Ancient Egyptian Lifestyle

Ancient Egyptian Lifestyle by Samahra, Gregory, and Kyrstin Food Beer was the most popular drink in Egypt. It was made from bread. Milk was a prized beverage. The...

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1) Millard, Anne. Pyramids. New York: Kingfisher, 1996. 2) Hart, George. Ancient Egypt. New York: Alfred A. Knopf publishers, 1990. 3) Mann, Elizabeth. The Great Pyramid. New York:...

Egypt to demand Nefertiti bust’s return officially

Posted by Bilal Aslam Egypt officials have said they will make a formal request to Germany for the return of the 3,400 year-old bust of fabled Queen Nefertiti,...

The Bust of Nefertiti: Remembering Ancient Egypt’s Famous Queen

By Ishaan Tharoor On a sunny afternoon on Dec. 6, 1912, an Egyptian worker at a dig along the banks of the Nile came across what may be...

Lost Egyptian Pyramids Found?

Analysis by Rossella Lorenzi Two possible pyramid complexes might have been found in Egypt, according to a Google Earth satellite imagery survey. Located about 90 miles apart, the...

Egyptian Pyramids

The Pharaoh in Egyptian Society During the third and fourth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, Egypt enjoyed tremendous economic prosperity and stability. Kings held a unique position in...

Tutankhamen

King Tut: Royal Lineage Genetic testing has verified that King Tut was the grandson of the great pharaoh Amenhotep II, and almost certainly the son of Akhenaten, a...

Dr. Zahi HawassKhafre (2576-2551 BCE), fourth King of the fourth dynasty, Old Kingdom. The son of Khufu, Khafre (or Khephren to the ancient Greeks) is best known as...

Menkaure by dr Zahi Hawass

Menkaure By : Dr Zahi Hawass Menkaure is the son of Khafre and the grandson of Khufu of Dynasty IV. He bore the titles Kakhet and Hornub. There...

Pharaohs

Egyptian history is broken down into kingdoms, or periods. These are logical breaks in the dynasties based on archeological periods, architecture, etc. It's probably easier to view the...

Test Gallery 2

  Photo.net's extensive photo gallery allows you to browse by date, photographer, or see the top photos. ...

Test Gallery

  Photo.net's extensive photo gallery allows you to browse by date, photographer, or see the top photos. ...

Ancient Egypt a Glorious Time

Egypt is one of the most fertile areas of Africa, and one of the countries around the Mediterranean Sea. Because it is so fertile, people came to live...

Ancient Egypt Periods

Predynastic Period (c. 5000-3100 B.C.) Few written records or artifacts have been found from the Predynastic Period, which encompassed at least 2,000 years of gradual development of the...

The Early Dynastic Period in ancient egypt

The Early Dynastic Period is a period of some 500 years or more at the beginning of what is conventionally considered as the history of Ancient Egypt. It...

5 tips for travel during Ramadan in egypt

Ramadan Mubarak! With the Muslim holy month of Ramadan underway, now’s a good time to learn to say ‘Happy Ramadan!’ – especially if you’re considering travel at the...

Beni Hassan first in National Project to Document Egypt’s Heritage

Ahram Online  (Nevine El-Aref) Eight years after giving the go-ahead for the National Project to Document Egypt’s Heritage, Beni Hassan necropolis in the Upper Egyptian town of Minya...

New antiquities project

Egyptian Gazette (Amina Abdul Salam)    A number of archaeologists have launched a project to develop archaeology in Egypt to be carried out by the new government, according...

Learning more about the Middle Kingdom

Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)With photos.The discovery of a Middle Kingdom burial of a member of the family of the Deir Al-Barsha governor has given Egyptologists some unique...

Egypt at the Manchester Museum

Egypt at the Manchester MuseumThere have been a number of updates by Campbell Price in the last couple of weeks. Have a look at the above page to...

St. Catherine's monastery seeks permanence through technology

Egypt Independent (James Purtill)St. Catherine’s Monastery is going digital. The monastery that claims to be the oldest in the world ­— not destroyed, not abandoned in 17 centuries...

Taba's Salaheddin Citadel set to open doors in July

Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)After a year of extensive restoration Salaheddin Citadel on Pharaoh Island, 250 metres from Taba Beach in Sinai, opens to the public in July.What’s new?The...

A detailed document of inscriptions in Islamic Cairo

Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref)After 14 years of hard work, Bernard O’Kane, professor of Islamic art and architecture at the American University in Cairo (AUC), has managed to compile...

Exhibition: Communication in Ancient Egypt

University of Birmingham Since the very beginning of human evolution, communication has played a crucial role in social development. In our modern world, when messages are conveyed through countless...

Exhibition: Djehuty Project out in the daylight

Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)With 2 photos.A NUMBER of artefacts discovered at a tomb in Draa Abul-Naga necropolis on Luxor's west bank is to go on show for...

The tomb of Amenemope (TT148) on Osirisnet

Osirisnet (Thierry Benderitter)We present to you today the tomb of Amenemope, TT148, which dates from the 20th Dynasty. Amenemope was Third Prophet of Amon, descended from a powerful...

Upcoming publication: Buhen Old Kingdom Town

The EES Publishing Blog (Patricia Spencer)  On 30 December 1961 an EES expedition led by Professor Bryan Emery returned to Buhen in the Sudan, as part of the...

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