No comments The Temple of Khonsu The Temple of Khonsu was started by Ramses III, and like his small temple in the Great Court, it is a classical New Kingdom temple. It was dedicated to the moon-god Khonsu, son of the Theban triad. The reliefs were completed by Ramses IV, Ramses XII and Hrihor, the […]
Ancient Egyptian 22, 23 and 24 Dynasties
No comments Dynasty 22 (at Tanis) (Libyan or Bubastite) 945-712 BC Sheshonq I (meryamun) Hedjkheperre Setepenre 945-924 BC Osorkon I (meryamun) Sekhemkheperre 924-889 BC Sheshonq II (meryamun) Heqakheperre Setepenre c. 890 Takelot I (meryamun) Usermaatre Setepenre 889-874 BC Osorkon II (meryamun) Usermaatre Setepenamun 874-850 BC Takelot II (meryamun) Hedjkheperre Setepenre 850-825 BC Sheshonq III (meryamun) […]
Mortuary Temples in Luxor
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 […]
Amenhotep II Pharaoh 1453-1419 BC
No comments Amenhotep II (heqainu) Akheperure Dynasty 18 1453-1419 BC Amenhotep II Pharaoh Biography Amenhotep II seems to have been an athletic youngster. Several representations of the king show him engaged in successful sporting pursuits, and he was keen to establish an equally good reputation in the military field. An opportunity to do just this […]
A Land Created, c. 1000 | Fayoum – Walking Through Egypt
No comments A Land Created, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi Fayoum The Nile used not to reach to al-Fayyum, so the people complained to Joseph peace be on him about it. He built a dam in the river, and at the bottom of it he installed valves, inducts of glass. The dam retained the water, so that […]
Sekhemkhet Pharaoh
No comments Sekhemkhet ( 2649-2643 BC) Relief in the Wadi Maghara with three representations of Sekhemkhet proceeding to the right. Two of them wear the tall White Crown and have their names in a serekh before their faces,- the middle king wears the Red Crown. According to Manetho, the remaining six kings of the 3rd […]
The Invisible Ramps and Khufu Pyramid Building
No comments The Invisible Ramps AND Khufu Pyramid Building How about these temporary ramps , which the Egyptians used to build the Pyramids ? This is a total invention , but it i has been repeated so many times that it became a fact , in most peoples’ mind . Herodotus never such ramps . […]
The Semiramis is an old style Hotel in Cairo
No comments The Semiramis is an old-style hotel. According to one of the guidebooks published by the Tourist Development Association of Egypt, it opened in 1934. The guidebook contains photographs of members of the royal houses and nobility of Europe who stayed there. Recently it has become the haunt of writers. At one time Mahmud […]
Best Ancient Egypt Maps
1 comment You will Find in Ancient-Egypt.Info : Ancient Egypt Map Ancient Egypt Maps Ancient Egypt Map for Kids You can download more 30 Black Ancient Egypt Maps in the end of this topic Blank Ancient Egypt Map Good Ancient Egypt Map Best Ancient Egypt Map Smart Ancient Egypt Map Smart Ancient Egypt Map Important […]
Seeing, Narrating, Feeling Egypt | Egyptian Deserts
No comments Seeing, Narrating, Feeling Egypt, 1977 William Golding Egyptian Deserts I ask myself how the traveller sees when he examines an Egyptian wall painting in a tomb rather than in a museum. The first thing to remember is that he does not see it in a tomb as the word is ordinarily used, at […]
The Tomb of Mekhu and Tomb of Harkhuf
No comments The Tomb of Mekhu This tomb, built by Sabni for his father, comprises a single chamber, crude in both construction and decoration. There are eighteen roughly hewn columns, in three rows. A stone table or shrine with three legs is situated between the two columns facing the entrance. The Tomb of Mekhu Representations […]
Tomb of Amon-Hir-Khopshef
No comments Tomb of Amon-Hir-Khopshef This son of Ramses III died too young to pass into the divine presence of the gods of the underworld unaccompanied. The scenes show Ramses III leading the nine-year-old youth and introducing him to the various deities. The boy wears a side-lock of hair, indicating youth, and carries the feather […]
Mortuary Temple of Seti I (Kurna)
No comments Mortuary Temple of Seti I (Kurna) This temple was built by Seti I in reverent memory of his father, Ramses I, w ho ruled for little more than a year, and, of course, for his own cult. It was completed by his son, Ramses II. Only the rear part of the temple survives, […]
Journey from Cairo to Alexandria
No comments Alexandria Witness to Greatness The invasion of Alexander the Great in the fourth century B.C., arrested the decline of the Pharaoh’s power, providing a new leader for the government and even hope for the people. Alexander’s subjugation of Egypt was swift. After a short pause at the foot of the Sphinx at Giza, […]