October 2025

No comments Tomb of Ramses IX This is a traditional tomb comprising three chambers, one following the other in a straight line. It is approached via an inclined plane with steps on either side. Flanking the doorway are representations of the deceased: he burns incense and makes an offering of a vase to Harmachis-Amon-Ra and […]

No comments Ptolemaic Dynasty 305-30 BC Meryamun Setepenre : 305-282 BC Ptolemy II (Philadelphia) Userkaenre Meryamun : 285-246 BC Ptolemy III (Euergetes I)  Iwaennetjerwysenwy Sekhemankhre Setepamun : 246-222 BC waennetjerwy- menkhwy Setepptah Userkare Sekhemankhamun :222-205 BCIwaennetjerwy- merwyitu Setepptah Userkare Sekhem-ankhamun : 205-180 BC Iwaennetjerwyper Setepenptahkhepri Irmaatenamunre : 180-164, 163-145 BC Bust of Ptolemy I in […]

No comments Medinet Habu Medinet Habu is the name given to a large group of buildings that were started in the 18th Dynasty, but on which construction continued through to Roman times. The main feature of the complex is the mortuary temple of Ramses III. It is approached by passing through an unusual entrance structure […]

No comments Djedefre King 2566 – 2558 BC Dynasty 4 Djedefre Pharaoh Statue Khufu’s successor was his short-lived son Djedefre, of whom little is known. It was presumably he who completed his father’s burial at Giza and was especially responsible for the provision of his funerary boats (pp. 48-49). Djedefre’s main significance is that he […]

No comments Southern Tombs Tomb of Mahu  This is the tomb of a police officer, which is entered by a narrow flight of steps. In the main chamber Mahu is represented on all four walls carrying out his official duties. As we move anti-clockwise, we see him supervising the delivery of produce and lending an […]

No comments The Mortuary Temple Of Ramses III Ramses III ruled Egypt for some thirty years during the 20th Dynasty, when central power was weakening, foreign influence was declining and internal security was poor. In fact, he was the last Ramses of any consequence. After his death the state priesthood of Amon acquired increasing power […]

No comments Huni and / or Snefru’s Meidum Pyramid As we get closer to Meidum , we see the outline of a strange structure . What is this structure ? This is the remains of Snefru’s Pyramid . It does not like a pyramid at all . True . It looks more like kind of […]

No comments The Early Years Amenhotep’s reign falls essentially into two unequal parts. The first decade reflected a young and vigorous king, promoting the sportsman Amenhotep‘s reign falls essentially into two unequal parts. The first decade reflected a young and vigorous king, promoting the sportsman One of the few surviving three-dimensional representations of Amenhotep I […]

No comments Ramesside Period or Ramessa Dynasty Ramesside Period king ( Ramous ) Reason of This name (Ramesside period) because the eleven Egyptian’s pharaohs ( Kings ) that took the name of Ramesses. Ramesside Period between nineteenth Dynasties and twentieth Dynasties who ruled Egypt for 215 ears (1292- 1077 BC) Ramesside Village discovered 2011 Ramesside […]

No comments The Bent Pyramid, also known as False, Rhomboidal and Blunted, lies to the south of the second of the group, and has definitely been ascribed to Seneferu. This pyramid appears to have been originally planned as a geometrically true pyramid but, for some unknown reason, was so hurriedly completed that the builders, in […]

No comments Water, Flora and Fragments, 1871  Samuel Manning Prospects of Sinai The route southward from Ayun Mousa [the well of Moses near the Red Sea] leads along the shore over gravely plains many miles broad, which slope upward from the sea to the mountains of the Tih. After heavy rains the tenacious marl is […]

No comments Mortuary Temple of Ramses II (The Ramesseum) Ramses II left a greater mark in history than many other accomplished and successful pharaohs, such as Ahmose (who won the war of liberation against the Hyksos) and Thutmose III (who won a great empire). The reason is that Ramses II had one of the longest […]

No comments Valley of the Kings Deep in the limestone hills to the north-west of Deir el Bahri is a remote valley. Here the pharaohs of the 18th, 19th and 20th Dynasties chose their eternal resting place. Thutmose I was the first pharaoh to excavate a tomb in the barren valley, and to construct his […]

No comments Communications with the People, 1814 Henry Light Egyptian pepole In some villages I was able to assist the sick by medicines and advice; in others, I added to the catalogue of charms by writing Arabic sentences in praise of God and the Prophet at the request of the villagers. These placed in the […]