The excavation at Pyramid Valley, January-February 2008). The lake was dry, as it was during the first major excavations in 1949. The excavation pit (2 x 1.8 m) is beneath the tent at middle left. Pyramid Valley is a Queen Elizabeth II Covenant and the excavation was conducted under permit from the QE II National Trust and the owners, Mike &amp; Jan Hodgen and family. The view is to the northwest.