No comments Theban Decline During the reigns of Ramses IV-XI, the country fell more and more under the control of the priests of Amon-Ra. As their power grew, they demanded blind conformity to a system that gave them control and their temples wealth. The demand for gold and workers to mine it, the need for […]
November 2025
Egyptian Islamic Culture in Cairo
No comments Sometimes it was frustrating for foreign newsmen, and a number of them made a break to the more liberal climate of Beirut. But journalists engaged on their mini-exodus would only receive a smile from the officials at the Ministry of Information, who would nod and say, “You will return to the Nile.” Or […]
Maat Goddess and The Blinding of Truth
1 comment The Blinding of Truth Maat’s abstract nature did not lead easily to detailed stories in which she had, as did other gods, a role suggestive of human behavior. Her philosophical bearing had to be loftier than the common behavior of most gods. As a result she is often mentioned in myths, but she […]
The Colossi of Memnon
No comments The Colossi of Memnon In the immense plain around Thebes between the Nile and the Valley of the Kings, one can still admire what remains of the monumental avenue which used to lead to the temple of Amon-Ofis III. The temple has unfortunately disappeared and what remains are commonly referred to as the […]
The Egyptian Pyramids Builders in the Old Kingdom
No comments The Egyptian Pyramids Builders | The Old Kingdom 2686-2181 BC Dynasty : 3 Period : 2686-2616 BC Pharaohs : Sanakhte -2686-2668 Djoser ( Netjerikhet ) – 2668-2649 Egyptian Pyramids Builders During the old Kingdom Egyptian civilization really came of age. The power of Egypt expanded considerably through the four dynasties it […]
Raising the water from the Nile River | Aswan Egypt
No comments Raising the Water from the Nile, 1844 Edward Lane The most important of the occupations which employ the modern Egyptians, and that which engages all but a very small proportion of them, is agriculture. Nile Rising The great proportion of the cultivable soil is fertilised by the natural annual inundation; but the fields […]
Ra God in His Declining Years
No comments Ra Egyptian God in His Declining Years In many ways Ra God was the personification of numerous human needs recognized by people in early times, among which was the luxury of growing old and retiring from the day-to-day cares of the active world. Like a farmer who has grown too old to spend […]
The Royal Canon of Turin | Egyptian Chronology
No comments Egyptian chronology : The Royal Canon of Turin The finest record of the chronology of the Egyptian kings is unfortunately the most damaged and now incomplete. It is a papyrus known as the Royal Canon of Turin, in which museum it is to be found. Originally the property of the king of Sardinia, […]
Southern Tombs Tomb of Mahu
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 […]
Prelude To The Ancient Egyptian Pyramids P1
No comments Prelude To The Ancient Egyptian Pyramids The land of Egypt is the child of the Nile. More than 4,000 miles above its mouth the White Nile rises in the swamps and lakes of equatorial Africa. After having covered half its course, it is joined by the Blue Nile in the Sudan and after […]
Sanakhte and Djoser Pharaohs
No comments Djoser and Sanakhte Pharaohs The Egyptian Pyramids Builders Sanakhte Pharaoh The first king of the 3rd Dynasty, Sanakhte (also given as Nebka) is little known, despite a reign of some 18 years. Presumably the foundation of the dynasty was cemented by marriage with the female heir of the last king of the 2nd […]
Beyond the Cataract and into Nubia | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Beyond the Cataract and into Nubia Above the cataract, the land we see now is a very different land from that described, for example, by the German Prince Puckler- Muskau. The Nile Valley has entirely changed its appearance; temples have been moved, or even shipped overseas in gratitude for help given with the […]
The Memphite Theology of Creation and Triad of Memphis
No comments The Triad of Memphis Today the ruins of Memphis lie a little over twenty kilometers to the southwest of modern Cairo. Not much is left of the old city, but at one time it was the capital of all Egypt and one of the most powerful cities in the world. Here, somewhere around […]
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids List
No comments Preface about Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Map In a little over a century, the ancient Egyptians built the masonry pyramids, which contained more than twenty five (25) million tons of limestone blocks. These man-made mountains appear to modem eyes to be useless, but they must have been considered useful by the Egyptians. Ancient Egyptian […]