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About
the Giza Building Project
The
Giza Building Project began as a personal investigation of the past.
I was motivated by a discovery of my own to find out if it actually had
roots that went back to the Old Kingdom in Egypt.
The
journey has now taken years. I’ve not only discovered sources of
information and evidence that are hidden in
 libraries
on other continents, I’ve traveled to some of the most amazing places on
Earth in my own quest to piece together a very ancient past… a past that
is centered on the Old Kingdom in Egypt. In doing so, I’ve made
even more discoveries that I have had the honor and privilege of presenting
at various organizations and institutions, as well as having been published
in Egyptology’s premiere popular journal, KMT. For this acceptance
by the Egyptological community, I am truly grateful.
The
Old Kingdom is a time of technological and social advancements that are
bordering on miraculous. Simply understanding their worldview, without
degrading the image with our own ethnocentric filters, is an incredible
challenge. Currently there is massive project under way by the UCLA
department of Egyptology to consolidate Egyptian knowledge into a vast,
on-line encyclopedia. That is not my intention for this site.
What I would like to achieve is the development of a resource for people
who wish to study the Old Kingdom, especially as it relates to the first
five Dynasties.
In
addition, I seek to provide further focus on some of the more prominent
structures and people that shaped that era, and thus a subset of this site
will include The Khufu Project. I don’t think any Old Kingdom
resource is complete without an in-depth look at the builder of the single
largest pyramid in Egypt. Due to its fame and popularity, I think Giza, as
a whole, serves as a great starting point for understanding the dynamics of
ancient Egyptian culture, religion, cosmology and cosmography.
In
my research, I have found that there is a need for a focal point for this
knowledge, and I can only hope that this site will begin to serve that
function. It’s a big task, and it’ll never be good enough by my
own standards, but that shouldn’t stop me from trying. I’m always
interested in constructive criticism, and will be glad to host quality
papers, either previously published or currently “in the works”.
Please email me and we’ll start the dialogue.
One
further note: I’m a stickler for proper methodology. One of
the first new articles I’ve written for this site outlines the
methodological framework I suggest we use when presenting theories dealing
with the shafts in Khufu’s pyramid at Giza. This framework, however
specific, is easily customized to any other area of theoretical research
into ancient history. In that article you’ll get an idea for the
stringent benchmarks and rules I prefer to follow in my own work. I
also seek to follow those rules when analyzing the works of others.
There’s never anything personal in my analysis. You’ll have to
take my word for that.
I’ll
leave you now with an inspirational quote from Orville Wright, co-inventor
of the airplane:
"Isn't
it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years
just so we could discover them!"
Thank
you for visiting the Giza Building Project.
Anthony
Sakovich
Presentations
& Publications
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June
16th, 2006,
the Benjamin
T. Rome Auditorium,
Johns Hopkins SAIS, 1619 Massachusetts, Ave. NW, Washington, DC
(SUBJECT: Explaining the Shafts in Khufu's Pyramid at Giza)
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April
30th,
2006,
the American Research Center in Egypt, 57th Annual Symposium,
Hyatt Regency on the Hudson, Jersey City, New Jersey (SUBJECT: Explaining
the Shafts in Khufu's Pyramid at Giza)
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Autumn,
2002,
KMT:
A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, "COUNTING
THE STONES: How Many Blocks Comprise Khufu's Pyramid?", pp.
53-58
Associations
& Affiliations
American
Research Center in Egypt
ARCE
- Coordinator, Florida Interest Group
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