No comments The Citadel above Cairo, 1819 John Fuller The Citadel is built on a rock detached from the chain of the Moccatam mountains, which approach very near to the town on the eastern side. Before the invention of gunpowder its position was considered very strong, but it is commanded from the neighbouring ridges. This […]
Ramses VII and Ramses VIII Pharaohs 1133-1126 BC
No comments Ramses VII Usermaatre Meryamun Setepenre Dynasty 20 1133-1126 BC Ramses VIII Usermaatre Akhenamun Dynasty 20 1133-1126 BC Seated deities from the tomb of Ramesses VII Ramses VII and Ramses VIII Ramses VII succeeded his father, Ramses VI, in 1133 BC. Little is known of the seven or so years of his reign. Egypt […]
Macedonian Kings 332-305 BC and Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs
No comments Macedonian Kings 332-305 BC Alexander the Great (Alexander III) – Meryamun Setepenre : 332-323 BC Philip Arrhidaeus (Meryamun Setepenre) : 323-317 BC Alexander IV (Haaibre Setepenamun) : 317-305 BC Philip II, king of Macedon When Philip II was assassinated in Macedonia in 336 BC, his 20-year-old son Alexander took up his father’s intended […]
Nile Water and Notes along the Nile
No comments Nile Water, 1825 Dr. R.R. Madden Egyptian Nile River In its wholesome properties I believe the water of the Nile exceeds that of any other river in the world. Even when turbid, as at its rise, and depositing a sediment in a tumbler, in thickness of an eighth of an inch at least, […]
Onboard a River Steamer, 1863 | Walking Through Egypt
No comments Onboard a River Steamer, 1863 Lucie Duff Gordon After infinite delays and worries, we are at last on board, and shall sail tomorrow morning. After all was comfortably settled, Ismail Pasha sent for all the steamers up to Rhoda, near Minieh, and at the same time ordered a Turkish General to come up […]
The Valley of the Queens
No comments The Valley of the Queens About a kilometre and a half from the Valley of the Kings is the Valley of the Queens which today is called «Biban el-Harim». In the region, eighty tombs have been discovered there but they are badly damaged, some showing traces of fire, others having been used as […]
Egyptian Pyramid and Nature Of Geometry
No comments The Nature Of Geometry It is reasonable to speculate that there are two basic types of Geometry in the universe which may be classified as follows: Static Geometry Dynamic Geometry We can further understand static Geometry as that geometry which does not need the numbers PI (3.14) and PHI (1.618) to determine its […]
Egyptian 19 Dynasty and Egyptian Pharaohs
No comments Dynasty 19 1293 – 1185 BC Amenmesses (heqawaset) Menmire-setepenre 1202-1199 BC Seti II (merenptah) Userkheperure-setepenre 1199-1193 BC Siptah (merenptah) Akhenre-setepenre 1193-1187 BC Queen Twosret (setepenmut) Sitre-meryamun 1187-1185 BC When Merneptah died in 1202 BC a hiatus occurred in the succession. Instead of the Crown Prince Seti–Merneptah – who had been associated with his […]
Hathor Egyptian Goddess of love Facts Part 2/2
No comments Hathor Egyptian Goddess of love | Facts and Secrets Part 2 Unknown to Hathor Goddess , then, Ra asked for his swiftest messengers and sent them to Elephantine Island at Aswan with instructions to bring him a large quantity of the fruit of the mandrake, a plant that caused great sleepiness. Its fruit […]
Tuthmosis IV Pharaoh 1419-1386 BC
No comments Tuthmosis IV Menkheperure Dynasty 18 1419-1386 BC Tuthmosis IV and His Mother Tiaa Tuthmosis IV Pharaoh Biography 1419-1386 BC There may have been some doubt about the legitimacy of Tuthmosis IV‘s succession, since a long inscription preserved on a tall stele between the paws of the Sphinx at Giza smacks of propaganda in […]
Monuments in Philae
No comments Monuments in Philae The monuments of Philae cover four major epochs: the last part of the Pharaonic era, the Ptolemaic period, the Roman epoch and the Christian period. The chief monuments are the Temple of Isis (i) and her son Horus (Harendotus) (2), the beautiful Arch of Hadrian (3), the Temple of Hathor […]
Tuthmosis II Pharaoh 1518-1504 BC
No comments Tuthmosis II Akheperenre Dynasty 18 1518 -1504 BC Tuthmosis II Pharaoh Biography Tuthmosis I died in about 1518 BC, leaving behind a complicated situation vis a vis his successor to the throne. His two elder sons – the princes Wadjmose and Amenmose – predeceased their father, so the young third son became heir. […]
Characteristics of the Soil in Ancient Egypt and Papyrus in Egypt
No comments Characteristics of the Soil, c. 1200 Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi There is another characteristic: the soil of Egypt is sandy, which by itself is not good for cultivation, but the waters of the Nile lay out with them, at the rime of the rising of the river, a black mud or silt, adhesive and […]
Min God of Fertility Story
No comments Min Egyptian God of Fertility Story Min was the god of fertility and was celebrated in one of the more interesting festivals during the Twentieth Dynasty. His cult centers were Koptos and Panopolis, and there is evidence of his worship as early as the First Dynasty, perhaps even earlier. Eventually he became a […]