In ancient Egypt, there were two main types of lotus that grew, the white, and the blue. Further to this another type, the pink lotus flower was introduced into Egypt sometime during the late period of their civilization.
The queen of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they worshipped one god only, Aten, or the sun disc.
Egyptian pyramid construction techniques are the controversial subject of many hypotheses. These techniques seem to have developed over time, later pyramids were not constructed in the same way as earlier ones.
All four of these calcite “canopic” jars belonged to the same person, who lived during the Late Period. Their stoppers were made in the likeness of Horus’s four sons, funerary gods whose role was to guard the internal organs.
An amphora is a jar with two vertical handles used in classical times for the storage and transportation of foodstuffs such as wine and olive oil.The name from the Greek amphiphoreus meaning ‘carried on both sides’, although the Greeks had adopted the design from the eastern Mediterranean,
In ancient Egypt, this magical power was often derived from a combination of several aspects, such as the amulet’s shape, decoration, inscription, color, material, and words spoken over the piece or acts performed with it.
The Egyptian Alabaster is a dense, calcium carbonate stone that has been mined near Hatnub, Egypt since the pre-dynastic period.
Death was considered a transitional period for ancient Egyptians. They thought that death is a mere stop to then pass to eternity. This was reflected in their beliefs and behavior.
It is no surprise that ancient Egyptian civilization had the best and the most valued jewelry in all of the ancient world. In this article, we shall be discussing extensively ancient Egyptian jewelry, their value, how they were made, what they were used for, and how ancient Egyptian jewelry designs are still in our current time trendy and fashionable.
Ancient Egyptians, as most people know, were one of the most technologically advanced people of their time.
Egyptian cotton is one sub-species of cotton that is found in abundance along with the exotic fields on the bank of the river Nile.
Egypt is a beautiful country filled with numerous wonders from the beauty all around the river Nile, to the ancient pyramids which stand as one of the greatest wonders of the world, to the great sphinx and so much more.
King Tut's treasures and other beautiful ancient Egyptian treasures in Egypt's GEM
At a time while the whole world was surrounded by unknowns and fear, the Egyptian Gods and Goddess took their journey unveiling the mysterious facts of the world