Ancient Egypt

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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NM's Creative Impulse: Medieval World

With their eyes and minds on eternity, the Egyptians built a society that remained constant for nearly 3000 years. Many of their monuments still attest to that permanence. Ancient eyes of monumental sculptures and the Sphinx still stare at us through the centuries. The tombs in the Valley of Kings and at Beni Hasan and the ruins of massive pylon te...

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THE EGYPTIAN COLLECTION

The Metropolitan Museum of Art...

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Mummification

Many ancient civilizations believed in life after death. We identify mumification with ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians - during the time of the dynasties - believed that mummification would guarantee the soul passage into the next life. Some believed that the dead lived on in the tomb. While others thought of the dead as having gone to a bless...

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The Enigma of Tomb KV55

Perhaps the most controversial find ever made in the Valley of the Kings was tomb KV55. This tomb was discovered on the 3rd of January 1907 by Edward Ayrton. The tomb contained a number of Amarna objects. These included a large gilded shrine, originally prepared by Akhenaten for the Akhetaten burial of his mother Tiye....

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Macedonia FAQ: Bucephalus

Contians Bronze statue of Alexander on Bucephalus Museo Nazionale di Villa Guilia, Rome, Italy...

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Guardian's Web - Main Gate

Guardian's Web - Main Gate is a website that covers ancient Egypt, from its history and culture to its monuments and artifacts. The website was created in 1995 by Andrew Bayuk, and it has been one of the most popular and comprehensive websites about ancient Egypt ever since. The Main Gate page of Guardian's Web is a great place to start for anyone ...

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Nubia: The Land Upriver

The Rise of Kush Power Vacuum in Nubia. The Egyptian New Kingdom came to an end in ca. 1070 BC. The succeeding royal government of the Twenty-first Dynasty (ruling from Tanis) abandoned all claim to Nubia, apparently creating a power vacuum there that lasted over 400 years. Since no textual records or cemeteries have been detected in Nubia for ...

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