
   The BBC reports that the secrets of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Cheops will remain locked up for another 12 months after a door blocks a miniature robot explorer.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/2259838.stm

» Egyptian Centres of Cult Worship
   Photographs and sectional drawings of the Egyptian pyramids.
   http://great-pyramid.info/inhalt/html/me/mstarte.htm

» Engineering the Pyramids
   Professor Michel Barsoum describes evidence that parts of the Great Pyramids of Giza were built using an early form of concrete.
   http://www.materials.drexel.edu/Pyramids

» Great Pyramid of Khufu - El Giza, Egypt - Great Buildings Online
   Great Pyramid of Khufu by unknown architect, at El Giza, Egypt, -2600 to -2480, in the Great Buildings Online.
   http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Great_Pyramid.html

» Harvard Magazine: Who Built the Pyramids?
   Archaeologist Mark Lehner has discovered a city of pyramid workers. Illustrations include a conjectural drawing of the Giza plateau near the end of Khufu's reign.
   http://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids.html

» Pyramid of Man - The House of Going Forth by Day
   An illustrated discussion by Vincent Brown on the architecture of Old Kingdom pyramids, with bibliography. The focus is on the depiction of the figure of Osiris in the substructure of Khufu's pyramid.
   http://www.pyramidofman.com

» Pyramids
   The British Museum provides a readable, illustrated introduction to the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Includes an interactive reconstruction of Khufu's pyramid complex.
   http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/

» Pyramids: The Inside Story
   NOVA Online tours the Great Pyramid in QuickTime VR, explains how the pyramids were constructed and by whom. Also covers a 1997 excavation of the bakery that fed the pyramid builders.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

» The Construction of the Pyramids
   An illustrated guide to the construction, architecture and the evolution of the design of the pyramids from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.
   http://www.touregypt.net/construction/

» The Giza Plateau Mapping Project
   Research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, construction and function of the Sphinx, Great Pyramids, associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity.
   http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/GIZ/Giza.html

» The Pyramids
   An illustrated description of the evolution of the Egyptian pyramids and discussion of how they were built from King Tut One.com. Includes a virtual model of the Great Pyramid.
   http://www.kingtutone.com/pyramids/

» The Pyramids of Egypt
   Photographs by Frank P. Roy together with brief information, and site plans of pyramid complexes. Also a timeline and pyramid statistics, with sources, a map of Egypt and uncritical discussion of the Orion theory.
   http://egyptphoto.ncf.ca/

» The Pyramids of Giza
   CultureFocus provides an illustrated introduction to the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt.
   http://www.culturefocus.com/egypt_pyramids.htm

» The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser
   Clickable plan and images, provided by the University of Pennsylvania.
   http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/arth/zoser/zoser.html

» The Upuaut Project
   Computer-based study combined with robotic investigation of the shafts in the Great Pyramid of Cheops by engineer Rudolf Gantenbrink. He argues that they were not air shafts.
   http://www.cheops.org/