What does the Palette of Narmer reveal?
The Palette of King Narmer is one of the oldest and most important testimonies of the Predynastic Period of Ancient Egypt. The Narmer one is made of schist, almost triangular in shape, 64 x 42 cm, and is dated around 3000 BC. It was found in 1898 among the relics of...Read more
The History and Legend of the Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon, situated on the western shore of ancient Thebes (Waset), mark the entrance pylon of Amenhotep III‘s Temple of Millions of Years. Forming part of the funerary temple of one of the greatest pharaohs of ancient Egypt, the colossi have their...Read more
Ancient Egyptian history: Mastaba, the original Pyramids
The mastaba (“pr-djt” in ancient Egyptian “house of stability” or “house of eternity”) is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb with a rectangular base, a flat roof, and sloping side walls built with adobe blocks (mud from the Nile River)...Read more
The solar alignment that occurs twice a year in the temple of Abu Simbel
Three millennia ago, Egypt was at the height of its empire. After the war campaigns of Senusret III and a period of splendor and Egyptian pax during the government of Amenhotep III, and having saved a phase of weakness and decline led by pharaohs such as Akhenaten and...Read more