Giants of Giza
The Pyramids of Giza may be some of the world’s most amazing and iconic structures, and are still the emblems of Egypt today. With robots right now exploring the mysterious Osiris shaft of the Great Pyramid, there’s never been a more exciting time to start discovering these massive structures.
In an exclusive Heritage Key interview, Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SAC), has promised that this year, finally, the “Secrets of the pyramids will finally be revealed”.
Watch this space!
World Tour
There are actually hundreds of pyramids. Many are in Egypt, but some are as far afield as Rome, Sudan – perhaps even Bosnia – not to mention the incredible step pyramids of the Americas. But pyramid-building can’t have been easy. Who built these structures? How on earth did they do it? And who was cracking the whip?
From Khafre’s Great Pyramid to the (relatively) ultra-modern Louvre, we take you on a tour of the world’s most incredible pyramidal structures, and dig deep into all aspects of their meaning and construction.
