No comments Cairo | Mother of Cities Cairo changes daily and yet has remained the same for centuries. The Cairo of al- Muqaddasi at the end of the first millennium and that of Ibn Battuta, in 1326, is the Cairo that visitors and residents know today. One only has to step off a busy street […]
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Khufu Pyramid Entrance
No comments The Entering of Khufu’s Pyramid Why us this entrance so rough looking? This is actually the entrance of the forced passage. The original entrance is over there, to the left of the forced entrance. It is that aperture beneath the huge limestone gables. The Entering of Khufu’s Pyramid Why didn’t they use the […]
Modern Egyptian Women 1914
No comments The World of Women of Means, 1914 Elizabeth Cooper It is hard to say, outside the little social life among relatives and a few friends, what are the amusements of the Egyptian lady. She sings, she generally plays some musical instrument now it is the piano for the educated girl, and in nearly […]
Damietta, c. 1000 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Damietta, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi Damietta City in Egypt Dimyat (Damietta): you may travel in this lake for a day and a night, sometimes meeting with fresh water, and narrow straits, until reaching another town, which is better [than Tinnis], more spacious, wider, more open, more frequented; with more fruits, better construction, more water, […]
Ptolemaic Dynasty in Ancient Egypt Part 3/3
No comments Ptolemy IV married his sister Arsinoe in 217, and she produced an heir seven years later. The king then turned his affections to another woman, Agathoclea, who, with her brother Agathocles, encouraged his excesses. They were probably the cause of his death at the age of 41, leaving his sister-wife Arsinoe, who was […]
At the Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869
No comments At the Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869 Jabez Bums and Thomas Cook Suez Canal On the fifth day out, we got sight of Egypt, and in the evening of that day, cast anchor within sight of the lights of Port Said, leaving behind us the lights of the British Mediterranean fleet of […]
The Nile Delta | Egyptian Facts
No comments The Nile Delta Nile Delta The Nile Delta is one of the fascinating places in Egypt. In it, travelers encountered history and a way of life that had remained the same for its inhabitants for many centuries, despite the continuous changes in its geology. This chapter presents different travelers’ testimonies about the diverse […]
Sekhemkhet Unfinished Pyramid Saqqara
1 comment Sekhemkhet Pyramid – Sekhemkhet Pyramid Egypt – Sekhemkhet Pyramid Saqqara – Sekhemkhet Pyramid size – Sekhemkhet unfinished Pyramid Sekhemkhet’s Pyramid Westward of the Unas Structure , we come to the Pyramid Complex of Sekhemkhet in ancient Egypt . In front of the ruins of this Pyramid Complex ( Sekhemkhet unfinished pyramid ), we […]
Temple of Ramses III
No comments Temple of Ramses III This small temple, designed and built in the lifetime of a single pharaoh, is a typical New Kingdom temple. It comprises an entrance pylon with two towers flanked by statues, a central doorwrav leading to an open court (surrounded by colonnades), and a covered terrace to the rear. From […]
Step Pyramid of Djoser facts at Saqqara Part 2
1 comment The Step Pyramid Of Djoser ( Zoser ) How did the idea of pyramid come to Imhotep ? ( Imhotep was the architect of Djoser’s Step Pyramid ) Step Pyramid Of Djoser (Zoser) The idea of a step pyramid was not his original intention . The original objective was ti build a mastaba-type […]
Astronomical Correctness, 1834
No comments Astronomical Correctness, 1834 Hon. W.E. Fitzmaurice Great Pyramid Of Khufu Picture On the 16th went again to the Pyramids, and was as much pleased as with our former excursion. As a singular and extraordinary proof of the astronomical correctness with which these stupendous piles are constructed, the polar star is visible on the […]
The Tomb of Ramose
No comments The Tomb of Ramose This tomb belongs to the vizier in the reigns of Amenhotep III and IV (later Akhenaten). It comprises a main hall with thirty-two rather squat papyrus columns (1), an inner hall (2) containing eight clustered columns of smaller dimension (all destroyed), and the shrine (3). The Tomb of Ramose […]
Passing through Egypt, 1843
No comments Passing through Egypt, 1843 Fanny Pratt My darling children, Since our landing in Alexandria our journeys have been so rapid and fatiguing that it was out of my powers to write, but now we are safely on board this vessel and have been refreshed with rest and sleep I hasten to give you […]
Temple of Beit el Wali and Kiosk of Kertassi
No comments Temple of Beit el Wali This is another of Ramses II’s rock-hewn temples of Nubia, built in honour of Amon-Ra, the Horuses of Nubia and the gods of the cataracts. It was originally situated to the north of Kalabsha (see page 126) and has been moved to a site close to Kalabsha Temple, […]