No comments Sakkarah The necropolis at Sakkarah which stretches for eight kilometres is the largest in the whole of Egypt. It is also historically the most important because the principal dynasties are all represented, from the 1st to the Ptolemaic and the Persian. The necropolis is under the special protection of the god Sokar, hence […]
Monuments of Nubia
No comments Monuments of Nubia reconstructed near the High Dam (Aswan) The site chosen for the reconstruction of four monuments from Nubia, on the western bank of the Nile, was supposed to remain as a part of the mainland. The waters of the High Dam Lake, however, have risen higher than expected, and now surround […]
The daily voyage of Ra God
No comments Since Ra God, in his various forms and unions with other gods, was the sun god and father of the Great Ennead, his adventures affected the entire universe. His power and brilliance were great, his actions affected other gods and mortals alike. He had created the world and the gods and people who […]
Armant: Ancient Hermonthis | Aswan Egypt
No comments Armant: Ancient Hermonthis, 1846 Cuthbert Young At half-past six in the morning, we visited the remains of the ancient city. The present village is large, and situated among a profusion of palms. Rounding a hill, you come suddenly upon the ruins of four ancient temples. Granite columns lie scattered on the site of […]
Egyptian Chronology and the Evidence from Inscriptions
No comments Egyptian chronology : the evidence from inscriptions From an incomplete and variously corrupt literary history it is possible to examine some of the actual written sources. Whilst these had survived from ancient Egyptian times, after about the end of the 4th century ad they could no longer be read. The latest dated inscription […]
The Cult of the Aten Pharaoh
No comments The Cult of the Aten There can be little doubt that the new king was far more of a thinker and philosopher than his forebears. Amenhotep III had recognized the growing power of the priesthood of Amun and had sought to curb it; his son was to take the matter a lot further […]
Tomb of Userhet
No comments Tomb of Userhet This tomb, situated near that of Ramose, belongs to a royal scribe in the reign of Amenhotep II, and the paintings are extremely well preserved. On the left-hand entrance wall there are rural scenes. These include the inspection and branding of cattle, overthrowing bulls, and the collection of grain. The […]
Ikhmim: A Wondrous Thing, 1183 | Luxor – Walking Through Egypt
No comments Ikhmim: A Wondrous Thing, 1183 Ibn Jubayr The most remarkable of the temples of the world talked of for their wonder is the great temple east of the city and below its walls. Its length is two hundred and twenty cubits, and its breadth one hundred and sixty. The people of these parts […]
The Mummy’s Hand, 1938 | Egyptian Mummy
No comments The Mummy’s Hand, 1938 H.V. Morton When I came out of the tombs at Qurna, and before my eyes had become used to the light, I was aware that people were running towards me. One of the first to arrive thrust something into my hand. I looked down and saw that I was […]
Instructions to the Managers of Cook’s Nile Steamers, 1892
No comments Instructions to the Managers of Cook’s Nile Steamers, 1892 John Mason Cook A flimsy little booklet with this title was issued to each manager and had to be returned “to the Chief Office in Cairo at the end of the season, or whenever the holder of it is called to some other position.” […]
Whose Flag is This? 1855 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Delayed, 1817Dr. Robert Richardson It was our intention to have sailed at an early hour next morning; but on giving directions for that purpose, it was discovered that the colours had been left behind at Assouan, and it was impossible to sail without them; they were our national banners, the badge and ensign […]
Ancient Egyptian Music
No comments Facts and Secrets about Ancient Egyptian Musical Instruments It virtually appears unusual which you will need to learn because a lot because some of us do regarding ancient Egyptian musical as well as simultaneously come with minimal or perhaps not an concept of its actual nature. You come with texts, representations plus additionally […]
Days at Abu Simbel, 1873
No comments Days at Abu Simbel, 1873 Amelia Edwards Abu Simbel We came to Abou Simbel on the night of the 31st January, and we left at sunset on the 18th February. Of these eighteen clear days, we spent fourteen at the foot of the rock of the Great Temple, called in the old Egyptian […]
Thoth God of Knowledge and Writing
No comments Thoth God of Knowledge and Writing Part 1 Although the numerous irreconcilable accounts of Thoth’s birth are indicative of the lack of a systematic mythology for him. Siegfried Morenz supports an account that associated him Ra. An ancient passage ascribes Thoth’s birth to the powers of the chief sun god: “I am Thoth, […]