December 2025

No comments The Cities that Make Up Cairo, c. 960 Ebn Haukal The chief city of Egypt is called Fostat, situated on the bank of the River Nile to the north. The Nile flows from the east; and this city is situated on one side of it. Near to it are certain edifices, called Jezireh, […]

No comments Luxor Today it is difficult when one arrives at Luxor to imagine how the great city of Thebes was laid out. For centuries the capital of the Egyptian Kingdom, it was proverbially famous for its wealth («the city where the rich houses are treasures»), it is the city which Homer in the IX […]

No comments The Scribe (Dynasty IV) Ancient Egyptians considered the profession of the scribe to be the highest of professions. The scribe was close to the Pharaoh because of his wisdom and knowledge. This statue is made of painted limestone and is of an unknown squatting scribe holding an open papyrus roll on his knees. […]

No comments Snefru’s Red Pyramid We now proceed to another pyramid less than a mile of the Bent Pyramid , Which is called the Northern Pyramid of Dahshur . It is popularly known as the Red Pyramid because if the reddish or pinkish tint of the core stones. Snefru’s Red Pyramid Ancient Egyptian Pyramid The […]

No comments Nut Ancient Egyptian Sky Goddess Nut Goddess was almost always depicted as a woman with remarkable j physical proportions. Most of the drawings showed her nude, with j large breasts and detailed anatomy. Nut Goddess was pretty and appealing. If she wore any headdress, it was a vase of water, and her name […]

No comments Imhotep The Builder of the Zoser’s Step Pyramid Imhotep Statue Who designed this complex ? His name was Imhotep he was Zoser’s architect and Vizier . He held many titles , among them m the builder , the Sculptor . the Builder , the Sculptor , the Maker of Stone Vases . He […]

No comments Ramses III and the Sea Peoples The written and graphically illustrated account of Ramesses‘ fight against the Sea Peoples is recorded on the walls of his great and remarkably well-preserved mortuary temple at Medinet Habu. The written account occurs on the outer wall of the Second Pylon, north side; it is the longest […]

No comments The Great Tomb Robberies It was in the reign of Ramses IX that the first of a series of scandals broke, when it was revealed that the tombs in the Valley of the Kings were being plundered. The robberies mainly took place in Year 16 of the reign, although there had been an […]

No comments Upper Egypt in January, 1836 William Ramsay Upper Egypt Edfou, Jan. 9: The fields were looking very beautiful; the system of irrigation is carried on at an immense extent here; it is everything; at every short distance, one sees the water raised from the Nile, by men who hand it up in buckets […]

No comments Tomb of Prince Pra-her-Umenef Pra-her-Umenef was another of the sons of Ramses III who died rather young and who like his brothers is buried in this valley. The decoration is more or less the same as in the other tombs and shows the dead prince being presented by his father to various divinities. […]

No comments A new artistic style It is evident from the art of the Amarna period that the court officially emulated the king’s unusual physical characteristics. Thus individuals such as the young princesses are endowed with elongated skulls and excessive adiposity, while Bek – the Chief Sculptor and Master of Works – portrays himself in […]

No comments The Sailors Enjoy Esna, 1842 W.H. Bartlett Esna, which we reached next day, detained us for some hours. The Reis and sailors went into town to obtain provisions, and we had great difficulty in getting them together. There were, in fact, potent attractions on shore, Esna being the head quarters of the banished […]

No comments Approach to Aswan: The Country Changes, 1817 Dr. Robert Richardson … We came in sight of the mountain range that bounds the extremity of Egypt towards the south. On the west of the river, the mountain range that had accompanied us all the way from Cairo, destitute of vegetation throughout the whole extent, […]

No comments Arrangements for Traveling up the Nile Travelers in Egypt in the past had to make careful preparations for their journey up the Nile. The Arab traveler Ebn Haukal made the journey sound a great adventure and a delight; John Fuller found the journey easy, but travelers needed advice and help from others Harriet […]