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No comments Mayan Pyramids As far as archaeologists can ascertain, the evolution of the great and ancient Peruvian civilizations was parallelled by the growth of amazingly similar civilizations in that part of Central America which is today known as Mexico. Although comparatively little is known about these civilizations, two facts are undisputable: both cultures produced […]

No comments Mother of Cities, 1326 Ibn Battuta I arrived at length at the city of Misr, mother of cities and seat of Pharaoh the tyrant, mistress of broad provinces and fruitful lands, boundless in multitude of buildings, peerless in beauty and splendour, the meeting-place of comer and goer, the halting-place of feeble and strong, […]

1 comment The Pyramid complex of Djoser (Zoser)   Djoser Step Pyramid The Step Pyramid of Djoser is located within the boundaries of the Pyramid Complex of Djoser. This Complex was built during the reign of King Djoser (Zoser) (2630B.C.-2611B.C.) Djoser (Zoser) Step Pyramid The  Djoser Step Pyramid contains at least one million tons of […]

No comments Saving the monuments of Philae The first Aswan Dam {El Khazan) was built between 1898-1902. This was when Philae was first threatened. Poets and writers lamented its destiny but their words fell on deaf ears. Between 1907-1912 the dam was heightened, and fears for the remains of all Nubia were voiced. The Egyptian […]

No comments The 23rd Dynasty In Sheshonq III‘s Year 8 (c. 818 BC) he had to contend with a breakaway in the central Delta, at Leontopolis, where a prince named Pedibastet proclaimed a new dynasty, the 23rd, with himself as the founding king. Although members of the Tanite royal house held posts at Thebes, the […]

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No comments The Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert: al-Kharga, 1909 Norma Lorimer Libyan Desert Our last day in the desert we spent in doing the Oasis proper, . . . the “fertile spot in the desert” that we had come to see; … it was, in fact, from first to last an agricultural day, […]

No comments The tomb chamber at the upper end of the Grand Gallery was further protected by three portcullises which were removed by intruders. The room itself, nowadays known as the ‘King’s chamber’, is a room of 10.5 m. by 5.3 m.; it is 5.8 m. high and completely lined with granite. It contains an […]

No comments Chaos and Rebirth The First Intermediate Period 2181-2040 BC The Middle Kingdom 2040-1782 BC The Second Intermediate Period 1782-1570 BC Dynasty 7 Ancient Egypt Form its Inception at the end of the 4th millennium BC, Egyptian civilization had gone from strength to strength in every sphere of the arts, sciences and technology, reaching […]

No comments Temple of Kalabsha This was one of the largest free-standing temples of Nubia, over 76 metres long and 22 metres wide. It has been saved by the Federal Republic of Germany from the flooding. Twenty thousand tons of stone were transported and the temple was re-erected fifteen kilometres south of Aswan, close beside […]

No comments Background On the eastern bank of the Nile, across the river from the modern village of Deir Mawas, is a large crescent-shaped plain over four kilometres long and about 800 metres broad. This was the site of Akhet-Aten, ‘The Horizon of Aten’, chosen by the pharaoh Akhenaten (c. 1375-1350 BC) for his new […]

No comments The Lady of the Lake The Westcar Papyrus (now in Berlin), written much later during the Hyksos period, mentions Snefru as an amiable pharaoh. A story recounted by Prince Bauefre, a son of Khufu (Cheops), tells how Snefru, wandering one day through the palace in a state of boredom, called for the chief […]

2 comments The Pyramid Texts contained a long poem spoken by Geb to his wife: Geb and Nut family Tree Nut! You became a spirit You waxed mighty in the belly of your mother, Tefnut, before you were born. How mighty is your heart! You stirred in the belly of your mother in the name […]

No comments The Baths of Cairo, c. 1200 Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi The Egyptian baths are also worthy of admiration. I have never seen better constructed or better positioned, nor more excellent for beauty and wisdom. Their pools, to begin with, are capable of each containing two to four corner basins or more. The water is […]