Saqqara Technology


About Saqqara Technology

We develop, publish, and supply computer software. We also offer state of the art consultancy and development services.

Our name. Saqqara, Egypt is the site of many ancient remains including the oldest large monumental work in stone, the Step Pyramid of Djoser. This, the first of the large pyramids, was built around 2800 B.C. Imhotep, its architect, was later deified and his name associated with that of Thoth, the god of the Moon, wisdom, writing and learning. If you have Google Earth installed, you can explore an aerial view of Saqqara here.

History

  • 2009. InScribeX Web begins technical preview stage. Work to release InScribe 2004SE and InScribe 3. Consultancy and development services. New initiative building internet tools and services to enable engaging web applications in the museum, wildlife/conservation and heritage sphere.
  • 2005-8. Work continued on developments relating to Ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs and other ancient scripts. EGPZ and Unicode Standard. Other consultancy and development services outside Egyptology.
  • 2004. InScribe 2004 released.
  • 1994-2004.  Saqqara developed multimedia and internet-oriented products for various publishers (see below for examples). Innovations included the Saqqara Interactive Global Atlas (1996), an approach to global mapping similar to that to be offered a decade later by Google Earth. Most work was oriented toward Windows-based computers although TVML Player and Steck Vaughn Interactive Science Encyclopaedia were also developed in native MacOS versions for Apple systems. The largest content-rich Unicode application was the Swiss Re Medical Underwriting Reference Manual in 12 languages, including Simplified Chinese.
  • 1994. Saqqara Technology was formed to create software and multimedia products for personal computers. Release of InScribe - a hieroglyphic word processor designed to integrate with other Microsoft Windows applications.

Software products

Saqqara has done consultancy and development work on a range of projects, this lists those that we were primarily responsible for developing.
  • Internet. InScribeX Web (2009-, Saqqara), TVML (Internet Player and Editor) (1995-2001, Cable and Wireless, TVML Ltd., Hi2 Ltd.); Overseas Residence Guide (1998, Swiss Re Life and Health). Saqqara Interactive Global Atlas (1996-, Saqqara).
  • CD-ROM and software publications. InScribe 3 (2009-, Saqqara). InScribe 2004 (2004-, Saqqara). Medical Underwriting Reference Manual (1999-2003, Swiss Re Life and Health); Interactive Science Encyclopaedia (1997-8, Steck Vaughn, Andromeda Interactive); Pathe Centenary Library (1997, British Pathe); Daily Mail Centenary (1996, Associated Newspapers); Penguin Hutchinson Reference Library (1996, Penguin, Helicon Publishing); Hutchinson Science Library (1996, Helicon Publishing); Hutchinson History Library (1996, Helicon Publishing); Hutchinson Music Library (1996, Helicon Publishing); InScribe (1994, Saqqara); Chemistry Set for Windows (1994-6, New Media);