Crocodiles in ancient Egypt: Feared and revered
These massive reptiles, which posed a threat to those living along the banks of the Nile, were both objects of fear and devotion among the ancient Egyptians. Within the diverse fauna of the Nile, crocodiles have always been one of the most distinctive and unsettling...Read more
The City of the Sun: Akhetaten
Tell el-Amarna is the Arabic name of a region located on the eastern bank of the Nile River, famous for being the territory where the city of Akhetaten (Akhetaton) was built in the middle of the 14th century BC. The pharaoh Akhenaten gave the order to build this city...Read more
Tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu in the Valley of the Kings
In 1905, 17 years before the sensational discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter, the Valley of the Kings was the scene of another finding that aroused enormous enthusiasm. Its author was Theodore M. Davis, a wealthy New York patron who financed...Read more
The Old Kingdom, the best time of ancient Egypt
Geography greatly influenced the way the ancient Egyptians understood the origin and reality of their world. Thus, the marked contrasts offered by the landscapes of the Nile and those of the desert, for example, or those of the river valley and those of the delta,...Read more