Life in the Royal Ancient Egyptian “Harem”
At the top of the female pyramid of power in ancient Egypt was the queen, who was the chief wife of the pharaoh and the mother of the crown prince. She was considered a companion to the king and a goddess. The pharaoh and queen embodied the masculine and feminine...Read more
The mysteries of Osiris
Osiris is considered the first pharaoh of Egypt, as well as a sovereign sage, loved by all. He is also credited with starting the civilization process of ancient Egypt. He was considered a deity who came to the world to restore order. Who was Osiris? It was Osiris who...Read more
Tomb Robbing in Ancient Egypt
Despite the severity of the penalties imposed by the Egyptian courts, which punished tomb robbery with death, these were a constant in Pharaonic Egypt since time immemorial. Despite what it may seem to us, not all Egyptians felt an almost sacred veneration towards...Read more
The Pharaohs Swap Pyramids for the Valley of the Kings
On November 26, 1922, the English Egyptologist Howard Carter anxiously peered through a small hole he had just made in the intact door. Behind it lay the antechamber where the objects from King Tutankhamun‘s funerary trousseau were piled up. When Lord Carnarvon,...Read more
Day in the life of a healer in ancient Egypt
06:00 am Since medicine was deeply rooted in the religious doctrine of ancient Egyptian society, a healer would have likely begun his day in the temple. Sekhmet, the goddess of healing, would have been the likely point of tribute, as well as other smaller deities such...Read more
The largest embalming cache ever found in Egypt
For more than three decades, the Czech Institute of Egyptology has been excavating at the Abusir necropolis, a site several kilometers north of Saqqara, in an area that contains a group of large shaft tombs dating to the late 26th dynasty. (664-525 BC) and early 27th...Read more
Hetepheres I: King Khufu’s mother
Hetepheres I (circa 2600 BC) was a queen of Egypt, mother of Khufu, and wife of Sneferu, Pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty. She is considered to be the daughter of Huni, the fifth and last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty. Hetepheres I’s marriage to Sneferu solidified...Read more
The royal mummies of the cache of Deir el-Bahari
One of the most impressive archaeological discoveries of ancient Egypt is, without a doubt, that of the so-called “cache” of Deir el-Bahri. After years of tracking down a family of tomb raiders, the Abd el Rassuls, who had been saturating the antiquities...Read more