No comments At Home on the Nile, 1849 Florence Nightingale 9 December: We shall have been on board a week tomorrow, and are now thoroughly settled in our house, all our gimlets up, our divans out, our Turkish slippers (mezd) provided, and everything on its own hook, as befits such close quarters. Now, if you […]
Userkaf Pharaoh Biography ( 2498 – 2491BC ) 5th Dyanasty
No comments Now we will talk about the Fifth Dynasty but first of all let’s introduce our kings : Userkaf : 2498-2491 Sahure : 2491-2477 Neferirkare ( Kakai ) : 2477-2467 Shepseskare : 2467-2460 Neferefre : 2460-2453 Niuserre (Ini) : 2453-2422 Menkauhor (Kaiu) : 2422-2414 Djedkare ( Isesi ) : 2414-2375 Unas : 2375-2345 The […]
Graffiti of the Romans, 1819 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Graffiti of the Romans, 1819 John Fuller Romans In the afternoon we landed at Dakki. The temple here is differently situated from that at Sibouah, being placed parallel with instead of facing the river, and the approach is from the north. The propylon is lofty, and almost covered with the ‘proscunemata’ of Roman […]
On the Boats, 1990 | Arrangements for Traveling up the Nile
No comments On the Boats, 1990 Deborah Manley Nile Boats Today, unless you are adventurous enough to sail down the Nile by felucca, your journey will be in one of the 200 or so river boats that act like floating hotels between Luxor and Aswan. Hemmed in by the barrages and the ‘British’ dam at […]
How Khufu’s Pyramid was Built ?
3 comments Notice : There is not evidence about Great Khufu’s Pyramid was built but there is some theories and we will discuss the most famous and common one How the Khufu Great Pyramid was Built ? How Khufu’s Pyramid was Built ? What is the “common theory about how the pyramid was built ? […]
Peruvian Pyramids Part one | The Archaeologist’s Pyramid
No comments Peruvian Pyramids Although civilization in Peru apparently began before 9000 B.C., it was not until 1940 that archaeologists began for the first time to unearth the secrets of this great pre-Columbian civilization. Subsequent archaeological excavation has revealed buildings with construction features similar to those of the pyramidal structures still extant in Peru. These […]
Mentuhotep I Pharaoh and his Mortuary Temple 2060-2010 BC
No comments Mentuhotep I Nebhetepre 2060 -2010 BC Mentuhotep I The reign of Mentuhotep I reached its pinnacle some years after he came to the throne with the reunification of Egypt. The political progression of his career is eloquently attested by the series of Horus names he adopted: first ‘He who gives heart to the […]
Alexandria Egypt
No comments Alexandria Egypt , c. 960 Ebn HaukalEskanderia, Alexandria Egypt , is a considerable town, built on the sea-side: the houses, the other edifices, are of marble. And out in the sea there is a minareh [lighthouse], or watch-tower, of hard stone, and very lofty. It contains about three hundred houses. No one without […]
Unity between Upper and Lower Egypt
No comments Unity between Upper and Lower Egypt The history starts with Narmer whom some scholars feel should be identified with the mythical king Menes who unified the two kingdoms. This is the beginning of the first of the thirty one dynasties which sat on the Egyptian throne until 332 B.C., the year that Egypt […]
Mausoleum of the Aga Khan
No comments Mausoleum of the Aga Khan The late Aga Khan III, leader of the Ismaili community, a sect of Islam, found such peace and beauty in Aswan that before he died in 1957 he chose a site on the western bank of the Nile, on a peak overlooking his favourite part of the river, […]
Temple of karnak at Luxor Facts Part 2
No comments The second pylon Temple of karnak In the second pylon the vestibule of Horemheb , finished by Ramesses II and cased Ptolemies III and IX, leads into the immense Hypostyle hall (103 by 53M), erected by Seti I with additional decoration by Ramses II. Temple of karnak The fine raised relief of Seti’s […]
Kiki’s Tomb Pictures
No comments Kiki’s Tomb The «royal superintendant» Kiki was buried in this tomb which later was used as a stable. On one of the walls is depicted the journey of the dead man’s remains to Abydos and one can see the professional mourners wailing as well as servants carrying offerings. Kiki’s Tomb Kiki’s Tomb
The Story of Weni and The Young Pepi II
1 comment Rags to Riches The Story of Weni Weni Egypt The exemplary life of the noble Weni, who served under the first three kings of the dynasty, is inscribed on the walls of his tomb at Abydos. One of the longest narrative inscriptions of the period, the autobiography records how Weni rose from almost […]
Amun King of Gods Facts
1 comment Amun King of Gods Facts Like Ra, his peer from the north, Amun was identified as the sun god who created the universe and was the source of all life. In his most elemental form he can be found in the creation myth of Hermopolis (see Chapter Ten, “Thoth and Maat”), where he […]