December 2025

No comments There is another interesting fact which might lend credence to the contention that the builders of the pyramids were, in fact, members of an advanced race with the ability to pilot aircraft. It has been noted that most of the peoples of the so-called prehistoric civilizations were fire worshippers. The only exceptions were […]

No comments A high point of Egyptian art – Ancient Egyptian Art During Seti‘s reign some tremendous building projects were undertaken. The quality of the reliefs that embellished new cult temples and his tomb are virtually unsurpassed in ancient Egyptian art. At Karnak, where his victories were chronicled, Seti began the work of building the […]

No comments The Tomb Robberies  Contrary to popular belief, Tutankhamun’s tomb was not intact when Carter found it: only the burial was undisturbed. The tomb had been robbed twice in antiquity, quite soon after it was sealed. The first robbery was for the gold and precious jewellery, most of which the robbers got away with […]

No comments Asyut and Explorations, 1836  John Lloyd Stephens Asyut stands about a mile and a half from the river, in one of the richest valleys of the Nile. At the season of inundation, when the river rolls down with all its majesty, the whole intermediate country is overflowed; and boats of the largest size, […]

No comments Tomb of Rekhmire On the left-hand wall of the inner corridor, at (c), Rekhmire supervises the delivery of grain, wine and cloth from the royal storehouses. He inspects carpenters, leathcr-workers, metalworkers and potters, who all come under his control. In the lower row is a record of the construction of an entrance portal […]

No comments The Middle Kingdom covers the nth and 12th Dynasties (c. 2133-1786 B.C.). The nth Dynasty was Egypt’s most prosperous era since that of the pyramid builders. The first Pharaoh over the reunited country was Mentuhotep II. Amenemhet I, whose rule heralded a time of great building activity and a literary and artistic revival, […]

No comments The heart of “Nasser’s Pyramids” is probably the Hilton Hotel. Nasser himself laid the foundation stone. The blue of the hotel makes it a focal point in a sea of yellowish buildings which reflect the colors of the desert. Whether or not it is because most Arabs live in a dry world of […]

No comments Mayan Pyramids As far as archaeologists can ascertain, the evolution of the great and ancient Peruvian civilizations was parallelled by the growth of amazingly similar civilizations in that part of Central America which is today known as Mexico. Although comparatively little is known about these civilizations, two facts are undisputable: both cultures produced […]

No comments Mother of Cities, 1326 Ibn Battuta I arrived at length at the city of Misr, mother of cities and seat of Pharaoh the tyrant, mistress of broad provinces and fruitful lands, boundless in multitude of buildings, peerless in beauty and splendour, the meeting-place of comer and goer, the halting-place of feeble and strong, […]

1 comment The Pyramid complex of Djoser (Zoser)   Djoser Step Pyramid The Step Pyramid of Djoser is located within the boundaries of the Pyramid Complex of Djoser. This Complex was built during the reign of King Djoser (Zoser) (2630B.C.-2611B.C.) Djoser (Zoser) Step Pyramid The  Djoser Step Pyramid contains at least one million tons of […]

No comments Saving the monuments of Philae The first Aswan Dam {El Khazan) was built between 1898-1902. This was when Philae was first threatened. Poets and writers lamented its destiny but their words fell on deaf ears. Between 1907-1912 the dam was heightened, and fears for the remains of all Nubia were voiced. The Egyptian […]

No comments The 23rd Dynasty In Sheshonq III‘s Year 8 (c. 818 BC) he had to contend with a breakaway in the central Delta, at Leontopolis, where a prince named Pedibastet proclaimed a new dynasty, the 23rd, with himself as the founding king. Although members of the Tanite royal house held posts at Thebes, the […]

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No comments The Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert: al-Kharga, 1909 Norma Lorimer Libyan Desert Our last day in the desert we spent in doing the Oasis proper, . . . the “fertile spot in the desert” that we had come to see; … it was, in fact, from first to last an agricultural day, […]