At first we should notice that every civilization has it's  creation myths and like other creation myths, Egypt's is complex and offers several versions of how the world unfolded. The ancient Egyptians believed that the basic principles of life, nature and society were determined by the gods at the creation of the world. It all began with the first stirring of the High God in the primeval waters. The creation myth is recounted in the sacred hieroglyphic writings found on pyramids, temples, tombs and sheets of papyrus.  As we mentioned there're several versions of the creations myths in ancient Egypt, but today I'll focus in these article on the Heliopolis creation myth.  The First god    According to the Heliopolitans, the first act of creation occurred when the sun god Atum, "lord of Heliopolis", emerged from the chaotic darkness of Nun the Primeval ocean as a mythical Bennu bird (similar to phoenix). He flew to Heliopolis, an ancient ...

Because the Nile is running along the length of the country, boats and ships have been the most important means of transportation in Egypt since ancient times and even the reigns of Muslim rulers. Ships have been shown in frescoes since the Naqada civilization (circa 4000 to 3100 BC); from the time of the ancient state, small wooden models of ships became among the funerary furniture in many tombs. These models represent many types of boats that the ancient Egyptians designed for different purposes. The papyrus boats were used for picnic in the Delta swamps; in daily activities, large wooden boats were used to transport heavy goods, religious ceremonies and for military purposes. During the Ptolemaic period, the Ptolemies built a vast naval force. Ptolemaic ships were manufactured in a variety of ways, which were known throughout the Hellenic world. Pareidates were an important type of naval vessel. The "Kerkoros" ships were used for both commercial and maritime purpose...

On January 3, 1924, after two years of digging into the room  where Tutankhamun was buried in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the greatest burial in the room: A stone coffin containing a coffin of pure gold containing the remains of the boy king. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun with its golden contents evoked a storm of interest in ancient Egypt in general, and in particular this monarch who was full of death and ruled for a decade 3300 years ago. Let us explore six amazing facts about this young pharaoh and his last shrine. 1. There is no curse of King Tutankhamun . When Carter entered the lost tomb of King Tut in November 1922, he was supported by George Herbert, a wealthy British lord who was interested in Egyptology. Four months later, Herbert died of blood poisoning from an infected mosquitoes. British newspapers then speculated that the man was a victim of the "mummy curse" car...

The priests of En or the priests of Re'e Ain Shams took over the order of the country early and remained in this situation for about 120 years until they managed to overthrow the fourth family and establish the fifth family, which ruled 150 years and was the seat of the city of Memphis. But the rulers of the provinces took this weakness as an excuse to make their positions hereditary. However, they maintained loyalty to their king and helped him to preserve the civilization and heritage of Egypt. Even the first kings of this family extended their influence to the first funeral Of the Nile, and that King Sahera, who succeeded him, sent a naval expedition to the Phoenician coasts and to Puntland and the shores of the southern Gulf of Aden. He also sent a land campaign to the Sinai Peninsula. King Assis sent another expedition to Puntland and opened the quarries of Wadi Hammamet On the Red Sea), Wan King Onas, the last king of this family, established the pillars of his authori...

Pyramid, is a geometric form of many surfaces, one of which is a polygon called the base of the pyramid, and the pyramid resulting from connecting the corners of a quadrilateral or triangular base with a single point called the top, and the monthly shape of the base is the square base. Another definition: The pyramid is a regular polygon whose base is a regular polygon, whose head is tethered to a point outside the base so that if we take a column from this point it meets with the junction point of the base diameters. The regular pyramid is a pyramid whose base is a regular polygon and its sides make equal angles with its base. Calculates the size of the pyramid in mathematics according to the relationship: Size = Base Area × Height Where the height is the length of the line projected vertically from the top to the base (or extension). [Edit] Pyramid buildings Pyramids of EgyptThe pyramid buildings spread in many parts of the world, in Egypt, Mexico and South America a...

