History

No comments Upper Egypt in January, 1836 William Ramsay Upper Egypt Edfou, Jan. 9: The fields were looking very beautiful; the system of irrigation is carried on at an immense extent here; it is everything; at every short distance, one sees the water raised from the Nile, by men who hand it up in buckets […]

No comments Tomb of Prince Pra-her-Umenef Pra-her-Umenef was another of the sons of Ramses III who died rather young and who like his brothers is buried in this valley. The decoration is more or less the same as in the other tombs and shows the dead prince being presented by his father to various divinities. […]

No comments A new artistic style It is evident from the art of the Amarna period that the court officially emulated the king’s unusual physical characteristics. Thus individuals such as the young princesses are endowed with elongated skulls and excessive adiposity, while Bek – the Chief Sculptor and Master of Works – portrays himself in […]

No comments The Sailors Enjoy Esna, 1842 W.H. Bartlett Esna, which we reached next day, detained us for some hours. The Reis and sailors went into town to obtain provisions, and we had great difficulty in getting them together. There were, in fact, potent attractions on shore, Esna being the head quarters of the banished […]

No comments Approach to Aswan: The Country Changes, 1817 Dr. Robert Richardson … We came in sight of the mountain range that bounds the extremity of Egypt towards the south. On the west of the river, the mountain range that had accompanied us all the way from Cairo, destitute of vegetation throughout the whole extent, […]

No comments Arrangements for Traveling up the Nile Travelers in Egypt in the past had to make careful preparations for their journey up the Nile. The Arab traveler Ebn Haukal made the journey sound a great adventure and a delight; John Fuller found the journey easy, but travelers needed advice and help from others Harriet […]

No comments Death and Burial In Year 67 (1212 BC) Ramses II, perhaps 92 years of age, was called to the west to join the gods. His tomb had long been prepared in the Valley of the Kings (KV 7), and was as large, if not larger in area, than that of his father Seti […]

No comments Night in the Western Desert, 1923 Ahmad Hassanein Egyptian Western Desert Then, the day’s work is at an end. Camp is pitched. No tents are erected, for the men are too exhausted, too careless to mind what happens to their bodies. And night falls. It may be a starlit night, or there may […]

No comments Herodotus gives a quite fantastic description of the interior of Khufu’s pyramid, referring to a subterranean lake under the building with an island in it on which the pharaoh was buried. This indicates that the pyramid, which certainly had been entered during the First Intermediate Period, had been closed up again. Moreover, the […]

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No comments Mosque of Sultan Hassan This is one of the most beautiful and monumental mosques in Cairo. The builder of this mosque and school was Sultan El Nasser Hassan. He was the 19th of the Turkish Sultans to have reigned in Egypt and the seventh son of the Sultan El Nasser Mohamed Ibn Kalaoun. […]

No comments Horemheb (meryamun) Djeserkheperure Setepenre  Dynasty 18 1321-1293 BC Horemheb Pharaoh Biography 1321-1293 BC Horemheb‘s background is virtually unknown except that he came from Herakleopolis near the entrance to the Faiyum and was obviously a career officer whose capabilities were early recognized. First serving under Amenhotep III, he became Great Commander of the Army […]

No comments Facts and Secrets about Ancient Egyptian Musical Instruments Dance was also very popular in ancient Egypt, again in both religious and secular spheres. Rhythmic Accompaniment was provided by clapping, clapping, cymbals, tambourines or chanting. Again, dancing was mainly a group activity, Representations vary from slow, postured movement to lyrical, fluid or gymnastic performances. […]

No comments Introduction This is a book about a scientific discovery. Having spent my life as a professional scientist, I have written it up just as I would have recorded any other discovery. The training of a scientist sets limitations by which the average story writer is usually not bound. Above all, the scientist has […]