It’s been a very busy week on the dig, and I haven’t had so much time to write. But I can give an update on the pyramid now. We had completed excavating the stairs a bit over a week ago, and opened up the door block that we had put in over the hole that…

On Thursday, we reached an amazing moment in our exploration of Kurru Pyramid 1: we uncovered the doorway to the burial chamber. In the pyramids of the kings and queens of Kush, the ancient builders cut a staircase into the rock that led down to two or more burial chambers. The staircase was open to…

We’re digging a royal pyramid burial this year! There’s nothing that can prepare you for the feeling of digging something this big. This particular pyramid is one of the largest in Sudan. It must have been built by a powerful king, but we don’t know which one—it might even be a king that we know…