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No comments The Tomb of Ramose This tomb belongs to the vizier in the reigns of Amenhotep III and IV (later Akhenaten). It comprises a main hall with thirty-two rather squat papyrus columns (1), an inner hall (2) containing eight clustered columns of smaller dimension (all destroyed), and the shrine (3). The Tomb of Ramose […]

No comments Passing through Egypt, 1843 Fanny Pratt My darling children, Since our landing in Alexandria our journeys have been so rapid and fatiguing that it was out of my powers to write, but now we are safely on board this vessel and have been refreshed with rest and sleep I hasten to give you […]

No comments Temple of Beit el Wali This is another of Ramses II’s rock-hewn temples of Nubia, built in honour of Amon-Ra, the Horuses of Nubia and the gods of the cataracts. It was originally situated to the north of Kalabsha (see page 126) and has been moved to a site close to Kalabsha Temple, […]

No comments Pyramids and Sphinx, 1835 Alexander Kinglake Pyramids and Sphinx Familiar to one from the days of early childhood are the forms of the Egyptian Pyramids, and now, as I approached them from the banks of the Nile, I had no print, no picture before me, and yet the old shapes were there; there […]

No comments There are a number of other unsolved mysteries which arise in connection with the actual construction of the Great Pyramid. One of these concerns the materials used on the outer surfaces of the pyramids of the Old Kingdom. This controversy has arisen because of a hieroglyphic sign which appears on the wall of […]

No comments Arriving in Egypt At Alexandria and Elsewhere Arriving in Egypt, whether coming from the sea to the dry land or from the desert to the kindly land of the Nile, is an experience to be savored. The Nile came out to meet the traveler from the Mediterranean, as the French statesman Chateaubriand noted. […]

No comments First Pylon, Great Court, Shrine of Seti II  Seti II’s two small obelisks rise on a terrace facing the Nile. From this point we approach the temple of Amon between a double row of ram-headed sphinxes. These have sun-discs on the head and a statue of the Pharaoh between the forepaws, showing the […]

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 […]

1 comment Who built this Great Pyramid of Giza? The building of the pyramid is attributed to king Khnum – Khufu and generally known as Khufu (Cheops in Greek) who reigned ancient Egypt from (2551 – 2528b.C.) Khufu Statue When you say “attributed ” do you mean that we don’t know for sure ? Yes […]

No comments Summarising these findings, we arrive at the picture of an agricultural village population providing labour for a large central project. Unlike Cuicuilco, Teotihuacan cannot have been merely a cult and pilgrimage centre. This becomes apparent when we compare the technological efforts involved in the two projects. At Cuicuilco about 20,000 tons of material […]

No comments The patent was conceived for the “Cheops-type”, where the baseline can be easily calculated by multiplying the height of the pyramid by (i.e., 1.57079), which is exactly specified in the patent description. However, the invention is not limited to this specific form since I have found, through an extremely large number of different […]

No comments Khons Ancient Egyptian God of Youth and the Moon The son of Mut and Amun was Khons God, whose name probably meant “to travel, to move about, to run.” Although Amun was sometimes referred to as the Traveler, it was his son who was assigned duties as the messenger of the gods. He […]

No comments Egyptian Religion The almost infinite varieties of representation of the numerous divinities which have been found in ancient Egyptian monuments have led to a gross misunderstanding about the religion of the Ancient Egyptians. The religion of ancient Egypt which one is tempted to think of as polytheistic, was in fact, like all the […]

No comments Temple of Khnum at Esna Esna, the ancient Sent, was a centre for local commerce from early times, with open-air market and kiosks. (The Greek Latopolis, after the Latus fish that was revered in the area, never came into common usage.) Temple of Khnum  The importance of Esna dates from 18th Dynasty, when […]