The Ancient Egyptians had a limited knowledge of astronomy. Part of the reason for this is that their geometry was limited, and did not allow for complicated...
Thanks Tamara. Very interesting. In a message dated 3/3/2008 6:53:38 P.M. Central Standard Time, tamarabower@... writes: **************It's Tax Time!...
Probably the best and most accurate website on astronomy in ancient Egypt is the website of Karine Gadre, a French archaeoastronomer and Egyptologist, which is...
From The Sunday Times March 9, 2008 Bookwise Barbara Hall Can you name these characters associated with mummies? In which books do they occur, and who are the...
Color in Ancient Egypt A Lecture by Dr. Gamal Lamie and Ahmed Seddik. Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 6 p.m. Location: Rare Books Room 203, Street: Mansour, Cairo,...
Peru archeologists have found an Inca temple in the Andes, and although it is not very impressive they will spend the next five years investigating evidence of...
The Tale of Sinuhe, A Highly Informative Performative Narrative A lecture by Ahmed Seddik www.ahmedseddik.com Tuesday 15 April 2008 at 7:30 Location: Sawy...
We saw a few years ago how a mummy in the Niagara Falls museum was identified as Ramses I, mainly because he looks like Seti I, Ramses II and Merneptah. Well,...
Hello, I hope you all don't mind, but I want to recommend my Egyptian friend, who has a small tourist company. He is honest and reliable and speaks English...
CAIRO (Reuters) - New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art...
When archaeologists excavated brick tombs outside a ceremonial site for an early king of Egypt, they expected to find the remains of high officials who had...
The Aztecs, Mayans and ancient Egyptians were three very different civilizations with one very large similarity: pyramids. However, of these three ancient...
Thank you for these interesting links. ... From: Jochen Fromm <Jochen.Fromm@...> To: Ancient_Egypt_Group@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 8:46 am ...
Did you notice that Akhenaten and Mohammed have many things in common? For example, both had only daughters! Akhenaten had 6 daughters: Meritaten, Meketaten,...
Was Tuthmosis III (meaning "Tuth is born" "Born of the god Thoth" or "son of Tuth/Thoth") so aggresive during his reign because he had to stay 20 years in the...
Incredible Jochen. And so simple. Maybe ancient man wasn't so dumb after all. If one man can do that, just think what an organized group of 100+ could achieve....
Does anyone here know the novel "Pharaoh" from Boleslaw Prus? It was written in 1894-95, and is the last major, and sole historical, novel by the Polish writer...
I suspect 'barely more than five feet tall' was rather average for the ancients. Have you been to a museum which houses stuff only 200 years old, and seen the...
Yes. On a field trip to a historic fort we noticed that the holes in the wall used to shoot through were only about half our height. We asked the tour guide...
Alexander was 7 feet tall??? In a message dated 4/8/2008 4:57:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time, l_l_smith@... writes: Yes. On a field trip to a historic...
Call for the return of Amun From a stela from at the end of the reign of Akhenaten. Regnal year 3, third month of Inundation, day 10. The King of Upper and...
Music in Ancient Egypt A lecture by Dr. Khairy ElMalt and Ahmed Seddik Followed by a performance of Pharaohnic music Wednesday 28 May 2008 at 7:00 p.m. ...
Please forgive me if this is "spam" If you are traveling to Egypt and need any sort of assitance I would like to recommend my friend, Ahmed Ragab. I have...
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