maximios

No comments Great Festival Temple of Thutmose III: Plan 8 Before describing this ‘Most Glorious of Monuments’ as it was called, let us first recall that Thutmose III was the creator of a vast Egyptian empire. He went regularly to war each summer and returned to Egypt around the end of September. Among the splendid […]

No comments Bastet the Goddess of protection, Lower Egypt, the sun , the moon and the Cats Bastet ( Ancient Egyptian Goddess ) Bastet was on of the ancient Egyptian Goddess in 2nd Dynasty , scholar use this name today to refer to feline goddess . Bastet Statue Ancient Egyptian God : Bastet Other Name […]

No comments There exists in fact further evidence for the simultaneous construction of more than one pyramid at a time. We have mentioned earlier the quarry and date marks on the casing stones from the Tura quarries. A good deal of confusion has been caused by trying to use these dates in determining the sequence […]

No comments The Camel, 1834 Hon. W.E. Fitzmaurice Egyptian Camels There is something in the aspect of a camel that instantly puts all European ideas to flight: their patient mild endurance of fatigue and privation; the docility which they show in the most trivial matters, even if girted in the smallest degree too tight for […]

No comments The Nilometer, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi Nilometer The Nilometer: a pond in the middle of which is a tall column whereon are the marks in cubits and fingers; in charge of itvis a superintendent, and around it are doors that fit together tightly. A report is presented to the Ruler every day of the […]

No comments On Pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain, 383  Egeria Jerusalem for Palestinians Only From Jerusalem to the holy Mount Sinai is twenty-two staging-posts. . . . Before you reach the holy Mount Sinai you come to the fort of Clysma (probably a village near Suez) on the Red Sea, the place where the children […]

1 comment The Papyrus of Ani, now in the British Museum, provides the original concept of the death and rebirth theme (the rejuvenation of the human soul) in connection with the Great Pyramid. Better known as the Egyptian Book of the Dead, this manuscript is thought to have been written around 1500 B.C. The translators […]

9 comments Ra God The Sun God Now we will speak about the most famous God in ancient Egypt ( Ra God ) the God of the Sun our article will consist of some points Ra ancient Egyptian God Ra God was a version of the sun god , and Egyptian art often represented him […]

No comments The Sultan’s Banquet, c. 1050 Naser-e Khosraw It is customary for the Sultan to have a banquet twice a year, on the two great holidays, and to hold court for both the elite and the common people: the elite in his presence and the commoners in other halls and places. Having heard a […]

No comments Tomb of Sabni Sabni’s text relates how he travelled to Wawat and duly punished the tribe responsible for his father’s death. Then he recovered the body and started his journey home. Tomb of Sabni Meanwhile, his sovereign, Pepi II, had despatched a whole convoy of royal embalmers and mortuary priests along with the […]

No comments Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs Dynasty 6 Pepi I (Meryre) : 2332 – 2283 BC Merenre (Nemtyemsaf) 2283 – 2278 BC Pepi II (Neferkare) 2278 – 2184 BC Pepi I Pharaoh Teti’s son Pepi I probably acceded to the throne very young, for he appears to have had a long reign of about 50 years. […]

1 comment Bent Pyramid facts – Bent Pyramid built – Bent Pyramid photo and images – Bent Pyramid Number 5 : Snefru’s Bent Pyramid | All Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Information Snefru’s Bent Pyramid Bent Pyramid of Snefru Size : Base : 602′(184m) square Height : 344′(105m) Mass : 3.6 million tones Inclination :5 3 ْ […]

No comments Nearly Five Hundred Miles up the Nile, 1843  Countess Hahn-Hahn We arrived here yesterday afternoon, having left Fostat on 19th December, and spent 24 hours at Denderah. This is no inconsiderable time for a distance of 480 miles. Such dilatoriness would drive one to despair in Europe but here the journey is considered […]

3 comments Khufu Pyramid – Khufu ship – Khufu mummy Khufu pharaoh the owner of the largest Pyramid in the Ancient Egyptian history . Khufu’s Pyramid on of the seven wonders of the world . Khufu pharaoh Statue He was the second pharaoh  in the 4th dynasty after Snefru pharaoh (The Fourth Dynasty Founder ) […]