by aera | Nov 2, 2010 | Video
by aera | Oct 13, 2009 | Lost City Project
Urban planning 19th century travelers to Cairo often complained about the winding, confused arrangement of streets in the old city. Egypt’s pasha, Ismail (r. 1863-1879), attempted to redesign Cairo in the fashion of European cities, with broad straight boulevards. You...
by aera | Oct 13, 2009 | Featured Content, Lost City Project, News
Heit el-Ghurab There is a massive, ancient stone wall that stands a few hundreds yards south of the Sphinx. But because it lay partially buried and overshadowed by the pyramids and Sphinx, tourists have hardly noticed it. Known locally as the Wall of the Crow (Heit...
by aera | Oct 13, 2009 | Lost City Project
The thick, limestone foundation wall of a large, ancient building occupies the southeastern corner the Lost City site at Giza. This is certainly a royal complex. It is 45 meters (147 feet) wide, extends more than 35 meters (115 feet) north to south, and disappears...
by aera | Oct 13, 2009 | Lost City Project
Who slept here? The largest structures at the Giza Plateau Mapping Project dig site are four great blocks of galleries (the Gallery Complex). These galleries occupy an area of 12,375 square meters (40,600 square feet) at the center of our exposure of the Lost City....
