A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Pi-Ramesse (Piramesse) is an example of an ancient city of great importance, which archaeologists surprisingly identified in two locations. It took a long time for them to piece together artifacts from these two sites and […]
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The king wore the Uraeus on a wreath or on his crown during the Middle Kingdom. It symbolized the ruler’s legitimacy and was represented by a rearing cobra with an inflated hood. It is also
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – All ancient Egyptian tombs are unique, but some pose a greater mystery than others. In 1905, archaeologists excavating in the Egyptian necropolis of Deir el-Bersha discovered a hidden tomb that contained something unexpected. After 33
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – During the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BC, Egyptian artisans who worked on the royal tombs in the famous Valley of the Kings lived in the village of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Heliopolis, a name that translates to “city of the Sun” or “city of pillars,” evokes a sense of wonder about its historical significance as an ancient Egyptian city. Nestled at the apex of the Nile
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Djoser was possibly the founder of the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom in Egypt. The Old Kingdom began with the third dynasty (2686 BC) and ended with the sixth, about 2333 BC. Djoser (also
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Egyptian goddess Nephthys – primarily associated with the myths of Heliopolis – was a funerary goddess and played a lesser role than her sister Isis. Otherwise, nothing is known about her before her appearance in
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Greatly overshadowed by his son, Ramesses II, today hailed as the greatest Pharaoh of all time, Seti I did more for ancient Egypt than most realize. Pharaoh Seti I reigned for only ten or possibly fifteen
Angela Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In Egyptian mythology, Wadjet is a goddess depicted as a cobra and worshiped in Lower Egypt. Wadjet was represented as a cobra-uraeus. The Uraeus (“rearing cobra”), in the upright form of an Egyptian cobra, symbolized
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Edfu temple is one of the most sacred buildings in Egypt. Known today as Idfu, the ancient city of Edfu located in Upper Egypt, located sixty miles south of Luxor owes its importance to
