Tag: Ancient Egypt

Introduction: Ancient Egypt, with its awe-inspiring pyramids, majestic pharaohs, and captivating myths, was also a civilization governed by a complex system of laws. In this post, we embark on a fascinating journey through time to uncover the intricacies of Ancient Egyptian law, its origins, princip...

Famed throughout the ancient world for her outstanding beauty, Akhenaten's queen Nefertiti remains the one of the most well known of the queens of Egypt. The famous statue of Nefertiti, found in a sculptors workshop in Akhetaten, is one of the most immediately recognisable icons from this period of ...

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 ...

The Early Dynastic Period -0 : 1 : 2 : The Old Kingdom -3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : The First Intermediate Period -7+8 : 9+10 : The Middle Kingdom -11 : 12 : The Second Intermediate Period -13 : 14 : 15 : 16 : 17 : The New Kingdom -18 : 19 : 20 : The Third Intermediate Period -High Priests (Thebes) : 21 : 22 : ...

Scarab Beetles in Ancient Egypt By far the most important amulet in ancient Egypt was the scarab, symbolically as sacred to the Egyptians as the cross is to Christians. Scarab dung beetles lay eggs in a pellet which they roll along and the Egyptians regarded this action as an image of the sun and i...

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...

Step into the enigmatic world of Cleopatra, the Queen of the Nile, whose life transcends the boundaries between historical reality and timeless myth. From her captivating rule over ancient Egypt to the web of legends spun around her, Cleopatra's story is a fascinating blend of power, romance, and po...