Posted on 04/21/2007 12:43:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Regretfully, however, the sands of time have taken their toll of the Step Pyramid. Most of its outer casing has gone, the core of the masonry has disappeared in some places, deep cracks have spread all over the walls and ceilings of the pyramid's underground corridors and its southern tomb, while several parts of the queen's tunnels, found beneath the pyramid's main shaft, have collapsed. For safety reasons the pyramid is closed to visitors... The first phase, which started early this month, requires the cleansing of the pyramid from inside and outside as well as removing all accumulated dust and sand of the past decades in an attempt to reduce the load on the pyramid's structure. Fallen blocks scattered on the ground and around the pyramid will be collected, restored and returned to their original location. Blocks which are damaged beyond repair will be replaced with replicas after being subjected to accurate scientific analysis in order that they do not dismantle the pyramid's structure. Empty spaces between blocks will be refilled with small fallen blocks. The second phase will begin immediately after the completion of the first, and will include the consolidation of all tunnels, corridors and ceilings of the pyramid's underground galleries as well as the main burial shaft located on top of the pyramid's bed rock.
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One problem I found, with the text version of a Petrie book, was that the OCR wasn’t too good, and it was obvious no one had proofread it. Of late I’ve been trying to hunt down a reference I have somewhere around here — Petrie documented an inscription inside (if memory serves) the Grand Gallery of the Great Pyramid. It has since flaked away, but referred to a specific regnal year (something to do with the cattle drive I think) and perhaps explicitly to Khufu. The interior of the Great Pyramid used to be plastered and frescoed, just as its exterior was (according to at least one ancient historian) covered with limestone trim blocks, and an inscription was carved into those.
I like his suggestion regarding the confusion over the name for this pharaoh.Horus Netjerykhet / Netjerykhet RanwbNew Kingdom graffiti (Step Pyr. Complex) were already known to mention the name Djoser (Netjeryhet's birth-name?); the earliest monument known reporting the name 'Djoser' (in cartouche) is the base of a statue of Sesostri II (Berlin 7702; cf. Wildung, Die Rolle, 1969, 59-60). I wonder if this name couldn't have been perhaps originated from a misinterpretation of the hieroglyph Dsr in evidence on the upper left part of numerous boundary stelae from the Saqqara complex (in Inpw/Anubis' epithet Khenty Ta-Djeser, see fig. above).
by Francesco Raffaele
As we've said, this king is likely to have been the last in his dynasty under whom the necropolis of Bet Khallaf (mastabas K1, K3,K4,K5 this last perhaps for Nedjemankh) (cfr. Garstang 1903 and 1904).
If he was the foundator of the Dynasty, Netjerykhet would be the earliest king whose name was found on the Wadi Maghara reliefs (copper and turquoise mines), where Sekhemkhet, Sanakht and several later kings will also leave incriptions [Gardiner-Peet, 1952, pl. I.2; Weill, Recueils des Inscriptions ..., 1904, 99f.; Kahl et al. 1995, 120f.]
In the 70’s scholars referred to the pyramid as the “Zoser” pyramid.
I think “Zoser” is about right. In English, “Dj” is really only appropriate in Led Zeppelin song titles.
It was well intentioned, but H of the H contains “d’yer” rather than “d’jer”...
That was my favorite Zep album, BTW. I always liked their bright and airy music.
Well, dancin’ days *are* here again...
From the current FR thread, Led Zep set to tour again: LEGENDARY rockers Led Zeppelin are set to re-group after 22 years for a money-spinning stadium tour of America.
The three surviving members — singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones — plan to hit the road next summer.
The trio hope to pocket £6.4million for the shows.
Robert, 54, Jimmy, 58, and 56-year-old John Paul met two weeks ago at the offices of their management firm Trinifold.
They buried the hatchet over Page and Plant’s 1990s tour, which John Paul only learned about from a newspaper.
A band insider said last night: “If the right offer comes up they will do it.”
Trinifold added: “Jimmy is itching to do something, but there is nothing firm yet.”
Zeppelin split in 1980 after a booze binge killed drummer John Bonham.
His son Jason is set to play drums on the tour.
Hmm, I may actually go see this. I’ve never been a big fan of Zep, even though (come to think of it) that I have every one of their legit albums (I’m not counting “The New Yardbirds”, since that one was pulled almost immediately, and I’ve only seen one copy of that, ever; the tracks were either similar to or had a lot of overlap with or were identical with the material on the first Zep)... ;’)
I remember the days when you could walk into certain “underground” or “hip” record stores in LA and NYC and buy bootleg albums or cassettes that the clerks kept behind the counter. I picked up some good Zep bootlegs that way. Didn’t matter at the time that the quality was poor. It was the next best thing for actually being at their concerts.
:’)
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