GODDESS HATHOR
Gods in Ancient Egypt The goddess Hathor, in time, absorbed in herself the many characteristics of the local divinities. This is why she is represented in the most different ways,…
WOMAN’S CONDITION
ANCIENT EGYPT The Egyptian woman was considered “the lady of the house”, if she was a woman of the people, she took care of the grinding of the cereals and…
Pharaoh Shepseskaf
Pharaoh Shepseskaf, Micerino’s son, last king of the IV Dynasty, was he who completed the whole funeral complex begun by his fathe
Pharaoh Chefren
Pharaon Chefren Chefren, Khaf Ra, in the original Egyptian denomination, he was the fourth pharaoh in the IV Dynasty, ascended to the throne as his brother Radjedef’s successor. He too,…
Mines in Ancient Egypt
The mines that the ancient Egyptians exploited, were all in the desert. There were deposits of copper, of malachite and of turquoise in Synai and east of Koptos and in…
Ancient and modern cities in Egypt
Ancient and modern cities in Egypt: ABU SIMBEL ABU SIMBEL: THE TEMPLE BUBASTIS CAIRO DEIR EL MEDINA GIZA HELIOPOLIS KARNAK THE PHARAOHS: ARCHITECTS IN KARNAK KHAUM KINGS’ VALLEY MEDINET HABU…
Confession
When the dead person appeared before Osiris’s tribunal, he exculpated himself before the judges with a confession called “denial” because it was performed denying the fact of having committed injustices…
Armament in Ancient Egypt
The armament, during the Ancient and the Middle Reign was rather poor: it had only stone clubs, arches, arrows and javelins with a flint or bronze point, daggers and bronze…
Jewels in Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian goldsmith’s craft reached a remarkable skill. The goldsmiths were specialized in the various techniques to working of the gold ( filigree, gold leaf, inlaid), but the Egyptian jewels…
Isiac table
In bronze. 75 cm high- I century AC A buy by Savoia from the Gonzaga collection (around half ‘600) the Isiac Table is an altar table, an Egyptian product made…