No comments There is another reason why it is not feasible to build a true pyramid, gradually rising but without first constructing a central core. Whereas in a step pyramid slight errors of alignment are hardly apparent and can always be corrected at the next step, the same is not the case for a true […]
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The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Age Facts P5
No comments A third step pyramid was found in 1840 by Lepsius 20 miles further north at Zawiyet el Aryan. The site was first excavated in 1900 by Barsanti for the Antiquities Department and again ten years later by Reisner on behalf of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This pyramid, the construction of which […]
Crafts and Craftsmen in Ancient Egypt Part 1/4
No comments Crafts and Craftsmen in Ancient Egypt Crafts in Ancient Egypt In contrast with today’s craftsman, who is seen as an individual artist whose signed works have great intrinsic worth, his ancient Egyptian counterpart remained an anonymous artisan who was an object of derision to the arrogant scribal class. Most craftsmen in ancient Egypt […]
The two tombs of Horemheb | Facts and Secrets
No comments The two tombs of Horemheb Horemheb began his funerary preparations long before he had any inkling that he would become pharaoh, meaning that he already had a private tomb at Saqqara when, as king, he started to build himself a large tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb at Saqqara (like […]
Karnak, 1813 | Luxor – Walking Through Egypt
No comments Karnak, 1813 Captain Henry Light KarnaK My visit to Karnak, the ancient Diopolis, a ruined temple farther from the banks of the river, on the same side as Luxor, was equally gratifying. It was impossible to look on such an extent of building without being lost in admiration; no description will be able […]
Monuments of Nubia
No comments Monuments of Nubia reconstructed near the High Dam (Aswan) The site chosen for the reconstruction of four monuments from Nubia, on the western bank of the Nile, was supposed to remain as a part of the mainland. The waters of the High Dam Lake, however, have risen higher than expected, and now surround […]
The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Age Facts P1
No comments The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Age The Princess Nemathap was evidently a daughter of the Delta and not a member of the southern royal family whose blood ran through the Second Dynasty. By her marriage to Kha-Sekhemui she must have supplanted the southern heiress but there is no doubt that she became the great […]
Temple of Khonsu
No comments Temple of Khonsu: Plan 9 The Temple of Khonsu, dedicated to the Moon-god Khonsu, son of Amon and Mut, is a classical example of a New Kingdom temple. Ramses III was responsible for building the original sanctuary and erecting the walls but it was only completed under his successors Ramses IV, who continued […]
The expulsion of the Hyksos in Ancient Egypt
No comments The expulsion of the Hyksos The simmering hostilities between the Thebans and their northern rivals erupted, as we have seen, during the reign of Seqenenre Tao, and his son Kamose was to continue the battle for complete sovereignty of Egypt. The official account of Kamose’s campaign is related on two stele from Karnak. […]
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids at Dahshur Part 1
No comments Ancient Egyptian Pyramids at Dahshur The rhomboid shape of the southern stone pyramid at Dahshur, which has earned it the name of the ‘Bent Pyramid’, is the direct consequence of the disaster at Meidum. There are two stone pyramids at this site which is just south of Saqqara and 45 km. north of […]
Ramses XI Pharaoh 1098-1070BC
No comments Ramses XI (Menmaatre ) Setepenptah Dynasty 20 1098-1070BC With the long 28-year reign of Ramses XI the 20th Dynasty comes to a close. At least a little more is known about him than his ephemeral predecessors. Some idea of the internal situation of Egypt is given in a papyrus set towards the end […]
Osiris and Isis Adventures Part 2/6
No comments The Adventures of Osiris and Isis Facts Part 2 The infant son of the queen suffered from an incurable illness, but Isis Goddess offered to restore him to health: “I can make him strong and well, but in my own way I will do it, and no one must interfere.” Every day the […]
Anubis God of the Dead Facts Part 1/3
5 comments Anubis Lord of the Mummy Wrapping – Part 1 Primarily “Lord of the Mummy Wrapping” Anubis was one of the very old gods. He was depicted in the form of a dog or jackal, either as a man with a jackal head or as the full animal. Most likely jackals were associated with […]
Ptolemaic Dynasty in Ancient Egypt 305-30 BC
No comments Ptolemaic Dynasty 305-30 BC Ptolemy VII (Neos Philopator) : 145 BC Ptolemy VIII (Euergetes II) :170-163, 145-116 BC Ptolemy IX (Soter II) : 116-110, 109-107, 88-80 BC Ptolemy X (Alexander I) :110-109, 107-88 BC Ptolemy XI (Alexander II) : 80 BC Ptolemy XII (Neos Dionysos) : Iwaenpanetjernehem Setepptah Irmaat : 80-58, 55-51 BC […]