November 2025

No comments Today, Memphis is a scattering of low houses, their mud walls punctured with little holes to let the light in, and here and there daubed with Arabic graffiti painted in red or green. Looking at the place as it is now, it is difficult to realize that one of the greatest cities in […]

No comments The Napoleon of ancient Egypt In Year 2 of his independent reign (nominally his Year 23), Tuthmosis III opened up his Near Eastern campaign. A reasonably trustworthy account of the battles was inscribed on the inside walls surrounding the granite sanctuary at Karnak. The author of these so-called Annals was the archivist, royal […]

No comments First of all, we must take a closer look at the technological and economic implications of the construction of large pyramids. A great deal has, in fact, been written about methods of pyramid construction  in particular about the type of ramps and the way in which the blocks were quarried, transported and placed. […]

No comments How a Pyramid is Built and Unbuilt, 1825  Edward Lane Egyptian Pyramids Built During the afternoon of the 19th [March], a favourable wind enabled us to continue the voyage. . . . For several miles . . . we had a view of the Pyramid of Meydoo’n; a grand object being little inferior […]

No comments The Tomb of Menna This fine tomb belongs to the Scribe of the Fields under Thutmose IV. It is in a good state of preservation, apart from the face of Menna which has been deliberately destroyed. Tomb of Menna On the left-hand entrance wall (a) Menna can be seen before a table of […]

No comments Geb Egyptian God of Earth Perhaps the best known activity of Shu and Tefnut was to give birth to two children, Geb and Nut; Shu was then responsible for separating the two and creating fro them the earth and sky. Geb was the god of the earth. The coffin Texts told of Ra‘s […]

No comments Model Pyramid Construction If you are interested in performing your own experiments and would like to build a pyramid to your own specifications, rather than purchasing a commercially prefabricated one, we offer herewith detailed instructions for three different methods of pyramid construction. Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Apparently the exact geometric construction of the pyramid […]

5 comments Djoser King owner of the Saqqara Pyramid , Djoseris most famous Kind in the 3rd dynasty of the ancient Egyptian’s history ; He delegate Imhotep to build the first pyramid in the ancient Egyptian history to be his tomb that is mean Saqqara pyramid is Djose’s Tomb . Djoser pharaoh Djoser king ruled […]

No comments Looking down across Cairo, 1834  Hon. W.E. Fitzmaurice The two following days we amused ourselves by seeing the various mosques and curious buildings about Cairo; in the evening I strolled up to Sifa, which overlooks the Citadel. Mohamed Ali Mosque It is a scene that one would never tire of: standing on a […]

No comments Tomb of Sirenput II This tomb, belonging to the grandson of Sirenput I, who was a prince in the reigns of Amenemhet II and Senusert II, is one of the most well-preserved of the Middle Kingdom. It is entered through a courtyard leading to a narrow passage, an excavated hall with six elegant […]

No comments Egyptian Pyramid Construction Existing records throw little light upon the lives, habits and customs of the pharaohs of the Old Kingdom. And virtually nothing is know about the method of construction of the pyramids and lesser subsidiary buildings within each pyramid complex of that period. Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Egyptologists can only make educated […]

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 The Journey to Luxor After the watery tenderness of the Delta and the strident grandeur of Cairo and the almost overwhelming magnificence of the Pyramids and Sphinx, travelers up the Nile met new experiences as they were transported toward Upper Egypt. The fascination of life along the Nile was reflected in the wall-paintings […]

No comments The Mystery of Tuthmosis I’s Burial Tuthmosis I appears to have been buried in two tombs in the Valley of the Kings: first in KV 20 and then in KV 38. KV 20 was cleared by Howard Carter in 1903, and seemed to be a double tomb intended not only for Tuthmosis but […]