No comments Osiris and Isis Adventures Part 5 Diodorus wrote that Isis, after she had seen to the survival of Osiris God ’ body and the continuation of his worship, made a vow never to marry again. She remained the perfect queen to her people and was renowned for her sense of justice and her […]
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Part 7 | Problems and Solution
No comments At the end of the Third Dynasty a profound change in the position of the pharaoh seems to have taken place. Again, the evidence for this is entirely technological. The next pyramid, that at Meidum, departed, as we have already seen, in several ways drastically from the Third Dynasty pattern. Even before it […]
Ancient Egyptian God and Goddess Map
The Map of Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddess in Our Site : Ancient Egyptian God Name God Title /s God Function /s Amun King of Gods 1. The Hidden one 2. The pilot who 3. Knows the water 4. King of the Gods 5. Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands Solar God : […]
Ancient Egyptian Mummy Facts
No comments Mummies Unearthed, 1819 John Fuller Of the forty tombs which were reported to exist when Strabo wrote, about ten or twelve are now open. They are in different states of preservation, but they are all curious from the infinite variety of the representations on their walls. Egyptian Mummies Unearthed From the Bab el […]
Inside Khafre Pyramid
No comments Do we have two entrances here ? yes. There are two entrances , one directly above the other , leading into the pyramid. The upper entrance, 50′(15m) above ground, is the typical entrance, and the one which we use to enter. we walk into the narrow polar passage. which slopes at a 25ْ […]
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Facts for kids
4 comments The Genuine Masonry Pyramids Ancient Egyptian Pyramids – Egyptian Pyramids – Pyramids of Egypt Egyptian Pyramids There are only 10 Pyramids in Egypt and you will say : You mentioned ten Pyramids and I thought that there were many more . There are numerous structure which have / had the shape pyramids […]
The Queens of Ramesses II List
No comments The Queens of Ramesses II During his long reign Ramses took eight principal wives, but Nefertari was his first and favourite among them. Her tomb is the finest in the Valley of the Queens. Everywhere there is superb drawing and colour, recently restored to much of its pristine original condition by a team […]
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahri)
No comments The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahri) The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is the most beautiful in the necropolis, and the queen herselfis one of the most colourful figures in ancient Egyptian history. She was the daughter of Thutmose I and the only one of his children of direct royal lineage, being […]
Through the Towns and Villages in Egypt 1183
No comments Through the Towns and Villages, 1183 Ibn Jubayr Villages in Egypt We left Alexandria by the grace and help of God Most High on the morning of Sunday the 8thf Dhu ’1-Hijjah, the 3™ of April. Our first stage was to a place called Damanhur, a walled town in a large plane which […]
The Commemorative Scarabs of Amenhotep III
No comments The Commemorative Scarabs of Amenhotep III The first 12 years of Amenhotep’s reign are rather well documented on a series of five large commemorative scarabs, each known in several copies. The earliest one, of Year 2, is known as the Marriage Scarab and records the king’s marriage to Tiy. The second, also of […]
The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Age Facts P10
No comments Compared with Khufu’s pyramid, the internal structure of Khafre’s is of extreme simplicity. There is again a polar entrance passage which eventually leads to a simple tomb chamber at the base of the structure and under its apex. The only complication is provided by a second entrance, emerging a little further north under […]
Ancient Egyptian Crafts Part 3/4 – Craft Techniques
No comments Craft techniques in ancient Egypt The techniques of sculpting were not very different. The outline of a statue was marked on an appropriate piece of stone with red ochre. The piece was then roughly blocked out and the features modeled. In the case of soft stones such as limestone, chisels could be used […]
Pyramids of Giza Facts Part 1
No comments Giza’s Pyramids Of all the Seven Wonders of the World, only the Great Pyramid at Giza remains today. Like the other pyramids of Egypt (discussed in the previous chapter), the Great Pyramid continues to confound Egyptologists, who are at a loss to explain the method and purpose of its construction. Ancient Egyptian Pyramids […]
Visiting the Monastery of Baramous | Egyptian Deserts
No comments Visiting the Monastery of Baramous, 1833 Robert Curzon This monastery consisted of a high stone wall, surrounding a square enclosure, of about an acre in extent. A large square tower commanded the narrow entrance, which was closed by a low and narrow iron door. Within there was a good- sized church in tolerable […]