No comments Sekhemkhet, one of the kings succeeding Zoser, chose his site close to the original Step Pyramid complex. At the south-west corner of Zoser’s complex, Sekhemkhet laid out his enclosure about equal in length and about two-thirds in width. Planned on a base measuring about 395 feet square, the pyramid would have reached an […]
Second Pylon and Great Hypostyle Hall | Temple Of Amon At Karnak
No comments Second Pylon, Great Hypostyle Hall We return to the great court of the temple and proceed towards the second pylon, the pylon of Ramses II (P.2). The centre section was originally restored by the Ptolemies. It is now being reconstructed after the removal of the blocks from Akhenaten’s Sun Temples to Aten which […]
Shrine of Ramses III
No comments Shrine of Ramses III Across the court stands the large shrine of Ramses III. It was a sort of Way-station for the barges of Amon, Mut and Khonsu when they were carried in procession by the priests. Shrine of Ramses III The pylon which forms the entrance has now been repaired and shows, […]
Teti Pharaoh Biography 2345-2333 BC
No comments Teti king 2345 – 2333 BC Dynasty 6 Teti Pharaoh According to Manetho, the 6th Dynasty kings came from Memphis, a statement which seems to be borne out by the location of their funeral monuments at Saqqara, overlooking the capital of Memphis. Teti’s accession to the throne as the first king of the […]
Israeli Air Force was still making air raids around Cairo
No comments For some time after my arrival, the Israeli Air Force was still making air raids in the area around Cairo. The residential quarter of Cairo, the Maadi, is situated in the south. When the Maadi was being attacked, the glass in the windows of my apartment shook and rattled ominously. For a while […]
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids at Dahshur Part 4
No comments Even when compared with Zoser’s Step Pyramid the very much larger Red Pyramid loses by being less steep. Fakhry’s suggestion that the new form of the upper part of the Bent Pyramid ‘must have appealed to the architect’ somehow seems to lack conviction. As we have seen, the lowering of the angle of […]
Nagwa Fouad and belly dancers in Cairo | Travel To Egypt Story 9
No comments During my stay in Egypt, I had the opportunity of meeting Ms. A. Said, editor-in-chief of the influential women’s weekly Al Hawa and one of Egypt’s strongest advocates of the women’s movement. Thirty years ago she was the first female student to enter Cairo University. Recalling her days as an undergraduate, she told […]
Djoser Pharaoh Facts
5 comments Djoser King owner of the Saqqara Pyramid , Djoseris most famous Kind in the 3rd dynasty of the ancient Egyptian’s history ; He delegate Imhotep to build the first pyramid in the ancient Egyptian history to be his tomb that is mean Saqqara pyramid is Djose’s Tomb . Djoser pharaoh Djoser king ruled […]
Djer , Djet and Den Kings of Ancient Egypt
No comments Djer , Djet and Den Kings Djer (probably Manetho’s Athothis) succeeded Hor-Aha and is said to have reigned for 57 years. Once more, we rely on the evidence of the ivory and wood labels from Abydos and Saqqara for information. The hieroglyphs on all these labels are at an early stage in the […]
Amun-Ra as Divine Parent
No comments Amun-Ra as Divine Parent Amun’s involvement in human life is well illustrated by a myth taken from the walls of the Birth House at Deir el-Bahri, the great temple of Hatshepsut. Kings were believed to assume their divine nature as a result of having been conceived by the chief god. For Hatshepsut, who […]
Ancient Egyptian Houses Part 1/3
No comments Ancient Egyptian Houses and Homes Mud-brick is still used as a building material for houses in Egypt and is made in the same way as in antiquity. Chopped straw is mixed with Nile mud and the bricks shaped in a wooden mould. They are then left to dry in the sun. Houses in […]
Luxor: Age of Glory and Discontent
No comments Age of Glory and Discontent Though the 18th Dynasty was an age of unparalleled grandeur, it was also a period of transition. Old values were passing and new ones were emerging. The spirit of the age of glory, wealth and power. But, there was grave discontent among the upper classes. Though temples were […]
Antiquities of Alexandria Egypt , 1183
No comments Some Features and Antiquities of Alexandria, 1183 Ibn Jubayr First there is the fine situation of the city, and the speciousness of its buildings. We have never seen a town with broader streets, or higher structures, or one more ancient and beautiful. Its markets also are magnificent. A remarkable thing about the construction […]
Peruvian Pyramids Part 1
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 […]