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The fragment above relates to King Akhenaton ruins and represents the traditional Amarnal style of Art which goes back to approximately  1300 B.C. The carving above shows the pharaoh Akhenaton in the form of a sphinx while extending his arm to receive god Aton’s bless which is represented in his rays. Akhenaton greatest achievement was his adoption to a monotheist god “ Aton” in Egypt while been known of its polytheism .Yasser kamel

Ancient Egypt symbols.A

Taking just a glimpse of ancient Egypt legendry symbols is enough to boggle someone’s mind , the broad imagination which led those genius artists to create one of its kind holy images that no body ever thought of it , makes ancient Egypt more mysterious !. Staring at Giza sphinx for a moment could be the best way to realize how fortunate Egypt was with its artists. Creating such emblem with such harmony between man‘s head and lion’s body is a splendid creation. We think the sphinx symbolically refers to a ruler that enjoys wisdom and strength.

 The Hathoric pillar is another great symbol which required a smart imagination from the artist as he was able to establish a unique harmony between woman facial features and the cow ones. In such symbol Hathor, goddess of love and beauty, is depicted with an oval face and a broad nose as well as horns and ears of cow meanwhile it has delicate woman face features as for the eyes ,the mouth ,the cheeks and the hair. The utmost challenge for that genius artist was to maintain that symphony between the animal and the man in a way that keeps Hathor beauty distinguished. Indeed we may not be able to create such symbol today.( painting by Yasser Kamel) Written by Yasser Kamel for Museumegypt.2006.

The Papyrus is ancient Egypt greatest invention!

Ancient Egypt greatest invention was the Papyrus paper which was produced from the Papyrus plant and had been proven to best writing material ever .  “ Pa-Per-Ao” was one of the many names that the papyrus was named with and it means the Pharaoh’s belonging .Also “ Pa-Per-Ao” is the source for the word “Paper” which we are still to use! The Papyrus was mainly used in saving the scientific knowledge and the Chronology for prolonging ages and that would include the religious books such as of the Im-Duwat or book of the Dead. The use of papyrus in ancient Egypt synchronized with the invention of the Hieroglyphics which was earlier than 3200 B.C and was most probably a northern invention. The pre -historic northern Egyptian cultures were unique of their sophisticated finds and belongings such of their gold plated wooden statues and their food tools such as slate spoons and knives. In spite of the rareness of the northern cultures remains but the few of it can refer to a much more advanced cultures than the co-existing southern ones. The choice made by those northern cultures for the papyrus to become a native emblem was not just based on being it indigenous to North of Egypt or lower Egypt but it was for the value of the papyrus papers which helped the late pre historic cultures to keep constantly advanced. Once to look at the early pre-historic northern culture finds of tombs you get stunned of seeing such amount of pure gold that had been used in plating their statues with as well as the elegantly slate-made spoons which go back to 4000 B.C duration but because of not knowing the papyrus papers, the loss of their gained knowledge mainly of their unique goldsmiths and for the gold smelting had resulted a severe backwardness that led those culture once again to the flint stone use. We may reveal more secrets about the papyrus once to uncover and excavate more in the land of papyrus “the north of Egypt”. The unification between the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom once it was established by king Mene” Mena”  helped in introducing the papyrus in the whole newly united kingdom. The papyrus had protected the ancient writing and inscriptions which augmented the Egyptian civilization longevity and  unity. Painted and Written by Yasser kamel for Museumegypt.2006.All rights reserved.

Egypt and the search for Imhotep!

Egypt and the search for Imhotep!

Egypt in the past was a lot more fortunate than its neighboring cultures and the luckiest ever to have its renaissance to start 4000 years before Italy and France, a Long time before Michael Angelo and L eonardo Da Vinci to be born! Imhotep our renaissance-man was there. Imhotep was the man of many skills as he was a mathematician, an architect, an Artist, a sculptor, Astronomer a Physician and the minister of Egypt during the third dynasty.
Imhotep greatest achievements was the shifting from the use of wood and mud in construction to the use of stone which required from Imhotep creating the first outstanding architecture based on using wooden reinforcement once it dealing with right-angle structures. Imhotep best evidence on his invention and mastering to the Geometry of triangles is the building of the step pyramid. The same science which was followed by the Pyramids of Giza royal architects then was discovered written on the Rhind Mathematical papyrus by the ancient Egyptian Mathematicians from almost 4000 yeas ago and long time before Pythagoras and the Pythagorean theorem to be taught. Now Egypt awaits the rise of Imhotep for a new Renaissance! Written by Yasser Kamel for Museumegypt.2006.

Know more about ancient Egypt!

Know more about ancient Egypt!

“IBYAT” or the prayer mantis in ancient Egyptian Book Of The Dead. The prayer-mantis god, Ibyat who would assist the deceased by protecting and leading him to Osiris Island which is according to book of the dead it must play the role of a guide or conductor for the dead. Once looking at a scientific reason for getting it deified we discover his great ability to sensor danger using his sensory receptors which are located in his thoracic cavity. The prayer mantis sensory receptors are so sensitive to all low frequency waves of ultrasound such of bats ultrasonic waves and that allow the mantis to detect it then escape simply by landing in a right angle. That could be the reason  behind deifying it by the ancient Egyptian first then later by a lot of ancient African cultures. Art and information written by Yasser kamel for Museumegypt.2006.Copyright@Museumegypt.2006.All rights reserved.

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The Crocodile Museum in Komombo

The Crocodile Museum in Komombo

It is opened since January-2012 and has a modern display style with sufficient light.

The Crocodile museum has about forty mummified crocodile that vary in date which is between (1200   -1400)B.C in addition to a collection of stelae and statues of the crocodile god . The Crocodile god “Sobek) was the national god of Komombo who was worshiped  in Komombo temple. Naturally the crocodile was to breed in Komombo Nile where it has a small bay with weak streams. 

アスワン の 有名 な 植物園

           

               アスワン　の　有名　な　植物園                   

アスワン　の　しょくぶつえん　に　３００００ぼん　の　色々　な　やさい物。

全体　に　いろいろ　な　花　が　ある、たとえば　金盞花゛きんせんか゛や

            菊の花           ゛きくの花゛や      菊の花           ゛きくの花゛や      朝顔    ゛あさがお゛や ポインセチアの花　も　などが　あります。

　

Egyptonews

Egyptonews

Luxor city/ Valley of the kings.A deep burial shaft was discovered  during a routine cleaning carried out by a Swiss archaeological mission on the path leading to King Tuthmosis III’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It  led  to a burial chamber filled with a treasured collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. The tomb dates back to the 22nd Dynasty (945-712 BC) and it belongs to the daughter of Amun Re, a lector priestess  in Karnak temples and also the singer of the God Amun Re. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of State for Antiquities, said a wooden sarcophagus painted black and decorated with hieroglyphic texts, and a wooden stelae engraved with the names and different titles of the deceased were discovered. (Egypt travel news.)