No comments Into a Pyramid, 1737 Captain Frederick Norden Great Pyramid Of Khufu Inside The most agreeable way of seeing the Pyramids is with a party; they mutually excite each other’s curiosity. All the prodigies related by those who have seen them before are not to be too credulously swallowed. From Cairo the tour to […]
Medinet Habu and the Tombs, 1799 | Luxor – Walking Through Egypt
No comments Temples on the Other Side, 1819 John Fuller We reached the plain at a spot several miles to the southward of Goumou and proceeded to the Medinet Abou, which is about equidistant from the mountains and the river. The vast mass of buildings known by that name is so choked up with the […]
Ptolemaic Dynasty in Ancient Egypt Part 2/3
No comments Ancient Ptolemaic Dynasty 305-30 BC Part 2 The Ptolemies were monarchs in the great outside world of Hellenistic rulers whilst in Egypt they continued the line of god-kings, paying lip service to the prominent priesthood that, with an excellent civil service, kept the country stable and prosperous. The Ptolemies, and also many of […]
khan el khalili Bazaar in Cairo | Travel To Egypt Story 13
No comments Goods in the bazaar are not priced, and it is not necessary to pay the asking price for anything. One is expected to haggle over prices until a price is reached that is acceptable both to the customer and the merchant. khan el khalili Hefty Egyptian women will bargain in loud voices, fingering […]
Modern Life Overshadows the Past, 1910 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Modern Life Overshadows the Past, 1910 Pierre Loti The thing that dominates the whole town, and may be seen five or six miles away, is the Winter Palace, a hasty modern production which has grown on the border of the Nile over the last year: a colossal hotel, obviously sham, made of plaster […]
Khufu Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt (2589 – 2566 BC) Dynasty 4
No comments Khufu King 2589 – 2566 BC Dynasty 4 Khufu Pharaoh Statue The ancient authors through whom Manetho’s works survive were all agreed that the third king of the 4th Dynasty was ‘Suphis, the builder of the Great Pyramid, which Herodotus says was built by Cheops. Suphis conceived a contempt for the gods, but […]
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Part 6 | Problems and Solution
No comments One more problem had to be solved; it had to be a mountain which would not collapse. They knew that they had to embark on a venture into the unknown but they set out on it full of confidence in a magnificent invention. It was Imhotep’s stabilising buttress wall. As the future was […]
Djedefre Pyramid Or Mastaba Egyptian Pyramid
No comments What is at Abu Rawash ?(Djedefre Pyramid at Abu Rawash) There is the pyramid that was attributed to Khufu’s successor and son. whose name is Djedefre . and who reigned from (2566-2558B.C) . Djedefre’s Pyramid at Abu Rawash Let’s Talk about Djedefre’s Pyramid The pyramid is built in a curiously desolate and lonely […]
Temple of Edfu and Dendera Facts
No comments Edfu, the Ancient Apollinopolis Magna, 1827 The Modern Traveller At the north–western corner of the village, and on the highest ground, stands a magnificent Temple of Edfu , which, though seen after Dendera and Temple of Dendera , and inferior in size to that of Karnak, is said to yield in effect to […]
Tomb of Amenhotep II
No comments Tomb of Amenhotep II Amenhotep’s tomb is one of the most beautiful in the Valley of the Kings. When it was excavated in 1898 it was found to contain, not only the mummy of Amenhotep himself, festooned and garlanded, but other mummified bodies as well, including nine of royalty. Tomb of Amenhotep II […]
Mohamed Ali Mosque & Tomb of Mohamed Ali Pasha
No comments Mohamed Ali Mosque Mohamed Ali Mosque is the emblem of the Cairo Governorate. Mohamed Ali (1769-1849) was born in Cavalia, Greece, and was of Albanian origin. He was a soldier in the troops that were sent to Egypt to free the country from Napoleon’s occupation and took part in the land battle of […]
Osiris and Isis Adventures Part 1/6
No comments The Adventures of Osiris and Isis Facts At that time Isis Goddess was visiting the village of Chemmis not far from Thebes in Upper Egypt. The fauns and satyrs in that area were the first to know of their king’s assassination, and they quickly spread word of the horror. Isis Goddess , however, […]
Egyption Valley of the Kings and Mortuary Literature
No comments Mortuary Literature In most of the royal tombs from the entrance doorway to the burial chamber, the walls from floor to ceiling were covered with sacred texts and representations from the mortuary literature known as the Book of the Dead. This had been accumulated over thousands of years and included hymns, prayers and […]
Animal Life, 1792 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Animal Life, 1792 W.G. Browne Egyptian Animal Life The wild and ferocious animals are, principally, the lion, the leopard and the hyena, the wolf, the jackal, the wild buffalo, but they are not commonly seen within the more cultivated parts of the [Ottoman] empire, except the hyena and the jackal. The former comes […]