The Archaeology of Egyptian Alexandria
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »The busy city of Alexandria stretches languidly along the Mediterranean coast, about 30 km into the north-central sector of Egypt. The easy availability of natural gas in the area, as well as oil pipelines reaching all the way from the ...
Kerma
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »Many eons ago, the town of Kerma stood basking in the sun. She was often referred to as 'Doukki Gel', which, when translated from the Nubian language, translates as 'red mound'. Centuries ago,Kerma was proud to be called the Capital ...
Buto
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »Ages ago, a city by the name of Buto could be found about 94 kilometers to the east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Nile delta. This ancient settlement is thought to be the Kem Kasir from more modern times. It thrived ...
Shishaq Relief at the Temple of Amun
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »The Shishaq Relief is a series of texts that tells the story of how Egypt, ruled by the pharaoh Shishaq (also known as Sheshonq, or Shishak), invaded Judah and Israel in 925 BC. It is situated at the Bubastis Portal, ...
Dendera
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »Dendera, which is sometimes referred as Denderah, Tentyra or Dandarah is one of the many places in Egypt which embodies its culture and history. It is merely a little town in Egypt on the wet part of the Nile river ...
Pyramids of Giza
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »The amazing site of Giza with the pyramids, Sphinx and other ruins like the Valley Temple of Khafre above could easily fill an entire day with exploring and soaking in the sheer magnitude of the history they represent. I flew ...
The Art of Cuneiform
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »A writing style comprised of wedge-shaped markings that have been inscribed on various surfaces such as wax, clay, stone, or metal, Cuneiform (from the Latin word cuneus, which meant “wedge”) is deemed to be one of the oldest writing styles known ...
Remembering Ancient Egypt
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »This prehistoric nation came together into the solid empire that it started as when the Upper and Lower Egypt were politically unified under the very first Pharaoh at about 3150 BC. The commencement of this nation progressed over the following ...
Abydos
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »Abydos is the 8th Nome of Ancient Upper Egypt. Geographically, it stretches 11 kilometers west of the Nile river. The modern Arabic name of it is called el-'Araba el Madfuna. Its capital is called Abdju which means the hill of ...
Dur-Kurigalzu
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Recent Articles | No Comments »Dur-Kurigalzu (modern Aqar-Qūf in Iraq) was a city in southern Mesopotamia to west of Baghdad. Kurigalzu I or II, a Kassite king of Babylon, founded this city in the 14th century BC. It was abandoned after the fall of the Kassite ...