Tag: Ancient Egypt

The Egyptians' staple food was bread. It was made from barley and emmer wheat, their most common crops. Bread was usually baked in a conical mold that was placed over an open fire. There were also dome-shaped ovens where net loaves of bread were baked by placing them against either the hot interior ...

In a year already rich with discoveries in Egyptology, archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of a previously unknown ancient Egyptian king. This marks the second royal tomb discovery of 2022, following last month's confirmation of the tomb of Thutmose II. However, unlike the tomb of Tutankhamun, th...

Several complete sets of artifacts in the form of the Four sons of Horus survive. The small figures shown here were wrapped with the removed internal organs to protect them in the afterlife. The set shown from the NMS is similar to the famous set in the British Museum Canopic Jars were widely used f...

Welcome to the ideal place to start exploring the wonders of the Ancient Egypt. Find out all about this amazing culture, and learn about the gods they worshiped, the Pharaohs that ruled and the tombs and statues they left behind. find out about Tutankhamun, Akhenaten and the other celebrities of t...

King Smenkhkare is thought to have ascended to the throne either in the latter years, or after the death of Akhenaten. Very little is known about his reign which appears to have been quite short. A mummy found in tomb KV55 in the valley of the kings is thought to be his, although the evidence is by ...

Amenhotep III was one of the most prodigious builders in Egyptian History and many of his statues and temples survive today. Amongst the most impressive of these are the so called Colossi of Memnon, which stood at the entrance to his mortuary temple. Amenhotep III had a long and successful reign. H...

The National Museums of Scotland (NMS) are blessed with an excellent collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts. This includes several mummies excavated by such famous Egyptologists as Alexander Rhind and Flinders Petrie. In order to find out more about the collection, and also to assess the conserva...

README Aegyptische Wortliste (GM 140, 1994, S. ...) "Habent sua fata libelli ...". Auch die hier angekuendigte Wortliste hat ihre Geschichte. Urspruenglich war nur beabsichtigt, fuer den Privatgebrauch den aegyptischen Grundwortschatz auf EDV-Basis verfuegbar zu haben. Die Vorteile dabei werden...

Egypt, with its timeless pyramids, enigmatic hieroglyphs, and majestic temples, continues to captivate the world with its mysteries. Join us on an expedition through the sands of time as we unravel the mystique of Egypt, exploring the secrets that lie within the ancient tombs, monuments, and narrati...

The Egyptian Scarab Beetle God Khepri Alternative Names: CHEPRI, KHEPER, KHEPERA, KEHPERI The ancient Egyptians believed that Khepri, in the form of a gigantic scarab, rolled the sun like a huge ball through the sky, then rolled it through the underworld to the eastern horizon. Each morning Khepri ...

The Animal Mummies Project at the Cairo Museum is a pioneering initiative dedicated to the study and preservation of ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Housed within the iconic Cairo Museum, this project focuses on unraveling the mysteries surrounding the practice of mummifying animals in ancient Egyp...

Ancient Egypt: Amenhotep IIEGYPT'S HISTORYBy Robert Guisepi, 1984 The Valley of the Nile Amenhotep II (reigned c. 1426–1400 BC) was a 15th-century BC king of Egypt and the son of Thutmose III. He ruled during the height of Egypt's imperial era and worked to maintain his father's conquests through mi...