THE CROWN AND THE SCEPTER
ANCIENT EGYPT The Egyptian crowns worn by the kings defined the pharaoh’s status in a certain moment of time. The role could vary from the political one (head of the…
THE PHARAOHS – ARCHITECTS IN KARNAK
ISIS’S ANCIENT EGYPT Surely the sacred part of ancient Waset, the famous Karnak, is one of the most famous places in Egypt and in the world. Karnak, domain of the…
PHARAOH MENES
ISIS’S ANCIENT EGYPT All the sources of Egyptian history declare unanimously that Menes was the first Pharaoh. A virtual confirmation is given by the famous “Palermo Stone”. The superior register…
CALENDAR
ISIS’ANCIENT EGYPT With no doubt the Egyptians have been the first to invent a solar and rational calendar. Their year was made of 365 days and divided in 12 months…
RELIGION IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Originally only the ocean existed, but Ra, the sun, maybe born from an egg which appeared in the waters, generated four children. Two of them, Geb and Nut, generated two…
BUBASTIS
ISIS’S ANCIENT EGYPT Bubastis (in the region of the delta, near Zagazig of today) was the capital of the XVIII nomos of the delta. Its Egyptian name “Per Bast” means…
CHARLEMAGNE
SACRED ROMAN EMPIRE Charlemagne (768-814) was the greatest sovereign of the Middle Ages. Strong and modern-minded, he changed the look of Europe within a few decades. Rushed to rescue Pope…
GOD ATUM
ENGLISH VERSION He was a solar divinity, the primitive patron of Heliopolis. He was represented by the figure of a man, with the pharaoh’s crown and he was associated with…
SHAKA ZULU
BIOGRAFIE King of Zulu and a great strategist, he is remembered as the “African Napoleon”. The life of king Shaka is known to us thanks to tales and legends often…
ISIS AND OSIRIS
ANCIENT EGYPT Isis was the bride and sister of Osiris To her goes the institution of the family and the teaching to the women of the weaving and of the…