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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

The Papyrus of Ani by E. A. WALLIS BUDGE [1895]...

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Deep in the Tombs of Egypt

WELL, GOLLY GEE, IT`S ARCHAEOLOGY Deep in the Tombs of Egypt...

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The Rosetta Stone Images and Information

The Rosetta Stone is 3 feet 9 inches long and 2 feet 41/2 inches wide - (114x72x28cm). It is dark grey-pinkish granite stone (originally thought to be basalt in composition) with writing on it in two languages, Egyptian and Greek, using three scripts, Hieroglyphic, Demotic Egyptian and Greek. Because Greek was well known, the stone was the key to d...

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Crystalinks:Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great, Megas Alexandros (July 20, 356 BC­June 10, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336­323 BC), was one of the most successful Ancient Greek military commanders in history. The name 'Alexander' derives from the Greek words "alexo" meaning refuge, defense, protection) and "aner" meaning man). Before his death,...

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Ancient Egyptian Coloring Book

The following drawings are renderings based on actual ancient Egyptian wall paintings, sculpture and everyday objects discovered in tombs and temples. Most of them are from the shrines and tombs at Thebes (modern Luxor) on the Nile which were unearthed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by European explorers and archeologists....

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Akhenaten by Megaera Lorenz

Akhenaten was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who reigned about 3,500 years ago. He made some major, but rather short-lived changes to various aspects of ancient Egyptian culture, the most notable one being his religious revolution. Akhenaten also made major changes in the ancient Egyptian art style, and presented himself in a very different manner fro...

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The Royal Tomb

The royal tomb at Akhetaten stands as a silent monument both to the destruction wrought in the Anti-Atenist backlash, and the destruction caused in modern times by man's greed and ignorance. The tomb is yet another example of how the condition of ancient monuments has deteriorated more in the last 100 years than in the previous three millennia....

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THE STONE OF ROSETTE

The Rosetta Stone (image with info). The name Rosetta is attached to the stone of Rosette. This is a compact basalt slab (114x72x28 cm) that was found in July 1799 in the small Egyptian village Rosette (Raschid), which is located in the western delta of the Nile. Today the stone is kept at the British Museum in London. It contains three inscription...

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Story of Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great World conqueror by Chris Whitten...

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