9 comments Ra God The Sun God Now we will speak about the most famous God in ancient Egypt ( Ra God ) the God of the Sun our article will consist of some points Ra ancient Egyptian God Ra God was a version of the sun god , and Egyptian art often represented him […]
The Tomb of Siremput I
No comments The Tomb of Siremput I Of this tomb, which belonged to the son of Zat-Seni, a prince of the Xllth dynasty, there unfortunately remains today very little to bear witness to the fact that it was the biggest and the most richly decorated in the whole necropolis. One can still see part of […]
Interesting Ancient Egyptian Tourism Secrets
No comments The Tourists Make Their Mark, 1902 Sir Gaston Maspero . . . now from the middle of December to the middle of March Assuan never sleeps. It has become a winter resort, like Nice or Sorrento, and has had to transform itself to satisfy the demands of passing visitors. The embankment, formerly so […]
Ancient Egyptian Crafts Part 4/4
No comments Allied to waving was the manufacturing of mats, baskets and rope using read, flax papyrus, palm fiber and grass. Mats were woven on horizontal looms, while baskets were made by coiling a fibrous core spirally into the shape required. Baskets were as common as pottery in the Egyptian home and were used as […]
Primitive Irrigation in Ancient Egypt
No comments Primitive Irrigation The system of irrigation in Egypt is primitive and most of the work has to be done manually. The major problem is that of raising the water from the river to the level of the banks. The land slopes away from the river, doubtless as a result of the annual alluvion, […]
The Egyptian Pyramid Patent Facts P3
No comments The objection of the examiners that the pyramid- shape in microwave devices is not usual was easy to reject with the aid of some literature I presented (for example: Zeitschrift fiir angewandte Physik, Band 6, Heft 11, 1954, s.499-507, Gerhard Piefke “Die Ausbreitung elektromagnetischer Wellen in einem Pyramidentrichter.”) Ancient Egyptian Pyramids I was […]
Queen Hetepheres Tomb Facts
No comments Tomb of Hetepheres – Queen Hetepheres Tomb – Hetepheres Tomb Queen Hetepheres Tomb – The Queen Khufu Mother’s Tomb Hetepheres Tomb Plateau Khufu’s father was Snefru and his mother was queen Hetepheres , whose tomb was found empty in 1925 , here in the Giza plateau , next to the great Pyramid . […]
Meidum Pyramid Facts
No comments The pyramid at Meidum is thought to have been patterned after Zoser’s pyramid and seems to have undergone several transformations during its construction. After carefully perusing some drawings on rocks, and from observations made on the site, the Egyptologists came to the conclusion that the pyramid was first built with two, three and […]
Ancient Egyptian 13 and 14 Dynasties Pharaohs 1782 – 1650 BC
No comments Dynasty 13 1782 – 1650 BC Wegaf (Khutawyre) : 1782-1778 Ameny Intef IV (Amenemhet V) Sanlchibre : (?)-1760 Hor (Auyibre) : c.1760 Sobekhotep II (Amenemhet VI) : Sekhemre Khutawy c.1750 Khendjer (Userkare) : c.1747 Sobekhotep III (Sekhemre Sewadjtawy) : c. 1745 Neferhotep I (Khasekhemre) 1741 – 1730 BC Sobekhotep IV (Khaneferre) : 1730 […]
Abu’l Haul, the Sphinx, c. 1200 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Abu’l Haul, the Sphinx, c. 1200 Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi Sphinx A little more than a bowshot from these pyramids is a colossal figure of a head and neck projecting from the earth. The name of this is Abu’l Haul [the Sphinx] and the body to which the head pertains is said to be […]
Glance on Cairo Tourism
No comments The hundreds of first-time visitors I have taken around Cairo are usually most impressed by two places in particular. Their emotions are first touched as they enter the city and come out onto the banks of the Nile, traveling along the road from the airport. And many have had their breath taken away […]
Mayan Pyramids Facts Part 3
No comments Mayan Pyramids Part Three The Toltecs have been described as brilliant architects, carpenters, mechanics and highly skilled agriculturists. They built their massive pyramids, palaces and houses of stone and mortar and used the temascal, or steam bath. They counted their years and used the sacred almanac of 260 days. Ancient Egyptian Pyramids The […]
Maat Goddess of Truth and Justice
1 comment Maat Egyptian Goddess Facts Maat was perhaps the least mythological of the Egyptian gods because she was the visual form given to a philosophical concept. Her physical form was a woman carrying the ankh and scepter, and she was most readily identified by the feather she wore on her head. No one knows […]
Isis Goddess of Magic and Healing
No comments Isis Egyptian Goddess of Magic and Love One of the best known of the ancient goddesses, Isis Goddess represents the archetype of wifely love and devoted motherhood. Her life as the wife of Osiris was pleasant until Seth’s jealousy led him to murder his elder brother and to persecute his widow. Isis Goddess […]