The Pharaoh whom history could not forget! This is a painting of the upper part of a colossal statue of the apostate Pharaoh Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten originating from Karnak, possibly sculpted by the artist ‘Bek’. Made from sandstone, this statue stands at 2.05m (6ft 8inch). Back in its day, the complete statue would have been almost three times as tall. The bust would have been highly decorated with vibrant colours, remnants of which can still be seen: traces of blue on the side flank of his headdress, blue in the crevices of his beard, yellow along the band on his crown and red on his lips which is somewhat unusual for a statue of a male in ancient times. However, Akhenaten was anything but a traditionalist as he strived to push his campaign for the primacy of the cult of the Aten, establish bureaucracy, and defy convention. His new art movement was very provocative, placing himself in direct opposition of the former, traditional art forms. Early in Akhenaten’s reign, temples...

The Great Statue of Princess Merit Amon "Habiba Amun" - the fourth daughter of King Rameses II of his wife Queen Nefertari. She was also considered the priestess of the goddess Hathor. The statue of Merit Amoun or the Bride, as the people of Akhmim call it, is adorned with a statue of one of the most beautiful statues of its ancient Egyptian body. The visitor has only a glimpse of her charm and pharaonic beauty, where she finds her most beautiful in her temple, surrounded by priests. The limestone statue was discovered in 1981 and is 13 meters high. It weighs 31 tons and is one of the most beautiful of the Ramses era. The princess is dressed in wigs with three wreaths in length, blue in color, held by a double braid that ends with two beads, each wearing a crown, symbolizing the sea and tribal faces. Merit Amun heads a round base surrounded by a frame of snakes crowned with sun disks. It has a drawing for the sun disk and two blades above. " When the statue of t...

Named ages old state with builders of the pyramids due to the keenness of each king of kings to establish its own pyramid, also called Ages exile because of no stability rule for most of the kings in the city of Memphis (dead hostage) Badrashin Center now include the old state Dynastic of the third and even sixth Mohammed III: 2780 _ 2723 BC. The ages of the ancient state began with the third family era, and there is a difference between Neyton and the other royal lists and the effects on the first of the third family and the number of their kings and extended their reign. Maniton was given nine kings who ruled 214 years. Ali, the courtyard of Saqqara, Abidus and the city of Turin, The opinion is that the third family consists of six kings: the bridge (Nathar Ari Khit) - Sakhmakht - Sankt - Kha Ba - Nab Ka - (Nfrka) - Honi. King Zoser or Bridge (or the Lord of the body) or belonging to the body of the idol. Perhaps the son of King Khai Skhmoy the last kings of the second family ...

Hieratic writing was a type of ongoing (related) writing techniques which, evidently, developed at the same time as hieroglyphics; the two systems were used side by side. The term "Hiratiki" came from a Greek word meaning priest; it was used only in the writing of religious texts. On the papyrus, leather, wood panels, and ostraca (chalks or potsherds), as well as linen: the letter to the dead from the ancient state, and the emblems of the definition of mummies, such as those on a sarcophagus Ramses II, all written on linen Hieratic writing was also used in the codification of commercial documents, accounts and letters. They were generally written in rows, sometimes in columns; specifically after 1800 BC. Hieratic texts differed according to the writing skills of the writer and the type of text The remaining hieratic texts in general show a keen interest in the beauty of the calligraphy of literary and religious texts, with a related reductionist method of quick...

king tut tomb (KV 62) There is no doubt that all of us  heard About king tut and his tomb why is it so that special and did we know all about its secrets ?  Tomb of Tutankhamun or Cemetery 62 according to scientific coding and is universally known as KV 62. It is the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, on the bank of the western Nile opposite the city of Luxor today. This tomb has gained worldwide fame but why that what we will try to show you in this article . king tut tomb At first we must know who was King Tutankhamun and why he got all this fame ? King Tutankhamun  ruled at the end of the 18th Dynasty in a period known as the  New Kingdom  from 1334 to 1325 BC. Although this king was not important for the short period of his reign which did not exceed 10 years due to his death at the age of 17 years . But now this king is the most famous king in ancient Egypt because h...