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No comments Ay (itnetjer) Kheperkheperure Dynasty 18 1325-1321 BC Ay Pharaoh Biography 1325-1321 BC Ay, now an old man, apparently became king by marrying Tutankhamun’s widow, Ankhesenamun – probably against her wishes since she was actually marrying her grandfather. Evidence for the marriage came from the bezel of a ring seen by Professor Percy Newberry […]

No comments The Valley of the Kings On the mountain-side behind Thebes there are many small valleys of which the Valley of the Kings, also known as «the tombs of the king of Biban el-Muluk» is the most famous. The Valley of the Kings Originally it appeared as a gorge lost among the rocky ravines. […]

5 comments Djoser King owner of the Saqqara Pyramid , Djoseris most famous Kind in the 3rd dynasty of the ancient Egyptian’s history ; He delegate Imhotep to build the first pyramid in the ancient Egyptian history to be his tomb that is mean Saqqara pyramid is Djose’s Tomb . Djoser pharaoh Djoser king ruled […]

No comments Fixing true dates by the stars Even with the chronological information available, as outlined above, it may come as a surprise to realize that it is extremely difficult to fix true or absolute dates in Egyptian chronology. Most of the information given in the inscriptions mentioned is relative, in that it shows a […]

No comments Renewed prosperity in Egypt Psammetichus I‘s reign of over half a century saw a return to stability and the old religious values. Outside influences, both artistic and trade, came into the country as never before but, despite this, there was a great renaissance in indigenous traditions, with many art forms looking back to […]

No comments Introduction The long history of travel in Egypt is far from monolithic. As motives for travel, individual preferences, cultural backgrounds, and the cultural and political scenes in the country change, so the points of interest and perceptions in the resultant writing change. In this book, travelers from different countries, different times, and different […]

No comments Ramses II (meryamun) Usermaatre Dynasty 19 1279-1212 BC Ramses II Pharaoh Biography 1279-1212 BC Ramses II, who acceded to power at the age of 25, can rightly be said to merit his popular title, ‘Ramses the Great‘. During his long reign of 67 years, everything was done on a grand scale. No other […]

No comments Human sacrifice, if it can be called such, at the death of the divine king is an age-old custom which in Africa has persisted almost to this day. Less than a century ago, a hundred men and women would accompany the king of the Ashanti on his journey from this world into the […]

No comments On the Other Side, 1927 Constance Sitwell Luxor We lingered a little where the Colossi stonily sit, gazing out over the land with strange battered calm, their shadows stretching far over the com that grows thickly to the very base of their thrones. Not far beyond them is the limit of the irrigated […]

No comments Ancient Egyptian Afterlife Facts and Secrets Among the popular cults at Deir el-Medina, and one which spread throughout the West Bank and later the whole of Egypt, was that of the deified Pharaoh Amenophis I and his mother Ahmes-Nefertari. The reason fir the spread of his worship beyond his official mortuary temple was […]

No comments Tomb of Ramses VI This very small tomb has a magnificent ceiling showing two celestial hemispheres with the stellar gods in procession behind the solar barges sailing down the celestial Nile. Tomb of Ramses VI Tomb of Ramses VI Tomb of Ramses VI

No comments The oldest source for our knowledge of Egyptian history is a list of pharaohs, drawn up in chronological order, by Manetho in the third century BC. Manetho was probably a priest at the ancient sanctuary of Heliopolis and he compiled his list in Greek at the request of Ptolemy I. No manscript of […]

No comments The discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb Discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb Several finds made in the Valley of the Kings over the years led Howard Carter to believe that the king was still somewhere in the Valley: a small faience cup bearing Tutankhamun’s name (1905-6 season), the remnants of materials used in the king’s embalming […]

No comments Daily Routine in a Desert Town, 1923 Ahmad Hassanein Egyptian Desert Town The desert demands and induces a quite different attitude of mind and spirit from the bustling of the city. As I wandered about the little town Qaghbub in the Western Desert] and out into the oasis round it, or stood in […]