November 2025

No comments Unity between Upper and Lower Egypt The history starts with Narmer whom some scholars feel should be identified with the mythical king Menes who unified the two kingdoms. This is the beginning of the first of the thirty one dynasties which sat on the Egyptian throne until 332 B.C., the year that Egypt […]

No comments Mausoleum of the Aga Khan The late Aga Khan III, leader of the Ismaili community, a sect of Islam, found such peace and beauty in Aswan that before he died in 1957 he chose a site on the western bank of the Nile, on a peak overlooking his favourite part of the river, […]

No comments The second pylon Temple of karnak In the second pylon the vestibule of Horemheb , finished by Ramesses II and cased Ptolemies III and IX, leads into the immense Hypostyle hall (103 by 53M), erected by Seti I with additional decoration by Ramses II. Temple of karnak The fine raised relief of Seti’s […]

No comments Kiki’s Tomb  The «royal superintendant» Kiki was buried in this tomb which later was used as a stable. On one of the walls is depicted the journey of the dead man’s remains to Abydos and one can see the professional mourners wailing as well as servants carrying offerings. Kiki’s Tomb Kiki’s Tomb

1 comment Rags to Riches The Story of Weni Weni Egypt The exemplary life of the noble Weni, who served under the first three kings of the dynasty, is inscribed on the walls of his tomb at Abydos. One of the longest narrative inscriptions of the period, the autobiography records how Weni rose from almost […]

1 comment Amun King of Gods Facts Like Ra, his peer from the north, Amun was identified as the sun god who created the universe and was the source of all life. In his most elemental form he can be found in the creation myth of Hermopolis (see Chapter Ten, “Thoth and Maat”), where he […]

3 comments Notice : There is not evidence about Great Khufu’s Pyramid was built but there is some theories and we will discuss the most famous and common one How the Khufu Great Pyramid was Built ? How Khufu’s Pyramid was Built ? What is the “common theory about how the pyramid was built ? […]

No comments There are more than 2000 names of ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddess but in our blog Ancient Egypt we will speak about the most Egyptian gods and goddess facts  was supported by scholars and  ancient egyptian papyrus , i will speak about the god or goddess names , titles and god’s functions but […]

4 comments The Genuine Masonry Pyramids Ancient Egyptian Pyramids – Egyptian Pyramids – Pyramids of Egypt Egyptian Pyramids There are only 10 Pyramids in Egypt   and you will say : You mentioned ten Pyramids and I thought that there were many more . There are numerous structure which have / had the shape pyramids […]

No comments The Step Pyramid of Saqqara Today, Djoser’s pyramid and its surrounding mortuary complex is recognized as the first stone building in the world. (Although stone had been used for certain features in earlier tombs, this was the first to be constructed entirely of stone.) The genius who produced this vast monument for Djoser […]

No comments Celebrating at Abu Simbel, 1855 William C. Prime Mindful of the brilliant illumination of the boat the previous evening, at Wady Halfeh, it occurred to us that we might realize somewhat of the ancient glory of Abou Simbel by lighting it with our coloured lanterns. Abu Simbel Abd-el-Atti entered into the idea with […]

No comments The New Kingdom The New Kingdom which dates from about 1580 B.C. signaled the triumph of Egyptians arms over the whole of the then known world. It was a period of military power based not on defence but on conquest. It was also a period of great artistic achievement and of cultural activity […]

No comments The Tomb of Queen Hetepheres The concealed entrance to a 99-ft (30.2-m) deep shaft was found by accident, disguised with plaster, by a photographer in 1925 during survey work in the Giza area. At the bottom of the shaft was a small chamber which, to judge from the blocking that had to be […]

No comments On First Entering the Temple at Abu Simbel, August 1, 1817 Giovanni Finati Abu Simbel We availed ourselves of such implements and contrivances as seemed adapted to facilitate the labour, and as soon as some appearance of the great architrave of a portal came to light, trunks of the palm-trees were driven down […]