Ancient Egypt Archive

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Deir el-Bahri, a sacred resting place for the pharaohs, is a mountain valley on the western bank of the Nile River, near Thebes, an

Angela Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Heliopolis (" city of the Sun," or "city of pillars") was a city in ancient Egypt, located right at the apex of the

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Egyptian architects did not sign their buildings, so their impressive achievements or the remains of them, as we see them today can only

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Giza pyramids belong to Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, and vandals and thieves looted them a long time ago. The southernmost is associated with Menkaure

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Until the 9th century, 200 years after the Arabs took power in Egypt, papyrus scrolls, known from the beginning of the pharaonic state,

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Caesarion was murdered on August 23, 30 B.C., only 17 years old. He was the last King of the Egyptian Ptolemies, most probably

A. Sutherland - AncientPages. com - In ancient Egyptian beliefs, Meskhenet (Meskhent) was a goddess associated with childbirth, motherhood, and destiny. By breathing into each newborn child, Meskhenet gave

AncientPages.com -  The first governmental health system was introduced in ancient Egypt. We might think of state supported health care as an innovation of the 20th century, but it’s

AncientPages.com - The oldest preserved door locks we have ever found belong to the ancient Egyptians and date back to at least 2000 B.C. It’s believed, but not proven,

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ptah was among the most revered creator gods of the Egyptian pantheon, next to Amun and Ra. He was the creator god and keeper

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Egypt, pharaohs were considered to be both divine deities as well as mortal rulers, but natural disasters and climate change could

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - History of powerful gigantic shafts of polished granite – known as obelisk – is shrouded in mystery. The obelisk is a monolithic, four-sided piece

AncientPages.com - Five ancient Roman tombs with different architectural style have been discovered in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis. The tombs, unearthed in Beir Al-Shaghala necropolis in the Western Desert are built

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ipuwer, an ancient Egyptian sage was the author of a hieratic manuscript known as “Ipuwer Papyrus” (or Papyrus Leiden 344” even known as “The Admonitions of