The massive alabaster (Egyptian crystal) platform at Abu Ghurab. Place of the Gods The Stargate At Abu Ghurab, Egypt by William Henry About a 20 minutes drive from the Great Pyramid, and visible from the Giza Plateau on clear day, is one of Egypt’s greatest treasures from antiquity, and one of the most extraordinary places on our planet. Abu Ghurab, or “the crow’s nest" as it is called, is a closed to the public archaeological site in the pyramid fields that run along side the Nile south of Cairo. Egyptologists quaintly refer to it as a ‘sun temple’, a ‘burial center’ or ‘funerary complex’ for a new cult of Ra (they usually use these terms when the actual function of a place is unclear). The site of Abu Ghurab is a part of the pyramid complex at Abu Sir. The name Abu Sir comes from the Greek name for this city, Busiris, which in turn comes from Bu Wizzer or Per Wsir, the “Place of Osiris”, the Egyptian god of resurrection. Egyptologists claim it was ‘made’ at...