No comments The Buildings of Cairo, c. 1200 Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi One notices in the buildings of the Egyptians a marvellous art and a very wise disposition of the parts; it is very rare to leave any place unused which has no purpose. Their palaces are vast: usually they make their abode in the upper […]
South by Train, 1873 | Arrangements for Traveling up the Nile
No comments South by Train, 1873 Gabriel Charmes Still I did not follow the Nile in order to go to Syout; I took the railway. The journey lasts twelve hours across a country singularly spoilt by the manufactories of Ismail Pacha and his sugar-cane plantations. On leaving Cairo at about eight in the morning, you […]
Ptah God of Creation and Craftsmen
1 comment Ptah Egyptian God of Creation and Craftsmen Facts In his usual depiction, Ptah God was one of the most distinctive of all the gods. He was shown as a bald-headed man, wearing a beard and a tight-fitting garment reminiscent of a mummy’s wrappings; from the back of the neck hung a flower-shaped menat, […]
Granite Quarries of Ancient Egypt
No comments Granite Quarries The old granite quarries about two kilometres from the city stretch along the Nile for about six kilometres. From the grooves which have been cut in a regular manner into the syenite walls we can get some idea of how the blocks of granite were removed. Wedges of wood were inserted […]
Cairo in Festive Mood, 1863
No comments Cairo in Festive Mood, 1863 G.A. Hoskins Cairo in Festive Mood The festivals of Cairo are very interesting, but travellers, spending almost all their time on the Nile, have seldom an opportunity of seeing them. The Mooled el Hassaneyn is a grand festival to celebrate the birth of El Hassaneyn, whose head is […]
The Gardens of Cairo and Memorials of Jesus, 1839
No comments The Gardens of Cairo and Memorials of Jesus, 1839 P.D. Holthaus Gardens of Cairo [Returning from the Pyramids] . . . we again reached the Nile, opposite to Old Cairo. We sailed for the Nile island, Roda, and saw the ancient building in which the Pharaohs once resided. On this island are very […]
Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Energy Part 6
No comments Some physicists believe that the Pyramid is not only an accumulator of energies, but also a modifier of these same energies. It is known that any object within which energy vibrates is capable of acting as a resonating cavity. It is also known that the energy is focused at a certain point within […]
Looking down from a Desert Monastery | Egyptian Deserts
No comments Looking down from a Desert Monastery, 1833 Robert Curzon Egyptian Deserts To those who are not familiar with the aspect of such a region as this, it may be well to explain that a desert such as that which now surrounded me resembles more than anything else a dusty turnpike-road in England on […]
Egyptian Pyramid Power Facts Part 1
2 comments Egyptian Pyramid Power In any argument on the Great Pyramid at Giza, the only point on which archaeologists, Egyptologists, scientists and scholars agree is that it was built by Cheops somewhere between 2686 and 2181 B.C. Ibis assumption as we discussed in the previous chapter, there is no irrefutable evidence of the time […]
The Great Temple of Isis at Philae
No comments The Great Temple of Isis The temple of Isis at Philae – Temple of Isis Pompeii – Ptolemaic temple – Temple of Isis Egypt the temple of Isis at Philae The great Temple of Isis is the principal building on the island . It was begun by Ptolemy II , Philadelphus and completed […]
Khaba Egyptian Pyramid | Facts and Secrets
No comments Khaba Pyramid One Of Ancient Egyptian Pyramids World We are now in front of the ruins of Khaba Pyramid . We see stone blocks spread over wide area. khaba pyramid Egypt Khaba Pyramid What happened here ? It appears that this pyramid was built during the reign of King Khaba (2603 – 2599B.C) […]
Akhenaten’s Sun Temples at Karnak
No comments Akhenaten’s Sun Temples at Karnak The first scientific study of antiquities by computer was started in 1966 by the University Museum of Pennsylvania, subsidised in part by the then Egyptian Antiquities Organisation and in part by the Smithsonian Institution. It entailed a systematic study of the distinctive sandstone blocks, called Talatat, found at […]
The Mexican Pyramids Facts Part 5
No comments All living plants and animals take up carbon from the atmosphere to build it into their tissues, including the very small fraction of 14C. The radioactive decay of 14C is fairly slow and, in any given sample, half of the 14C nuclei will have reverted into nitrogen in 5,500 years. While in the […]
The Bagnio, 1783 James
No comments The Bagnio, 1783 James Capper After your arrival at Cairo, I would advise you as well for your health as for pleasure, almost immediately to repair to the Hummam or Bagnio. The Turkish manner of bathing is infinitely superior to any thing of the kind that is now known, or at least practised, […]