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No comments The concept of noise pollution, or the idea of blasting horns being an infringement of the public’s right to quiet, is nonexistent in Cairo. If anything, the opposite is true. There is a feeling that each individual has to make his or her own contribution to the general noise, as though the number […]

No comments Sennefer’s Tomb This tomb is reached via a stair with 43 steps which goes down into the rock. Sennefer was the Prince of the Southern City during the reign of Amon-Ofis II. The tomb is famous for the beautiful bower of grapes painted on the ceiling of the vestibule. Sennefer’s Tomb Sennefer’s Tomb […]

No comments Shrinking and/or shriveling of experimental specimens depends on the ratio of moisture to fiber content. The higher the moisture content, the more shrunken and misshapen the specimen, as in the case of daffodils, which have a high moisture/low fiber content ratio. Roses, on the other hand, have a low moisture/high fiber content ratio […]

No comments Sakkarah The necropolis at Sakkarah which stretches for eight kilometres is the largest in the whole of Egypt. It is also historically the most important because the principal dynasties are all represented, from the 1st to the Ptolemaic and the Persian. The necropolis is under the special protection of the god Sokar, hence […]

No comments Monuments of Nubia reconstructed near the High Dam (Aswan) The site chosen for the reconstruction of four monuments from Nubia, on the western bank of the Nile, was supposed to remain as a part of the mainland. The waters of the High Dam Lake, however, have risen higher than expected, and now surround […]

No comments Since Ra God, in his various forms and unions with other gods, was the sun god and father of the Great Ennead, his adventures affected the entire universe. His power and brilliance were great, his actions affected other gods and mortals alike. He had created the world and the gods and people who […]

No comments Armant: Ancient Hermonthis, 1846 Cuthbert Young At half-past six in the morning, we visited the remains of the ancient city. The present village is large, and situated among a profusion of palms. Rounding a hill, you come suddenly upon the ruins of four ancient temples. Granite columns lie scattered on the site of […]

No comments Egyptian chronology : the evidence from inscriptions From an incomplete and variously corrupt literary history it is possible to examine some of the actual written sources. Whilst these had survived from ancient Egyptian times, after about the end of the 4th century ad they could no longer be read. The latest dated inscription […]

No comments The Cult of the Aten There can be little doubt that the new king was far more of a thinker and philosopher than his forebears. Amenhotep III had recognized the growing power of the priesthood of Amun and had sought to curb it; his son was to take the matter a lot further […]

No comments Tomb of Userhet This tomb, situated near that of Ramose, belongs to a royal scribe in the reign of Amenhotep II, and the paintings are extremely well preserved. On the left-hand entrance wall there are rural scenes. These include the inspection and branding of cattle, overthrowing bulls, and the collection of grain. The […]

No comments Ikhmim: A Wondrous Thing, 1183 Ibn Jubayr The most remarkable of the temples of the world talked of for their wonder is the great temple east of the city and below its walls. Its length is two hundred and twenty cubits, and its breadth one hundred and sixty. The people of these parts […]

No comments The Mummy’s Hand, 1938 H.V. Morton When I came out of the tombs at Qurna, and before my eyes had become used to the light, I was aware that people were running towards me. One of the first to arrive thrust something into my hand. I looked down and saw that I was […]

No comments Instructions to the Managers of Cook’s Nile Steamers, 1892 John Mason Cook A flimsy little booklet with this title was issued to each manager and had to be returned “to the Chief Office in Cairo at the end of the season, or whenever the holder of it is called to some other position.” […]

No comments Delayed, 1817Dr. Robert Richardson It was our intention to have sailed at an early hour next morning; but on giving directions for that purpose, it was discovered that the colours had been left behind at Assouan, and it was impossible to sail without them; they were our national banners, the badge and ensign […]