December 7th took us to the village of Birak Al Khiyam, which is located to the northeast of Giza. Birak Al Khiyam is a small farming village and the terrestrial location for the star Saiph.

As in the Gesh, there was not an obvious structure present, but a plethora of evidence was found. A sewage canal had been dredged a few years earlier and had exposed the same large, white limestone as found at Giza. As we walked up and down the canal, there were hundreds of these distinctive rocks seemingly out of place. A local told us the canal had been dredged roughly 15 meters down and had exposed the limestone.

The GPS directed us into the middle of a cabbage field just a few meters from the canal. Here stood an old cattle shed. The foundation of this building consisted of the limestone detritus with more modern-looking stones beginning half-way and continuing to the roof. An elderly Egyptian farmer said that the shed, in its present state, had been there for at least 500 years. The man's construction date likely marked the renovation of an existing structure or foundation, which would suggest that its limestone foundation predates his 500 year estimation. This, in turn, demonstrates that local Egyptians have been using the limestone debris for well over 500 years.

As we returned to our taxi, Wilson called my attention to a large stone wall that encircled a timeworn house. The wall's plaster casing had begun to crumble and dislodge itself in certain places, thus revealing glimpses of its core. Not surprisingly, the core stones were the same familiar white limestone blocks.

Wilson then turned my attention to the old house. The house revealed the same phenomenon. The blocks were present around the house's foundation where the plaster had chipped off.

The residents were kind enough to let us tour the inside of their home, where we observed the same thing. In several places where the plaster had crumbled, the limestone was apparent. It was common practice, according to one Egyptian local, for builders to collect rocks from the fields and surrounding areas to use in their constructions.

It is this kind of evidence that leads us to believe that there are more than cabbage fields in and around Birak Al Khiyam. Yet, to truly determine whether or not the remnants of a structure exists somewhere beneath its soil, ground penetrating radar is necessary. However, the presence of the distinctive stones within the canal and in several localized structures was intriguing - again lending credence to the Orion connection.

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