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Alexandria, the shining pearl of the Mediterranean, and the beacon radiating its culture and heritage to the world at large The second largest city and the main port of Egypt, Alexandria was built by the Greek architect Dinocrates (332-331 BC) on the site of an old village, Rhakotis, at the orders of Alexander the Great. The city, immortalizing Alexander's name, quickly flourished into a prominent cutural, intellectual, political, and economic metropolis, the remains of ...

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Egyptian Antiquities Information General Information on Historical Egypt Also See Antiquity News Archive Also See Feature Story Archive History of Egypt This may very well be the best historical reference on Egyptian Pharaonic history anywhere. Glossary of Egypt Terms Over Egypt's past, many terms from many origins have come into use. In order to understand the Egyptian past, we have included a glossary of terms. Links to Other Egyptian History Related Web Sites We have carefully ...

Egyptian Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom In the American Museum of Natural History of New York City, in the Africa section of the Anthropological part of the museum, there is a cut-away model of an Egyptian Royal Tomb of the New Kingdom (XVIII, XIX, & XX Dynasties, c. 1575-1087 BC) [note]. Such tombs were carved into the cliffs of the Valley of the Kings, across the river from the Egyptian capital at Thebes (Ipet or Opet to the Egyptians, the modern Luxor and Karnak). The Greeks evocative ...

all words any words Home Browse the Collections Portfolio List Community Portfolios Search Tutorials/Tools Help Egyptian Architecturerecords 1 to 20 of 171 <last>> View: thumbnails text list image & label description Pyramid of Cheops. - EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM Anonymous (c. 2755 BCE - 2255 BCE )Cross sections of mastaba, step pyramid and great pyramid. - EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM An ...

Hellenic Alexandria A project with the cooperation of HEC and EKA HELLENIC ALEXANDRIA EKA - The Hellenic Community of Alexandria The Alexander the Great Centre of Post-Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria, Egypt Famous Alexandrians Constantine Cavafy HELLENISTIC ALEXANDRIA A Historical Outline The Founding of Alexandria Alexandria - as a City State The role of Alexandria in the Mediterranean A History of the Ports of Alexandria Alexander the Great ...

Introduction to the Ancient Egyptian Architecture �iUpdated: 2002.10.1�j Click here for Japanese version The First International Symposium on X-ray Archaeometry will be held at Waseda University on July 18-20th, 2002. Click here for further information. Contents: News The page on the pyramid of Djoser has been updated: http://www.waseda.jp/prj-egypt/sites/pyramids/saq03/saq03ph-E.html. (2001.5.18) J.-Ph. Lauer passed away15 May 2001 at the age of 99. Some Fre ...

Click to open Encyclopaedia of the Orient on its front page Pharaoh Arabic: farcun King of ancient Egypt. The term 'pharaoh' was originally used for the place where the king resided, and is to be translated with "great house". Gradually the term came to be used for the king himself — this probably happened somewhere between 1400-900 BCE. However, 'Pharaoh' never become part of the official title of the king. The actual designation for the king of Ancient Egypt was ...

This page is dedicated to examining some aspects of the art, archaeology, religion and history of Egypt. Comments and suggestions should be sent to : Greg Reeder (greg@egyptology.com) No current study of Egyptology would be complete without a copy of KMT: A MODERN JOURNAL OF ANCIENT EGYPT. Click on the KMT icon to discover the land of KEMET ( KMT ). THE TOMB of NIANKHKHNUM and KHNUMHOTEP in the necropolis of Saqqara, has intrigue ...

Christianity IndexScience IndexPhilosophy IndexHistory Index Books IndexTable of ContentsFeedbackBede's Journal The Mysterious Fate of the Great Library of Alexandria Other articles of interest: The Decline and End of Witch Trials in Europe The Myth of Conflict in the History of Science and Religion Medieval Science and the Church Christianity and the Rise of Science Copernicus and his Revolutions Christianity and the Loss of Pagan Literature Contents Introduction Julius ...

Home / Suggested Reading / Egypt / Misc / About / Mesopotamia The Pyramid Builders During the Old Kingdom, Egyptian civilization really came of age. The power of Egypt expanded considerably through the four dynasties of the Old Kingdom. This was probably due in part to the increasing centralization of government and the creation of an efficient administrative system. The concept of kingship changed too, with greater emphasis being placed on the the divine nature of the office. The ...

Although most people know that a list exists of the Seven World Wonders, only few can name them. The list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was originally compiled around the second century BC. The first reference to the idea is found in History of Herodotus as long ago as the 5th century BC. Decades later, Greek historians wrote about the greatest monuments at the time. Callimachus of Cyrene (305BC-240BC), Chief Librarian of the Alexandria Mouseion, wrote "A Collection ...

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