Tag: Egypt

Mummy and Coffin of Meresamun Cartonnage, pigment, human remainsThird Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, ca. 946-712 B.C.Purchased in Luxor, 1920OIM 10797 This colorful cartonnage mummy case, which still contains the mummy of an ancient Egyptian woman, is inscribed with the name Meresamun ("She lives ...

It was said that William Wing Loring had been under the fire of battle more than any other man in America (75, by his own reckoning). He was a veteran of Florida’s Seminole War, and lost an arm while storming Mexico City during the Mexican War. The youngest colonel in the history of the U.S. army, ...

The Ancient Near East is a region that is often referred to as the cradle of civilization. It is a vast area that includes modern-day Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, and parts of Egypt and Greece. The region is home to some of the earliest known human settlements, and it was th...

Henry Hopkins Sibley was a graduate of West Point. Like Loring, he had fought in the Seminole War, in Mexico, on the frontier, and as a Confederate general. During the Civil War, Sibley led the failed Southern effort to capture New Mexico and the Southwest. (Film buffs may recognize him as the gene...

Ismail's Bold Experiment The unusual but nonetheless true tale of 50 U.S. citizens(mostly veterans of the late War of Secession)who donned the uniform of Egypt in the service of Khedive Ismail. They explored the African continent.Some helped build the Statue of Liberty.This is their story. Credits:...

Egypt had a unique perspective on America’s Civil War. The Union blockade and the Confederacy’s own policy of withholding cotton from export dried up supply, so Europeans turned to Egypt’s cotton as a substitute. Overnight, vast sums of money energized the Egyptian economy. The Khedive Ismail (righ...

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Interesting facts and information about the mummification process. The mummy shown here dates from the Roman Period. It has a distinctive painting inlaid into the head part, and is intricately bandaged and studded. The feet are molded in gold painted plaster, which is typical of the period. ...

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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 : ...

In 1868, Thaddeus Mott (right), a Union colonel and a favorite of the Turkish court, met Ismail in Constantinople. He impressed the Khedive, and was soon commissioned as a major general in the Egyptian army. Mott quickly convinced Ismail to add more American veterans to the Egyptian staff. With the...

Symbolism in Architecture Mohammed Motlib The Window of Appearance The Temple Palace of Rameses III at Medinet Habu 1175 BC The window, situated at the centre of the eastern face of this palace, has a set of stairs behind it descending into a columned hall. Rameses III would come through this hall a...