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Category Archives: Egypt
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK – MOHAMMED ALI MOSQUE
THE MOHAMMAD ALI MOSQUE, ONE OF CAIRO’S MAIN TOURISTS ATTRACTIONS WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1830 AND 1848, IN MEMORY OF MOHAMMED ALI’S SON TUSON PASHA WHO DIED IN 1816. OVERLOOKING CAIRO IT OFFERS STUNNING VIEWS OF THE CITY. VISITORS ARE ALLOWED … Continue reading
Posted in Cairo, Egypt, Islam, Religion
Tagged Cairo, Mecca, Mohamed Ali, Mosque, religion
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IT IS A MATTER OF SIZE – BIGGER THAN LIFE AND BIGGER THAN MAN
CAN YOU FIND THE PERSON IN THIS PICTURE? HOW MANY MEN MUST IT HAVE TAKEN TO BUILT THESE COLUMNS? STANDING NEXT TO THEM ONE REALLY FEELS HUMBLED – I DID. More from Egypt soon Brigitte
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Luxor, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Muslims, Temple of Karnak
Tagged Ancient Egypt, Builders, columns, Luxor
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PHOTO OT THE WEEK – PEACE !!!
MAYBE IF HUMANS LEARNED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER — ………….BLOODSHED COULD BE STOPPED? More from Egypt soon Brigitte
Posted in Egypt, Foreign Policy, Government, Religion
Tagged Diplomacy, human-rights, Peace Talks, Peace. Rabbi, War
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EGYPT’S WALL PAINTINGS – REAL OR FACSIMILES?
Is Egypt still on your Bucket list? And you don’t know when you can go? The Metropolitan Museum in New York is a good alternative. Besides thousands and thousands of Egyptian artifacts, it has the totally reconstructed Temple of Dendur, the Tomb … Continue reading
EGYPT’S ANCIENT STONES
Everything in Ancient Egypt was bigger than life — much bigger than life – -their pyramids, their temples, their statues, and their columns. How the Egyptians, so many years ago, were able to build monuments of that size is still a … Continue reading
PICTURES OF THE WEEK – PILLARS HOLDING UP ANCIENT EGYPT’S HISTORY
EVERY COLUMN AND PILLAR WE SEE IN EGYPT TODAY IS PART OF A WORLD LONG GONE – BUT THEIR PRESENCE, THEIR OVERWHELMING SIZE, THE MESSAGES CARVED INTO THE STONE ARE STILL TELLING US HOW THAT WORLD USED TO BE. More … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, HABIBTI YA MASR, Luxor, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Temple of Karnak
Tagged Ancient Egypt, Carvings, columns, Pillars, Stones
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ROSETTA STONE? WHAT IS IT?
Maybe you have heard about the ROSETTA SPACE PROBE in the news recently? About the spacecraft that was launched in 2004 by the European Space Agency and which reached the comet near the sun just last month.Or maybe you have … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Ancient Stones, Egypt
Tagged British Fleet, British Museum. Scripts, Champollion, French, Greek, Hieroglyphics, Napoleon, Rosetta Stone, Town of Rashid
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IT’S A MATTER OF SIZE – RAMESSES II
EVERY TIME ONE THINKS THAT RAMESSES II CAN’T GET ANY BIGGER HE DOES. WHILE WALKING INTO THE EGYPTIAN WING IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, MY ATTENTION WAS CAUGHT BY THIS BEAUTIFUL, VERY LARGE BUST, WHICH ONCE HAD BEEN PART OF A … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Pharaohs
Tagged BRITISH MUSEUM, England, Facial Features, Flesh and Blood, Granite, Pahraoh, Ramesses II, Smile
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EGYPTIAN MUMMIES CAN SLEEP IN PEACE NOW
My visit to the British Museum last week was an eye-opening experience. Ancient Mummies have fascinated the world for a long time and to learn who they were and how they lived it was necessary to unwrap them. Now with … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Islam, Pharaohs, Religion, TECHNOLOGY
Tagged Ancient lives, BRITISH MUSEUM, CT Scanning, Mummies, New Discoveries, Queen Hatshepsut, Ramses II
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Egypt My Love 