1 comment The Ra – Sun God – and the Phoenix Sacred at Heliopolis, the phoenix was a mythological bird based on the wingtail or the heron. It was specially attached to Ra God because it seemed to mimic the sun rising from the water when it took flight. Its Egyptian name (for “phoenix” I […]
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Temple of Horus at Edfu
No comments Temple of Horus at Edfu Edfu (Greek Apollonopolis), which is situated between Esna and Aswan, is a site with a long-standing tradition. Its name is derived from the ancient Edbo; it means ‘The Town of the Piercing’ and refers to the triumph of Horus over Set. Temple of Horus There is evidence of […]
Ancient Egyptian Crafts Part 2/4
No comments Crafts and Craftsmen in Ancient Egypt Next to this pair are two men engaged in chasing and carving metal, one of whom is named as the draughtsman of the god Amun Pasinisu, also called Parennefer. He chases and inscription on a libation vessel, while his friend works on a golden sphinx using a […]
Ancient Egyptian Dress for Man and Woman Secrets
No comments Dress of the Male, 1844 Edward Lane The dress of the men of the middle and higher classes consists of the following articles. First, a pair of full drawers of linen or cotton, tied round the body by running a string or band, the ends of which are embroidered with coloured silks, though […]
Ancient Egyptian Education Facts
No comments The Family and Society in Ancient Egypt Part 3 The period of childhood before education. Apprenticeship and wok was short, but not totally non-existent. Various toys have survived. Such as balls, tops, dolls and figures of animals with moving parts, not dissimilar to wooden playthings given to children today. There are also depictions […]
The Meaning Of Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Facts
No comments The Meaning of a Pyramid We have reached the end of our detective story of exploration into the distant past, and the time has come to take stock. First of all, let us restate the problem that we have solved. The riddle of the pyramids arises out of a discrepancy which many people […]
Anedjib, Semerkhet and Qa’a Kings of Ancient Egypt
No comments Anedjib, Semerkhet and Qa’a The next king of the 1st Dynasty reigned for 26 years, if we identify Anedjib with the Miebidos of Manetho. There is some evidence at this period of a dynastic struggle, of north versus south. Anedjib seems to have come from the area of Abydos known as This and […]
Pyramid of Khafre Facts Q and A
No comments Now we will talk about Khafre Pyramid from Exterior and the next article we will speak about Khafre Pyramid from Interior Khafre Pyramid facts – Khafre Pyramid date – Khafre Pyramid dimensions – Khafre Pyramid measurements Khafre Pyramid So Khafre built this Pyramid ? Khafre ( Chephren in Greek) succeeded Djedefre and reigned […]
The Temples of Philae Island at Aswan Egypt | Facts and Secrets
No comments The Temples of Philae Temples of Philae Island – Egypt – Aswan – Tour Temples of Philae The island of Philae lies one-and-a-half miles south of the old Aswan Dam and is considered , by some , to be one of the greatest achievements of modern engineering . The dam the straight across […]
The Tombs of the Royal Ladies | Ancient Egypt
No comments The Tombs of the Royal Ladies In 1920, the shrines and shaft tombs of six young royal ladies – Henhenet, Kemsit, Kawit, Sadeh, Ashayt and Muyet – were found under the pavement at the back of Mentuhotep It’s tomb-temple. The youngest, Muyet, was only about five years old and none of the others […]
The Solar Bark in Giza
No comments The Solar Bark Jn 1954 the Egyptian archaeologist Kame[ el Mallak discovered two large pits south of the pyramid of Cheops. They were covered by enormous limestone blocks wich bore the cartouches of the pharaoh who succeeded Cheops, his son Dediefre. Upon removing one of the stones, a « solar bark » once […]
Osiris and Isis Adventures Part 4/6
No comments Part 4 of Osiris and Isis Isis Goddess once more set out on a search for her husband’s body, but this time she had to find its parts. Attended by birds and beasts, she sailed up and down the Nile in a frail boat of papyrus reeds lashed together. The dreaded crocodile avoided […]
Through the Suez Canal | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Through the Suez Canal, 1875 Isabel Burton Suez Canal The next morning we began to steam slowly up the long ditch called the Canal, and at last to the far east we caught a gladdening glimpse of the desert the wild, waterless Wilderness of Sur, with its waves and pyramids of sand catching […]
The Rescued Monuments of Nubia
No comments The Rescued Monuments of Nubia Nubia, the beautiful austere land that once linked Egypt and black Africa, now lies beneath the world’s largest man-made lake. Gone forever are the neat domed houses of the Nubian people, the unique fa9ades of which were decorated with coloured plates. Their villages, places of worship and burial […]
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