No comments The oldest source for our knowledge of Egyptian history is a list of pharaohs, drawn up in chronological order, by Manetho in the third century BC. Manetho was probably a priest at the ancient sanctuary of Heliopolis and he compiled his list in Greek at the request of Ptolemy I. No manscript of […]
The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb
No comments The discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb Discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb Several finds made in the Valley of the Kings over the years led Howard Carter to believe that the king was still somewhere in the Valley: a small faience cup bearing Tutankhamun’s name (1905-6 season), the remnants of materials used in the king’s embalming […]
Daily Routine in a Desert Town | Egyptian Deserts
No comments Daily Routine in a Desert Town, 1923 Ahmad Hassanein Egyptian Desert Town The desert demands and induces a quite different attitude of mind and spirit from the bustling of the city. As I wandered about the little town Qaghbub in the Western Desert] and out into the oasis round it, or stood in […]
Meidum Pictures and Facts
No comments Meidum Yet another work of the inde- fatiguable Snefru, the father of Cheops, is the pyramid at Mejdum, near the Nile at about the level of Fayyum. The Arabs call it «ahram el-kaddah», that is the «false pyramid». In fact rather than a pyramid this highly original construction resembles a large mastaba with […]
The Temple of Hathor
No comments The Temple of Hathor To the right of the temple of Isis, is a large, circular castor-oil presser. The oil was used for medicinal purposes. The Temple of Hathor (4) has lively and charming representations, as befitted the goddess of love and joy. The columns are decorated with flute- players and with representations […]
The Tombs of the Private Thebans, 1836 | Luxor – Walking Through Egypt
No comments The Tombs of the Private Thebans, 1836 Lord Lindsay Thebans Tomb But why should the king’s tombs engross all my praise? Gorgeous as they are, and interesting for the study of ancient mythology, those of the private Thebans are yet more so for the history of manners and daily life among the old […]
The Immortality of the Soul in Ancient Egypt
No comments The Immortality of the Soul All the books on the After-life demonstrate that the immortality of the soul was fundamental to the ancient Egyptians’ religious beliefs. Pyramids, mastabas and tombs were all constructed to house the souls of the dead. The word « Ka » indicates the universal spirit, the physical body which […]
The Geography of Ancient Egypt 450 BC
No comments Egypt – Ancient Egypt Geography Egypt, as Herodotus tells us, is the gift of the Nile, and the Nile once dominated the country even more than it does today, as these first writers show. The rising of the Nile was as significant as the changing of the seasons in other parts of the […]
Ancient Egyptian 27th Dynasty – Persian Period
No comments Dynasty 27 (First Persian Period) 525-404 BC Cambyses II (Mesutire) : 525-522 BC Darius I (Setutre) : 521-486 BC Darius II : 423-405 BC Artaxerxes II : 405-359 BC Xerxes : 485-465 BC Artaxerxes I : 465-424 BC The Persian conquest of Egypt in 525 BC was not so traumatic an occurrence as […]
To Philae after the Dam, 1908 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments To Philae after the Dam, 1908 Sir Gaston Maspero Philae Temple We must take half an hour’s journey by train, first through one of the native suburbs of Assouan, then in sight of a horde of Bicharis encamped on the outskirts of the suburb so as to give the tourists an impression of […]
Mortuary Temples Ancient Egypt
No comments Mortuary Temples The Colossus of Memnon and its companion These two somewhat weathered seated statues greet visitors to the necropolis. They are all that remain of what was once the largest mortuary temple in the necropolis, that of Amenhotep III. It is somewhat difficult, today, to imagine a temple which, with its gardens […]
Ra Egyptian God of the Sun
9 comments Ra God The Sun God Now we will speak about the most famous God in ancient Egypt ( Ra God ) the God of the Sun our article will consist of some points Ra ancient Egyptian God Ra God was a version of the sun god , and Egyptian art often represented him […]
Ra Egyptian God of the Sun
9 comments Ra God The Sun God Now we will speak about the most famous God in ancient Egypt ( Ra God ) the God of the Sun our article will consist of some points Ra ancient Egyptian God Ra God was a version of the sun god , and Egyptian art often represented him […]
Tomb of Ramses IX
No comments Tomb of Ramses IX This is a traditional tomb comprising three chambers, one following the other in a straight line. It is approached via an inclined plane with steps on either side. Flanking the doorway are representations of the deceased: he burns incense and makes an offering of a vase to Harmachis-Amon-Ra and […]