Ancient Egypt Archive
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The Hellenistic Royal Court: Court Culture, Ceremonial and Ideology in Greece, Egypt and the Near East, 336-30 BCE
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No CommentsThere are two reasons why the Hellenistic royal court may be deemed an important subject. First, in the Hellenistic Age the foundations were laid for the development of the royal court in later history, both in Christian Europe and the Islamic East. Second, because the court was the apex of political power in the Hellenistic world. -
Statue, chapels and animal mummies found in Egypt
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsA wooden statue of a king, a private offering chapel, a monumental building and remains of over 80 animal mummies found by a University of Toronto-led team in Abydos, Egypt reveal intriguing information about ritual activity associated with the great gods. -
The Chariot: A Weapon that Revolutionized Egyptian Warfare
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsThe introduction of the horse and chariot in Egypt was a turning point in its history. With these new weapons Egypt was able to transform its military into one of the largest and most powerful in the world, allowing Egyptian pharaohs to expand their control and influence in the world. -
Studies of ancient Egyptian footwear. Technological aspects. Part XVI. Leather Open Shoes
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe present paper focuses on the technological aspects of an extraordinary pair of leather open shoes, currently housed in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum -
Second oldest case of Prostate Cancer discovered in Egyptian mummy
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsWith the diagnosis of the first real case of prostate cancer in a mummy, researchers say the causes of cancer may be more genetic than was originally thought. -
The Egyptian Myth of Isis and Osiris
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsWe will investigate the truths concealed within the ancient myth of Isis and Osiris, which is perhaps the best known story in Egyptian mythology. -
On the Egyptian origin of the domestic cat
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsThe traditional opinion is that the cat was domesticated in place in Egypt from wild local stock. SCHAUENBERG (1972) contradicted this hypothesis by showing that the cranial index (ic = cranium length/volume of encephalic cavity) of the modern domestic cat was closer to that of the steppe cat (Felis ornata) of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan than that of the wild Libyan desert cat (Felis libyca). -
Fetus Magic and Sorcery Fears in Roman Egypt
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsOn May 22nd, in the year 197 CE, an élite young farmer in the village of Karanis, in the Egyptian Fayyum, one Gemellus Horion by name, presented a formal complaint to the Roman stratêgos 'concerning the outrages perpetrated by' his neighbors. -
Early history of wound treatment
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsThe first written records containing medical information date from about 2500 BC. Clay tablets from this time have been discovered in Mesopotamia and the first medical papyri from Egypt are probably some seven hundred years younger... -
Theon of Alexandria and Hypatia
Posted on January 17, 2012 | No CommentsThe mathematician and philosopher Hypatia flourished in Alexandria from the second part of the 4th century until her violent death incurred by a mob in 415.