No comments Ancient Egyptian Pyramids at Dahshur The rhomboid shape of the southern stone pyramid at Dahshur, which has earned it the name of the ‘Bent Pyramid’, is the direct consequence of the disaster at Meidum. There are two stone pyramids at this site which is just south of Saqqara and 45 km. north of […]
Ramses XI Pharaoh 1098-1070BC
No comments Ramses XI (Menmaatre ) Setepenptah Dynasty 20 1098-1070BC With the long 28-year reign of Ramses XI the 20th Dynasty comes to a close. At least a little more is known about him than his ephemeral predecessors. Some idea of the internal situation of Egypt is given in a papyrus set towards the end […]
Osiris and Isis Adventures Part 2/6
No comments The Adventures of Osiris and Isis Facts Part 2 The infant son of the queen suffered from an incurable illness, but Isis Goddess offered to restore him to health: “I can make him strong and well, but in my own way I will do it, and no one must interfere.” Every day the […]
Anubis God of the Dead Facts Part 1/3
5 comments Anubis Lord of the Mummy Wrapping – Part 1 Primarily “Lord of the Mummy Wrapping” Anubis was one of the very old gods. He was depicted in the form of a dog or jackal, either as a man with a jackal head or as the full animal. Most likely jackals were associated with […]
Ptolemaic Dynasty in Ancient Egypt 305-30 BC
No comments Ptolemaic Dynasty 305-30 BC Ptolemy VII (Neos Philopator) : 145 BC Ptolemy VIII (Euergetes II) :170-163, 145-116 BC Ptolemy IX (Soter II) : 116-110, 109-107, 88-80 BC Ptolemy X (Alexander I) :110-109, 107-88 BC Ptolemy XI (Alexander II) : 80 BC Ptolemy XII (Neos Dionysos) : Iwaenpanetjernehem Setepptah Irmaat : 80-58, 55-51 BC […]
Locusts, 1827 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Locusts, 1827 Robert Hay Egyptian Locusts This morning the cries of the people were heard on both sides of the river lamenting the certain loss of their crops and calling on God and the Prophet to spare them. Last night’s (southerly) wind had brought down a large flight of locusts which now darkened […]
A Clue at Meidum Pyramid Part 2
No comments A few years later Denon, with other members of the scientific expediti011 accompanying Napoleon’s army, came to Meidum, and some of his colleagues may have climbed the building. Denon made an excellent drawing which was published in the expedition’s records. There is a curious discrepancy between this sketch and Denon’s description, to which […]
Across the Red Sea, 1908 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Across the Red Sea, 1908 Elbert Farman Red Sea We were taken across the shallow waters and the Suez Canal in a small native boat, and thence by donkeys. After crossing the Canal, we were in Asia and on the border of a vast desert. East and south, there was an extended view […]
When I entered the Great Pyramid of Khufu | Travel To Egypt Story 2
No comments When I entered the Great Pyramid of Khufu, or Cheops, a surprisingly commonplace odor greeted me. I was taken to the Pyramids for the first time by an Egyptian, a journalist friend. Before setting out he had entertained me handsomely to some typical Arab cuisine and I had made a hearty meal of […]
Sekhemkhet Unfinished Pyramid
No comments The Buried Pyramid Or Sekhemkhet Unfinished Pyramid In March 1951, Goneim was appointed Chief Inspector of Saqqara. Intrigued by the fact that there was apparently only one 3rd Dynasty monument here (Djoser’s Step Pyramid), he carefully surveyed the site and its ground features. To the south-west of Djoser’s enclosure wall lay an oblong […]
Commerce and Food in Ancient Egypt
No comments The Commerce of the Ancient Egypt, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi Egypt is a country of commerce; it is an important source of very fine leather, resistant to water, sturdy, and pliant; leather of sheep and asses’ skins, leggings and cloth of three-ply yams of camels’ hair and goats’ wool all these are from the […]
Court of Amenhotep III and Hypostyle Hall
No comments Court of Amenhotep III (now known as the Solar Court) In 1989, when the then Antiquities Organisation was supervising the restoration of this court, specifically to reinforce the columns to the east, they came upon what has become known as the Cache of Luxor Temple. It was a horde of treasures, twenty-two statues […]
The Great Mosque of Sultan Hassan, 1857
No comments The Great Mosque of Sultan Hassan, 1857 William C. Prime Mosque of Sultan Hassan In one of our rambles about town, going up one street and down another, without heeding wither they led us, we found ourselves one day at the great entrance of the mosque of the Sultan Hassan, and dismounted to […]
The Pharaohs and The Exodus
1 comment The Pharaohs and The Exodus The Biblical story of the Exodus chronicles the Hebrews’ escape from servitude in Egypt, their 40-year sojourn in the wilderness, and their eventual arrival in the Promised Land. The Hebrews had lived peacefully around the Nile Delta for 400 years. All this changed, however, in the 13th century […]