No comments The great pyramids of the world are masterpieces of architecture, engineering and construction. In fact, these colossal monuments cannot be replicated, let alone duplicated, by our modern technology. It therefore seems incredible that members of ancient civilizations, using no mechanical or electrical equipment, were able to create these unique structures. Yet this is […]
November 2025
Egyptian 21st Dynasty at Tanis
No comments The 21st Dynasty at Tanis The move of power and control from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt, especially reflected in the founding of cities in the eastern Delta by kings in the later 19th and 20th Dynasties, made the division of Egypt complete. Whilst the autonomous High Priests of Amun at Thebes paid […]
Treating with the Mummy-snatchers | Egyptian Mummy
No comments Treating with the Mummy-snatchers, 1873 Amelia Edwards There were whispers about this time of a tomb that had been discovered on the western side a wonderful tomb, rich in all kinds of treasures. No one, of course, had seen such things. No one knew who had found them. No one knew where they […]
A Clue at Meidum Pyramid Part 8
No comments Whether the slip of the mantle was aided by the poor foundation of E3 is not clear since, except for the two small clearances mentioned above, the rest of the casing is completely covered with debris. It may be significant, however, that the diagram given by Rowe shows the casing at the north […]
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Facts
No comments In a little over a century , the Ancient Egyptians built the masonry pyramids , witch contained more than twenty five (25) million tones of limestone blocks . These an -made mountains appear to modern eyes to be useless , but they must have been considered useful by the Egyptian . Egyptian Pyramids […]
Tomb of Kheru-ef
No comments Tomb of Kheru-ef This is the tomb of the steward to the Great Royal Wife Queen Tiy, wife of Amenhotep III. It was never completed, but it is interesting to observe that, while other noblemen of the 18th Dynasty, like Ramose for example, abandoned Thebes and went to the new capital of Tel […]
Egyptian Ra God of the Sun Part 2/2
No comments Even in pain Ra God recognized a trick; his answer was a devious attempt to give her his names without revealing the ultimate secret: Ra God of Ancient Egypt I am the maker of heaven and earth, I am the establisher of the mountains, I am the creator of the waters, I am […]
To Suez and Sinai | Walking Through Egypt
No comments To Suez and Sinai Going east from Egypt to the Red Sea and thence to Sinai or to Mecca was one route through these lands. The journey northward up the Red Sea to enter Egypt from the east was made by travelers from India, until the Suez Canal opened in 1869. Many traveled […]
Digging at Abu Simbel, 1836 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Digging at Abu Simbel, 1836 David Roberts, RA Mr. Hay (the archaeologist) had the sand so far removed as to disclose entirely the two columns on the south side of the door, together with the doorway to its base, and now nine or ten Nubians can remove the sand in a few hours […]
12th Dynasty Pharaohs 1991 – 1782 BC
No comments 12 Dynasty of Ancient Egyptian History Dynasty Pharaohs : Amneemhet III ( Nymaatre) 1842 – 1797 BC Amneemhet IV (Maakherure) 1798 – 1786 BC Queen Sobeknefru Sobekkare 1785 – 1782 BC Senusret’s son, Amenemhet III, reigned for 45 years and, like his father, he left a series of portraits remarkable for their individuality […]
From the Summit of the Great Pyramid, 1825 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments From the Summit of the Great Pyramid, 1825 Edward Lane Great Pyramid Of Giza The view from the summit of the Great Pyramid is of a most extraordinary nature. On the eastern side, the eye ranges over an extensive, verdant plain, watered by numerous canals, and interspersed with villages erected on mounds of […]
Valley of the Kings
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 […]
Osiris, Lord of the Underworld
No comments Osiris, Lord of the Underworld The concept of a court in the underworld only fully developed in the Middle Kingdom, when it was believed that the deceased would stand before Osiris, as final judge, and answer charges. With Osiris were his devoted wife Isis, her sister Nephthys, Thoth, the god of Wisdom, and […]
Music and Sail from Luxor to the Red Sea, 1843
No comments Music and Sail from Luxor to the Red Sea, 1843 Dr. Richard Lepsius Red Sea On the Red Sea, between Gebel Zeit and Tor, Good Friday, 21st March 1843. On 20^ of February we changed our abode in Thebes from the western to the eastern bank, from Qurna to Karnak. We setded ourselves […]