No comments Nile by Night and Dawn, 1845 Eliot Warburton Nile River This sailing on the moon-lit Nile has an inexpressible charm; every sight is softened, every sound is musical, every air breathes balm. The pyramids, silvered by the moon, tower over the dark palms, and the broken ridges of the Arabian hills stand clearly […]

No comments Ancient Boats, c. 450 B.C. Herodotus Ancient Boats The Nile boats used for carrying freight are built of acacia wood the acacia resembles in form the lotus of Cyrene, and exudes gum. They cut short planks, about three feet long, from this tree, and the method of construction is to lay them together […]

No comments Ancient Egyptian Houses Even within the planned residential zones of EL-Amarna a similar pattern can be discerned. These clumps of modest homes tend to be grouped round the mansions of the rich, and their inhabitants were probably the retainers and dependents of the great men. The village of Deir el-Medina In marked contrast […]

5 comments Djoser King owner of the Saqqara Pyramid , Djoseris most famous Kind in the 3rd dynasty of the ancient Egyptian’s history ; He delegate Imhotep to build the first pyramid in the ancient Egyptian history to be his tomb that is mean Saqqara pyramid is Djose’s Tomb . Djoser pharaoh Djoser king ruled […]

5 comments Djoser King owner of the Saqqara Pyramid , Djoseris most famous Kind in the 3rd dynasty of the ancient Egyptian’s history ; He delegate Imhotep to build the first pyramid in the ancient Egyptian history to be his tomb that is mean Saqqara pyramid is Djose’s Tomb . Djoser pharaoh Djoser king ruled […]

No comments Philae In the midst of an evocative panorama of granitic rocks, the columns and pillars of this island sacred to the goddess Isis rise up towards a cloudless sky, creating the impression that one is in one of those landscapes which exist only in the imagination. The temple of Philae has one of […]

2 comments Many of the food crops cultivated by the ancient Egyptians needed constant watering and were therefore grown in irrigated gardens. Numerous varieties of plants were grown in this way, including fruits, green vegetables and beans. One of the main garden crops was the vine, used primarily for the production of wine, although grapes […]

No comments Hub of the Universe, 1913 Rudyard Kipling At Haifa one feels the first breath of a frontier. Here the Egyptian Government retire into the background, and even the Cook steamer does not draw up in the exact centre of the postcard. At the telegraph-office, too, there are traces, diluted but quite recognisable, of […]

No comments Great Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel Ramses clasping his enemies by the hair and smiting them with a club. He performs this act in the presence of Amon-Ra, who hands him a curved sword of victory at (e), and the hawk-headed Ra-Harakhte at (f). In fact, this division of the temple […]

No comments When the pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty secured their tomb chambers with blind passages and portcullises, they felt that their mummies and their treasures had been well guarded against the thief who might sneak in at night, and even against an armed band of robbers who would overpower the watchman. They evidently had […]

No comments Merneptah (hetephermaat) Baenre-merynetjeru Dynasty 19 1212-1202 BC Merneptah Pharaoh Biography 1212-1202 BC By the time that Merneptah, Ramesses‘ 13th son, succeeded his long- lived father he must have been into his sixties. Merneptah’s ten-year reign is documented by three great inscriptions: some 80 lines on a wall in the temple of Amun at […]

No comments The Rise of the Nile: The Nilometer, 1833 Robert Curzon Rise of the Nile In England everyone talks about the weather, and all conversation is opened by exclamations against the heat or the cold, the rain, or the drought; but in Egypt, during one part of the air at least, the rise of […]

1 comment Taharqa the Nubian king – Taharqa pyramid – Taharqa in the bible Taharqa was the 5th Pharaoh in ancient egypt 25th dynasty ; Taharqa was king of Kush Kingdom (Taharqa The Nubian King ) , Kush located in southern Egypt or Northern Sudan. Taharqa the Nubian King Statue Taharwa’s father (Piye) was the […]

No comments Senusret III as military leader With the internal stability of the country assured, Senusret III was able to concentrate on foreign policy. He initiated a series of devastating campaigns in Nubia quite early in his reign, aimed at securing Egypt’s southern borders against incursions from her bellicose neighbours and at safeguarding access to […]