Ancient Egypt Archive
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Embriodery in Ancient Egypt
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsWith the dawn of the Christian era, however, there developed a distinct type of ornamentation generally characterised as ‘Coptic’... -
Egyptian brewing : the production of beer based on archaeological evidence
Posted on April 21, 2012 | No CommentsProduction of beer in ancient Egypt was an important daily activity. Beer was an essential part of the nutrition of the ancient Egyptian as well as important in religious life. -
Effects of Greco-Romanization on the worship of Isis in the ancient Mediterranean
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No CommentsAfter its spread outside of the boundaries of ancient Egypt, the worship of Isis became one of the most popular mystery religions in the ancient world. -
Ancient Egyptian cotton unveils secrets of agricultural evolution
Posted on April 10, 2012 | No CommentsScientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the relatively short history of plant domestication. -
Ancient Egyptian Humor
Posted on April 8, 2012 | No CommentsHumor is everywhere in the ancient world, not only in comedies proper, but in almost every type of art and literary genre as well. Laughter is often considered the response to humor, but can result from many different stimuli, as is demonstrated by the irony caricature and the animal stories. -
The building stones of ancient Egypt – a gift of its geology
Posted on April 8, 2012 | No CommentsWhile the mud was easily accessible along the Nile river valley, the immense quantities of the different stone materials used for construction of the famous pyramids, precious temples and tombs needed a systematic quarrying organization, well arranged transport logistics over extreme distances and a high standard of stone masonry. -
Social status of elite women of the new kingdom of ancient Egypt: a comparison of artistic features
Posted on April 4, 2012 | No CommentsThis study concludes that the status of elite women in the New Kingdom was both significantly different and exalted in comparison with the status of their counterparts during earlier dynasties. -
The Napoleonic Egyptian Scientific Expdition and the Ninetenth-Century Survey Museum
Posted on April 4, 2012 | No CommentsIn the eighteenth-century European imagination, however, ancient Egypt was a place of mystery. Three tangible aspects of Egyptian culture contributed to this view- mummies, hieroglyphs and the ancient Egyptian monuments present in Egypt. -
The Destiny of The World: A Study on the End of The Universe in The Light of Ancient Egyptian Texts
Posted on April 4, 2012 | No CommentsDid the ancient Egyptians have any notion about the end of the world ? Did they make up as complicated and rich myths about this notion as the ones they composed about the cosmogony and the beginning of the world ? The answer to the first question is easy:yes,the ancient Egyptians had, like contemporary people, a strong belief in the impermanence cf the world. -
Culture and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt: The Museum and Library of Alexandria
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsThese two institutions are often celebrated for their role in the history of scholarship, but they were also the products of the Hellenistic age and of the competition which arose between the successors of Alexander.