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Category Archives: Pharaohs
A MATTER OF SIZE – SMALL PEOPLE OR TOO BIG HEADS?
HOW TALL WERE THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS? OR THE IMAGE THEY HAD OF THEMSELVES? MAYBE ONE EXPLANATION IS THAT THIS FUNERARY TEMPLE WAS BUILT AROUND 1340 B.C. BY RAMSES II, THE FAMOUS AND LONG REIGNING PHARAOH. HE WAS IN POWER OVER 6O … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Government, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Pharaohs
Tagged RAMSES II. TEMPLE OF RAMESSEUM, religion, Temples
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ROYAL MUMMIES – DISCOVERY OF 60 MUMMIES IN EGYPT’S VALEY OF THE KINGS
Nevine El-Aref, Monday 28 Apr 2014 Swiss archaeological mission finds cache of 18th dynasty royal mummies on Luxor’s West Bank A cache of royal mummies has been unearthed inside a rock-hewn tomb in the Valley of the Kings on Luxor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Pharaohs
Tagged Basel, Cemetery, Excavations, Masks, Mummies, Sarcophagi, Switzerland, Tombs, University, West Bank
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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK – WAITING FOR TOURISTS
……….AND WHEN WILL THEY BE BACK? THESE PEOPLE AND ANCIENT SITES FEEL LONELY AND NEED THE TOURISTS! More from Egypt soon Brigitte
Posted in Egypt, HABIBTI YA MASR, Luxor, Pharaohs, Temple of Karnak, Tourism
Tagged Emptiness, Foreign lands, Guards, Karnak, Obelisk, Queen Hatshepsut, tourists, Travelling. Adventure
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AY WHO? PHARAOH WHO?
I knew nothing about Ancient Egypt before I visited the country — and when I did I was one of countless tourists who are shown the most impressive temples, and told about the most important pharaohs. Understandably, because during a … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Pharaohs, Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings
Tagged Akhenaten, Ankhesenamun, Pharaoh Ay, Stones, SUV, Tutankhamun, Vizier
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PYRAMID STONES — IT IS A MATTER OF SIZE
While we are at the Pyramids, let me show you how big – how overwhelming – and dwarfing one single stone can be… IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT MORE THAN TWO MILLION LIMESTONES WERE USED TO BUILD EACH PYRAMID … Continue reading
INSIDE KHUFU’S PYRAMID
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khufu, is the only one of the three Pyramids on the Giza Plateau that can be visited inside. During my first and second trip to Egypt, while visiting the pyramids I wanted to go … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Pharaohs, Pyramids, Travel
Tagged Age, Giza Plateau, Khufu, Khufu's Burial Chamber, Pyramids, Security
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PYRAMIDS AND TECHNOLOGY – PHOTO OF THE WEEK
CAN YOU IMAGINE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE PYRAMIDS AND YOUR CAMERA DOES NOT WORK? THERE CAN BE NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING!!! FORTUNATELY THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO KNOW ALL ABOUT IT – AND THIS YOUNG MAN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO … Continue reading
Posted in Cairo, HABIBTI YA MASR, Pharaohs, Pyramids
Tagged Age, Cameras, Photos, Technology, Youth
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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK – FALLING STONES?
DO YOU THINK THEY MIGHT FALL DOWN? NO THEY WON’T- THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING, HANGING, BALANCING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS – SOME OF THEM FOR THOUSAND OF YEARS! More from Egypt soon Brigitte
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Luxor, Luxor. Valley of the Kings, Pharaohs, Temple of Karnak
Tagged Abydos, Deir-El-Medina, Medina Habu, Osirion, Seti I, Stone Temples
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DOWNTON ABBEY’S CONNECTION TO EGYPT
Like millions of infatuated followers of DOWNTON ABBEY, now in its 4th Season, I am glued to my television set on Sunday nights. During a recent interview of the present owners, The Earl of Carnarvon and Lady Carnarvon, they talked about … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Pharaohs, Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings
Tagged Downton Abbey, England, Highclere Castle, Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon, Television, Tomb of Tutankhamun
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Egypt My Love 