No comments The Convent of St. Catherine, 1871 Samuel Manning The convent was founded by Justinian (A.D. 527), and was higher up the side of the mountain, perhaps even on the summit. It now lies at the base ofjebel Mousa, in a narrow part of the valley surrounded by gardens, which are cultivated by the […]
Egyptian Pyramid Power Facts Part 5
No comments Before these ideas can be fully accepted and utilized by modem science, they must be put in detailed analytical form. This requires a deep understanding of the laws governing the creative processes of nature. Thus far, this necessary understanding has not been obtained by those, like myself, who are investigating the subject. It […]
The Sanctuary of Philae Temples | Facts and Secrets
No comments The Sanctuary The Sanctuary of Philae Temples The Sanctuary of the Philae temple is surrounded by small chambers painted with liturgical scenes. Standing in the Sanctuary is the pedestal vase for the statue of Isis. It as placed here by Ptolemy III , Euergetes II and his wife , Berenice leads up the […]
The Isis Temple Complex
No comments The Isis Temple Complex The huge Entrance Pylon (P. 1) lies ahead. It is eighteen metres high and forty-five metres wide. Each of the two towers is decorated with mighty figures of Neos Dionysos, Ptolemy XII, depicted as pharaoh and wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. He clasps enemies by […]
A Clue at Meidum Pyramid Part 5
No comments Another indication that the collapse took place before the pyramid was finished is provided by the fact that the building was abandoned and evidently never used. In the little court of the mortuary temple stand the two stelae which traditionally were to bear the name and titles of the king. However, they remained […]
A Guide to Alexandria, c.1000
No comments A Guide to Alexandria, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi Al-Iskandariyya (Alexandria) is a delightful town on the shore of the Romaean Sea. Commanded by an impregnable fortress, it is a distinguished city, with a goodly meed of upright and devout people. The drinking water of the inhabitants is derived from the Nile, which reaches them […]
The Early Dynastic in Ancient Egypt 3150-2686 BC
No comments The First Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt The Early Dynastic Period 3150-2686 BC The emergence of civilization in the Nile Valley at the end of the 4th millennium BC was to affect, in one way or another, not only the following 3000 years of Egyptian history but also many of the subsequent civilizations of […]
The Sphinx Pictures
No comments The Sphinx About 350 metres from Cheops’s pyramid stands the Great Sphinx, known in Arabic as Abu el-Hol which means «father of terror». Seventy three metres long, this colossal statue represents a lion with a human head which some believe to be a likeness of Chep- hren standing guard over his tomb. Originally […]
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Part 1 | Problems and Solution
1 comment The results of our investigation so far lead to two main conclusions. The first is the destruction of the Meidum pyramid through a building disaster. The second is an explanation of the rhomboid shape of the Bent Pyramid as a direct consequence of this disaster. In the preceding two chapters we have adduced […]
Tel El Amarna (akhet-aten ‘the Horizon of Aten’)
No comments Tel El Amarna (akhet-aten ‘the Horizon of Aten’) Background On the eastern bank of the Nile, across the river from the modern village of Deir Mawas, is a large crescent-shaped plain over four kilometres long and about 800 metres broad. This was the site of Akhet-Aten, ‘The Horizon of Aten’, chosen by the […]
Egyptian Pyramid Construction Part 3
No comments One of these Egyptologists, Olaf Tellefsen, claims that the Egyptians did not use a ramp and sledge to construct the Pyramid, and that it required only about 3,000 construction workers to raise the Pyramid. Engineer Tellefsen bases his argument on his observation of three men moving large stones to the edge of the […]
The Spell of the Pyramids, 1956
No comments Pyramids and Sphinx The man-made mountains that are the Pyramids, and the great crouching figure of the Sphinx even when we come to them with present-day knowledge stun us. From the distance they are immediately familiar; close to, they become far huger than in our imaginations. The writer and broadcaster Leonard Cottrell summed […]
The Land and the Nile River in Ancient Egypt
No comments The Land and the River in Ancient Egypt In ancient Egypt the land and the river were inextricably linked , for without the annual inundation which irrigated and fertilized the soil, neither the prosperous economy nor the rich civilization which it engendered could have existed. Furthermore, the Nile was the main highway of […]
Valley of the Queens
No comments Valley of the Queens This valley was where some of the queens and royal children of the 19th and 20th Dynasties were buried. There are over twenty tombs; many are unfinished and entirely without decoration. The most beautiful, that of Nefertari, beloved wife of Ramses II, is not open to visitors. However, we […]