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No comments The Great Temple of Ramses II There are few monuments of ancient Egypt that have been so frequently described as this great temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. From the time of its opening by the Italian Giovanni Belzoni in 1817 to the present-day, when it has become world- famous for having […]

No comments Philae, 1825 Dr. R.R. Madden There are four recollections of a traveller, which might tempt him to live forever: the sea view of Constantinople, the sight of the Coliseum by moonlight, the prospect from the summit of Vesuvius by dawn, and the first glimpse of Philae at sunset. Philae Philae, 1852 Dean Arthur […]

No comments The king’s burial The immediate availability of the gold coffin and mask as well as the large granite sarcophagus box suggests that provision for Tutankhamun‘s eventual burial had been in hand for some time. However, his actual death was obviously unexpected, for not only were a number of the items provided for the […]

No comments Cairo | Mother of Cities Cairo changes daily and yet has remained the same for centuries. The Cairo of al- Muqaddasi at the end of the first millennium and that of Ibn Battuta, in 1326, is the Cairo that visitors and residents know today. One only has to step off a busy street […]

No comments The Entering of Khufu’s Pyramid Why us this entrance so rough looking? This is actually the entrance of the forced passage. The original entrance is over there, to the left of the forced entrance. It is that aperture beneath the huge limestone gables. The Entering of Khufu’s Pyramid Why didn’t they use the […]

No comments The World of Women of Means, 1914 Elizabeth Cooper It is hard to say, outside the little social life among relatives and a few friends, what are the amusements of the Egyptian lady. She sings, she generally plays some musical instrument now it is the piano for the educated girl, and in nearly […]

No comments Damietta, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi Damietta City in Egypt Dimyat (Damietta): you may travel in this lake for a day and a night, sometimes meeting with fresh water, and narrow straits, until reaching another town, which is better [than Tinnis], more spacious, wider, more open, more frequented; with more fruits, better construction, more water, […]

No comments Ptolemy IV married his sister Arsinoe in 217, and she produced an heir seven years later. The king then turned his affections to another woman, Agathoclea, who, with her brother Agathocles, encouraged his excesses. They were probably the cause of his death at the age of 41, leaving his sister-wife Arsinoe, who was […]

No comments At the Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869 Jabez Bums and Thomas Cook Suez Canal On the fifth day out, we got sight of Egypt, and in the evening of that day, cast anchor within sight of the lights of Port Said, leaving behind us the lights of the British Mediterranean fleet of […]

No comments The Nile Delta Nile Delta The Nile Delta is one of the fascinating places in Egypt. In it, travelers encountered history and a way of life that had remained the same for its inhabitants for many centuries, despite the continuous changes in its geology. This chapter presents different travelers’ testimonies about the diverse […]

1 comment Sekhemkhet Pyramid – Sekhemkhet Pyramid Egypt – Sekhemkhet Pyramid Saqqara – Sekhemkhet Pyramid size – Sekhemkhet unfinished Pyramid Sekhemkhet’s Pyramid Westward of the Unas Structure , we come to the Pyramid Complex of Sekhemkhet in ancient Egypt . In front of the ruins of this Pyramid Complex ( Sekhemkhet unfinished pyramid ), we […]

No comments Temple of Ramses III This small temple, designed and built in the lifetime of a single pharaoh, is a typical New Kingdom temple. It comprises an entrance pylon with two towers flanked by statues, a central doorwrav leading to an open court (surrounded by colonnades), and a covered terrace to the rear. From […]

1 comment The Step Pyramid Of Djoser ( Zoser ) How did the idea of pyramid come to Imhotep ? ( Imhotep was the architect of Djoser’s Step Pyramid ) Step Pyramid Of Djoser (Zoser) The idea of a step pyramid was not his original intention . The original objective was ti build a mastaba-type […]

No comments Astronomical Correctness, 1834 Hon. W.E. Fitzmaurice Great Pyramid Of Khufu Picture On the 16th went again to the Pyramids, and was as much pleased as with our former excursion. As a singular and extraordinary proof of the astronomical correctness with which these stupendous piles are constructed, the polar star is visible on the […]