No comments The tomb chamber at the upper end of the Grand Gallery was further protected by three portcullises which were removed by intruders. The room itself, nowadays known as the ‘King’s chamber’, is a room of 10.5 m. by 5.3 m.; it is 5.8 m. high and completely lined with granite. It contains an […]
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The First Intermediate Period 2181-2040 BC | Ancient Egypt
No comments Chaos and Rebirth The First Intermediate Period 2181-2040 BC The Middle Kingdom 2040-1782 BC The Second Intermediate Period 1782-1570 BC Dynasty 7 Ancient Egypt Form its Inception at the end of the 4th millennium BC, Egyptian civilization had gone from strength to strength in every sphere of the arts, sciences and technology, reaching […]
Temple of Kalabsha
No comments Temple of Kalabsha This was one of the largest free-standing temples of Nubia, over 76 metres long and 22 metres wide. It has been saved by the Federal Republic of Germany from the flooding. Twenty thousand tons of stone were transported and the temple was re-erected fifteen kilometres south of Aswan, close beside […]
Tel El Amarna (akhet-aten ‘the Horizon Of Aten’)
No comments Background On the eastern bank of the Nile, across the river from the modern village of Deir Mawas, is a large crescent-shaped plain over four kilometres long and about 800 metres broad. This was the site of Akhet-Aten, ‘The Horizon of Aten’, chosen by the pharaoh Akhenaten (c. 1375-1350 BC) for his new […]
The Lady of the Lake and Two Ladies of the Court
No comments The Lady of the Lake The Westcar Papyrus (now in Berlin), written much later during the Hyksos period, mentions Snefru as an amiable pharaoh. A story recounted by Prince Bauefre, a son of Khufu (Cheops), tells how Snefru, wandering one day through the palace in a state of boredom, called for the chief […]
Love poem From Geb to Nut
2 comments The Pyramid Texts contained a long poem spoken by Geb to his wife: Geb and Nut family Tree Nut! You became a spirit You waxed mighty in the belly of your mother, Tefnut, before you were born. How mighty is your heart! You stirred in the belly of your mother in the name […]
The Baths of Cairo, c. 1200
No comments The Baths of Cairo, c. 1200 Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi The Egyptian baths are also worthy of admiration. I have never seen better constructed or better positioned, nor more excellent for beauty and wisdom. Their pools, to begin with, are capable of each containing two to four corner basins or more. The water is […]
Englishmen and Arabs in the Desert | Egyptian Deserts
No comments Englishmen and Arabs in the Desert, 1835 Alexander Kinglake Egyptian Desert I can understand the sort of amazement of the orientals at the scantiness of the retinue with which an Englishman passes the Desert, for I was somewhat struck myself when I saw one of my countrymen making his way across the wilderness […]
Amun King of Gods Facts
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 […]
The Montazah Palace in Alexandria Egypt
No comments The Montazah Palace, formerly the residence of Farouk, is surrounded by a large garden, with a number of other buildings standing nearby. The palace itself has been converted into a museum, and one of the buildings in the grounds is now a casino. The walls of the galleries in the three-story palace are […]
Amenhotep III Death and Burial
No comments Amenhotep III Death and Burial Inscribed clay dockets from the Malkata palace carry dates into at least Year 38 of Amenhotep‘s reign, implying that he may have died in his 39th regnal year when he would have been about 45 years old. An authentic sphinx of Amenhotep III, now adorning Universitetskaya Embankment in […]
The Wonders of the Egypt , c. 1200
No comments The Wonders of the Country, c. 1200 Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi Of all the countries, that I ever visited myself, or ever acquired any knowledge of from the researches of others, there are none that can compare with Egypt, in regard to the immense number of ancient monuments, that it contains. Among the wonders […]
The royal burial chambers at Tanis and 21st Egyptian Dynasty
No comments The royal burial chambers at Tanis Further links between Tanis and Thebes manifested themselves in a temple dedicated to the Theban trio of Amun, Mut and Khonsu at Tanis. It was within the precinct of this temple that Pierre Montet found in 1939-40 the stone-built burial chambers of the 21st Dynasty kings. The […]
Tomb of Huye – Ancient Egyptian Tombs
No comments Tombs – General The design of the tombs at Tel el Amarna are similar to the 18th Dynasty tombs at Luxor. Each has a forecourt (originally surrounded by a brick wall), a main chamber hewn out of rock and sometimes supported by columns, and an inner chamber, or chambers, containing a statue of […]