No comments Luxor (Ancient Thebes) After the war of liberation from the Hyksos, Egyptian People entered a new phase of development, the New Kingdom. At first the culture differed only slightly from that of the Middle Kingdom, but following the military successes of Thutmose III Pharaoh, who extended Egyptian influence in Western Asia, the political, […]

No comments Tomb of Aye Aye was known as ‘Divine Father’. He was the husband of Queen Nefertiti’s nurse. Among his many titles was ‘Overseer of All the Horses of His Majesty’. He was Akhenaten’s close friend and adviser, a role he continued with the young pharaoh Tutankhamon. Tomb of Aye When Tel el Amarna […]

No comments The Tomb of Ramose This tomb belongs to the vizier in the reigns of Amenhotep III and IV (later Akhenaten). It comprises a main hall with thirty-two rather squat papyrus columns (1), an inner hall (2) containing eight clustered columns of smaller dimension (all destroyed), and the shrine (3). The Tomb of Ramose […]

No comments Tomb of Tutankhamon The story of the discovery of the tomb of this pharaoh who died when he was barely eighteen years old is too long, too fascinating and too mysterious to be told in its entirety here. Tomb of Tutankhamon It was discovered on 4th November 1922 by Howard Carter (acting on […]

No comments Plan to save the Temples of Abu Simbel There are two temples at Abu Simbel: the Great Temple of Ramses II and the small temple of Nefertari, his Great Royal Wife. Both were excavated out of the solid rock of a mountain. They could not, therefore, be dismantled, transported and re-erected elsew here, […]

No comments Asasif: Tomb of Kheru-ef This is the tomb of the steward to the Great Royal Wife Queen Tiy, wife of Amenhotep III. It was never completed, but it is interesting to observe that, while other noblemen of the 18th Dynasty, like Ramose for example, abandoned Thebes and went to the new capital of […]

No comments Teti king 2345 – 2333 BC Dynasty 6 Teti Pharaoh According to Manetho, the 6th Dynasty kings came from Memphis, a statement which seems to be borne out by the location of their funeral monuments at Saqqara, overlooking the capital of Memphis. Teti’s accession to the throne as the first king of the […]

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Ancient Egypt No comments Dance and Music in Ancient Egypt  – ancient egyptian musical instruments ancient egyptian musical instruments The papyrus goes on to describe the process of bird trapping : I walk away from the river in the second day and the fifteenth day of the month and go down to the lake. Staves […]

No comments Menkaure’s Pyramid Menkaure’s Pyramid from The Exterior: Menkaure Pyramid Then we talk to the third pyramid of Giza, which is attributed to Menkaure ( Mycerinus in Greek), who reigned Ancient Egypt from (2494-2472B.C). This is much smaller than the other two pyramids of Khufu and Khafre. This pyramid is only 7% of the […]

حضارة قدماء المصريين أو الحضارة الفرعونية هي الحضارة التي قامت في أفرقيا في شمالها الشرقي ، وكما قالوا ان مصر هبة النيل سنقول ان مصر قامت او الحضارة الفرعونية قامت على ضفاف نهر النيل . سنتلكم عن الحضارة الفرعونية من 3150 ق . م وهو ما يسمى  عصر ما قبل الاسرات . مع التوحيد السياسي […]

من 1293 الى سنة 1069 قبل الميلاد عصر الرعامسة والذي يطلق عليها عصر الفراعنة العظام هو الفترة من سنة 1293 الى سنة 1069 قبل الميلاد والتي حكم فيها البلاد فراعنة بين  الاسرتين التاسعة عشر والعشرين وقد حكم الرعامسة 224 عام  . الرعامسة في سطور اشتق وصف الرعامسة من اسم رعموس والذي يسمى به عدد من […]

 المعنى الحرفي لكلمة نارمر باللغة الهيروغليفية : اسم نارمر ( نعرمر ) يمثل بالحروف الهيروغليفية “نعر” أي قرموط ( نوع من أنواع الاسماك ) و”مر” أي مطرقة (أو قادوم) اي معناها مطرقة القرموط . وتلك الحروف أو الرموز يمكن نطقها كالتالي : “مرونار” أو “نارمرو”، إلا أن العرف جرى على أن تنطق “نارمر”. والاسم يعني […]

إن المعابد ليست سوى كتاب كبير من الحجر استخدم الحفار كل أسطحه أما البواكي والأعمدةوقواعدها وجوانب الأبواب فقد حليت برسوم أشخاص الكتابات الهيروغليفية وكذلك الجدران الداخلة والخارجية . أما في المعابد الأكثر كمالاً والتي كانت ترجع الى العهد المتأخر فقد كانت رسومها ونقوشها مقصورة على الطقوس الدينية وحدها . وفي العهود الأقدم زمناً فكان المعبد […]