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 most powerful periods of monarchy were concentrated in the age of the Fourth Dynasty, the era of the builders of the Great Pyramids, and the administration was concentrated in the hands of the king, who can be called the King of the Father because he oversees justice and truth, both on earth and in the other world First: The King and the State: The king assisted some of the assistants in his duties, headed by the minister, who was considered the personal representative of the king and was one of his duties oversee the house of money and justice in addition to the administrative work and assisted the minister in all works, a layer of the general public filled other jobs and a class of learners, including clerks and others, The administration was organized, otherwise the huge pyramids were not built. Beginning with the age of the Fifth Dynasty and the emergence of the Sun faith and its god, Ra, who was considered as the creator of the world, the King lost some of his power. ...

Pyramid of Minker or Pyramid of King Mengra is one of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Built by the pharaoh Munkar son of King Khafre. The length of each side of the ribs is 108.5 meters and the height is 65.5 meters, and now 62 meters after the fall of its external shape. Its angle is 51 ° 20'25 ", and its entrance is to the north. The entrance rises about 4 meters above the surface of the earth and leads to a 31-meter low landing strip. The angle of its slope is simple about 17 degrees. It was built of limestone, but Munqara chose to build the lower part of it from the granite that was brought from Aswan by the River Nile. The granite coverage is about 17 meters high. The rest of the coverage was done with white stones until the height of 5 and 65 meters. At the end of the sloping corridor is a stone-lined vestibule, leading to a horizontal corridor with three barricades and then the burial chamber. He was found on a wooden coffin named Munkara and his mummies. The dro...

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...

 Rostau It is a "subterranean" world, where human lives go after death. The word "Rustau" in ancient Egyptian means "the gate leading to the cross roads", a name that indicates the nature of that world, which is like a "maze". Maton says the coffins that this place is the place of "suffering Ozer", is a place Harboring mysterious beings described as "objects that do not know where they are." Matton also tells the coffins about "the day the secrets were hidden in the depths of Rustao." One of the texts of the coffins came from one of the souls of those who went to the other world: *** I have come to Rustao to know the secret of the "tools" I have seen It's Anubis *** From these texts we know that Restau is part of a lower world / Sub-ground, and that the meteorites (which the ancient Egyptians described as Which flowed from Auser), were buried in what looked like catacombs Secret under...

The reign of the two families was 420 years, and their property was the city of Tina, after King Narmer Mina unified the Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt, namely the Delta and the Upper and the meaning of the word Meena, the founder or the immortal, and reminds us of some historical sources that he himself may be King Scorpio. which indicate the presence of the king and established the unity of Egypt is a board slate, which was found in the area Harakounboles "old southern capital." If we look at this painting, we see the name of King Narmer in the front of the royal palace. If we look at the sides of the arduous plank above, we see two hieroglyphs representing Hathor, the goddess of love and beauty of the ancient Egyptians, and their presence in the painting represents the religious protection of the king. In the form of the white crown "Hadjat", which represents the south in Upper Egypt and other times wearing the red crown "Darsher", which represents ...

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...

Isis and Osiris story Philae island and temple  The reader of that timeless myth may err in the conception that is Isis and Osiris are historical figures. The reason for this is that ancient Egyptian mythology was infused with cosmic events in an abstract form, and its cosmic symbols are dyed in human form. To make matters more complicated, some of the events of the story of Isis and Osiris were reported to have occurred in Egyptian cities. Certain places were associated with the events of the story of Isis and Osiris; this connection between certain places known in Egypt and between the events of the story is what caused the reader to be puzzled. The story of Isis and Osiris is a mythological story that tells about events that took place at the time of the creation of the universe. These events did not take place in the land of Egypt as some imagine, but the opposite is true. It was the Egyptians who created names Linked to the events of the emergence of the univers...