Luxor4u

From the ministry of Antiquities Facebook page. They say it's a Google Translate effort. I'm guessing (with help from the photos which I cannot post; maybe someone can help please?) that it's about the Step Pyramid finally being open to the public after restoration??? Maybe someone else can find a better post. TIA if you can and do!

https://www.facebook.com/Ministry-of-An ... gORI1_gIVA

The Assistant Minister of Antiquities is checking the region area.
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Check out Dr. Mohamed Abdullateef, Assistant Minister of Antiquities for archaeological sites, works for the restoration and development of the pyramid pyramid and the archaeological area surrounding it to pursue the operation of the project, especially in the entrances and corridors of the pyramid.
He was escorted during the tour. Ayman live, head of the Egyptian Antiquities sector and alaa beggar, Vice-President of the Egyptian Antiquities sector and Mohamed Morsi, director general of the region region.
And explain. Maui's nest is to facilitate the visit in the pyramid. The Southern entrance has been allocated to the main entrance to the pyramid. A large part of the renovation work has also been completed and the stone blocks are now being reinforced by the northern entrance corridor as an essential part of the corridor's cohesion and also part of the old Egyptian construction work.
And confirmed dr. Maui's nest is as soon as the restoration works will be removed by rail scaffolding at the south entrance so that visitors can see the well and the royal coffin.

I would try WI, but the page link you gave is unavailable.

Horus wrote:I would try WI, but the page link you gave is unavailable.

Try :

https://www.facebook.com/Ministry-of-An ... Srnbluj6pA

Not that i can make any more sense of the article in Arabic.

My impression is that they are still working on the renovation and it may be some time before the pyramid itself is accessible.

Oh well, thanks anyway.

Cheers! Nice to see it without scaffolding finally.

The Step Pyramid as it known was seriously damaged during the 1992 earthquake.

In January 2011 after much detailed negotiations and ' memorandums of understanding', a farce of which I would love to give details, but have not got the time. A British company who specialises in such structural problems was appointed to solve the situation to prevent the collapse of this world heritage site. The method they used was rather ingenious. The initial cost of the contract was set out at almost £2 Million, plus a 'open ended'* agreement.

To aid further information the company in question is called Cintec in Newport, Wales. I'm sure a simple Wiki search will produce further information, however I doubt it will reveal the on going problem of squeezing 'blood from a very old stone' for final payment.

* Such agreements can be difficult when dealing with third world countries.

Djoser Pyramid restoration to be completed after 3 months
By: Egypt Today staff Fri, Jun. 2, 2017


CAIRO –2 June 2017: The reconstruction work in the pyramid of Djoser is continuing in a regular manner whereby, in the next 3 months, the external body will be completed, stated Alaa Al-Shahat, Director of Saqqara Antiquities area on Thursday.

The pyramid of Djoser restoration will be completed at the delivery of the pyramid deadline, which is due after one year from now, Shahat declared.

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/633 ... fresh=true

The restoration work has, for many years , been undertaken by El Shorbagy - despite a vocal campaign headed by pressure group Non Stop Robberies and an adverse UNESCO report in 2014.

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7187.aspx

In 2010 Welsh company Cintec had been called in to alleviate the possible collapse of inner chambers with their airbag and other techniques. National Geographic were on hand to film the work for a documentary...one of the few in Egypt I have seen which does not feature the hatted one.

I jest of course.......no documentary on Egypt is complete without his nibs. The restoration was all his own idea.

Cintech's work was interrupted for 5 months by the Jan 2011 revolution.

I remember watching the original documentary with this company using the airbags to stabilise the inner chamber some years ago, it was very interesting.