Good morning everyone! Sorry I've been absent for so long! I've just been enjoying the summer etc. but now I must be more assertive! Looking forward to some...
We need another good topic to stir us up. To amuse myself, I bought a book on "teach yourself Hieroglyphics". ALready had the dictionary and Book of the Dead....
... wrote: Other countries that had polygamous Kings were notorious for harem conspiracies, patricide, fratricide, civil war etc. Why not Egypt? I suspect it...
I would like to know how many times it has been found that a military conflict that history/archaeology knows was a defeat for Egypt was portrayed by the...
... military conflict that history/archaeology knows was a defeat for Egypt was portrayed by the Pharoah in hieroglyphics as a victory. I have read of one such...
Lately I have been convinced that the KV55 body is in fact Akhenaten. Read several books on the subject. The purported age of the body is in consistent with...
Yes, Michael, but the fact is that all the titles and epithets used on the coffin are the same that Akhenaten used, not that from Smenkhkara. I had a lot of...
LIke I said, I have been convinced that it is him but the age of the body is a problem. There are two major probabilities (1) his so called health problems...
Hi Carmen, I find it interesting that of all the children Amenhotep III could have had, we have the names of so few. Except for Thutmose and Amenhotep, the...
Just a brief announcement to say that two groups have left the Avis- Pirum Network today: WWI History Fiends and WWII History Fiends. The two groups withdrew...
Tomorrow I will be leaving on my holiday (vacation) to Orlando, Florida USA. Obviously I will be unable to manage the group so I'm making Jordan Moderator in...
Hi everyone, My name is Jordan, and will be the Moderator Protector of Horizon of the Aten for the next fortnight while Danny is on holiday. I am a Consul of...
October 27 - Set up camp and evening welcome party October 28 - Seminars, Workshops and Temple Project Day October 29 - Main Ritual - all day long October 30 -...
Dear Group, Ancient Egypt was one of the longest living civilisations of all time, and many pharaohs ruled the kingdoms that comprised the land about the Nile:...
I like Sethos I(Seti I), I relate to him alot and feel I was the Royal Tomb Painter for him in a past life. He is the one I chose my screen name from. And the...
Wow, You don't want much do you? I'm trying to break them down by time periods and then work from there. This may take some time for me. Zoser (Djoser) - I...
Hello everyone, I think it's quite easy to guess from my name that my favorite Pharaoh is Tutankhamon. Ever since the first time I saw his mask when I was a ...
Booring?? Not at all. It makes me want to learn more. Sheri in Or who for most of her life has loved the idealized Akhenaten the most of all the Pharoahs. ...
Who else but my beloved Tutankhamen? The world's beloved, in my estimate, since his fabulous tomb was discovered in 1922 and when those beautiful images of his...
Hi Rene, Thanks for the, "heads up". Yes, some black granite has a yellowish cast to it. The yellow cast is left over from the cutting of the statue in areas...
I like Hatsephut:-) Jordan Perry <jordan_perryuk@...> wrote:Dear Group, Ancient Egypt was one of the longest living civilisations of all time, and many...
I am going to nominate Sekenenre Tao II (1) He started the expulsion of the Hyksos (2) He died fighting in defense of Egypt (3) He left a wife. daughter, and...
I Gotta love Hor-Aha (1st Dynasty): sacrificial human AND Donkey burials cool name (meaning "the fighter") symbolized by a Horus falcon holding a mace and...
I finally made the 20 block trip to the local art museum to check out, "The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt". Wow! I had scurried in last...
Thanks for the tip Dodia, I'm afraid the budget is shot for the time being. I did add it to my bookmarks. Maybe later... My personal favorite site is -...
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