Nuba names and location Dr Mustafa Muhammad Massad says: I knew this area all, i.e. the upper, middle and lower Nubia, which extends from the first waterfall in the north to the south of the confluence of the White and Blue Niles in the name of Nubia in the Middle Ages, but what is the […]
The Islands in the Nile, Aswan
Islands in the Nile, Aswan Spreading from the north of the High Dam, spreading to the administrative borders of the governorate with Qena Governorate, the Aswan Islands are divided into three types: First: the rocky islands: the pure and absolute islands extending in the region from the High Dam to the Aswan Reservoir. These islands […]
Trees in Pharaonic Egypt Trees in the pharaonic civilization We may have already noticed the abundance, richness and diversity of plants in some aspects of the land of the Nile Valley. We find, however, that the trees, in particular, were not a great and abundant representation. It seems clear that There are two common types […]
The most important kings of the modern state King Amenhotep III
The most important kings of the modern state King Amenhotep III Amenhotep III, sometimes written as Amenophis III, was the ninth king of the Eighteenth Dynasty and one of the greatest rulers of Egypt throughout history. M. Rule of Egypt in the period from 1391 BC. – 1353 BC) Many ancient Egyptian history researchers agreed […]
What is the benefit of the coffin for the dead?
What is the benefit of the coffin for the dead? What does the artist mean from the texts inside and outside the coffin for the dead? Please look deeply because the ancient Egyptian thought that he would be resurrected in the eternal world. That is why the ancient Egyptian artist used to create inscriptions on […]
The ancient Egyptian sun god Re
“According to Egyptian mythology, when the ancient Egyptian sun god Re cried, his tears turned into honey bees upon touching the ground. For this reason, the honey bee was sacrosanct in ancient Egyptian culture. From the art depicting bees on temple walls to the usage of beeswax as a healing ointment, the honey bee was […]
Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque It took two years to build the whole. The first Friday prayer was held there on the 7th of Ramadan, 361 AH / 972 AD. It was named Al-Azhar Mosque after the Lady Fatima Al-Zahra, to whom the Fatimids belonged. In the year 378 AH / 988 AD, the Caliph Al-Aziz Billah made […]
Horus statue in Edfu temple.
Egypt Magic [939] Horus statue in Edfu temple. The construction of this huge temple of the god “Horus” began during the reign of “Ptolemy III – Georgits I” (the word “Urgits” means “the benefactor”) Ptolemy III Euergetes I in the year 237 BC, and the construction of this temple took about 200 years, which was […]
The family in ancient Egypt
The family in ancient Egypt part One: The individual system during the era of the Third and Fourth Dynasties The origin of the world in the eyes of the priests The oldest documents that we can tell about how the Egyptian family was founded date back to the age of the pyramids. We read in […]
let’s start the International campaign to stop ancient Egyptian excavation
let’s start the International campaign to stop ancient Egyptian excavation As an Egyptologist and for more than 36 years in this never end field, I declare it frankly I’m against any new excavations right now for more than one reason. First, we have thousands and thousands of excavated masterpieces that could be hundred years ago […]