The ancient Egyptian

written by: Yasmin Emad 10 Apr

Ibis.. Master of Sacred Word and God of Moon, Wisdom, and Medicine

A silent bird that can barely make a sound. The ancient Egyptian has known ibis since the dynastic period, and placed it in the most prominent place for a single bird. Not only it was depicted on the walls of ancient Egyptian's temples, but also it was linked to the god Thoth, and

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written by: Amira Abd El Basset 29 Mar

The most famous temples and obelisks given by Egypt to the world capitals (part I)

From London to Berlin , Torino , New York and Toronto, 40 European and American cities, adorned with our ancient Egyptian monuments. Although there is no real official computation of the number of stolen Egyptian antiquities for more than a century and a half ago,those 40 museums have about

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Written by: Mustafa Abd El Salam -Translated by: Amira Abd El Basset - Photos by: Eslam Qoutb and Nourhan Al Fayed 19 Mar

The Nile River...The symbol of civilization that our ancestors called god

In Assiut governorate, the poet "Mahmoud Hassan Ismail" sat on the shore of the Nile in his village to listen to that conversation between the Nile, the palms and the trees,to realize that eternal encounter between that river and palm leaf. He tried to express his feeling in a poem

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written by- Yasmin Emad and Yasmin Badr 19 Mar

"The Egyptian Owl" .. Holy Bird Punished by Ramsses II for slapping His Face with Its Wings

A repulsive bird of prey known for its large eyes. Its name was associated to desolation. The vast majority of human beings would croak on seeing or hearing its voice. However, it held a special place among the ancient Egyptians. They even took it as a hieroglyphic character. "Pharaoh

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written by: Amira Abd El Basset 16 Mar

Selim Hassan .. history immortalized him by the discovery of 200 tombs

To those who wanted to offend me, they did well, who kept me away from the job, but brought me closer to production and serving the country ". A preface may seem interesting written by Dr. Selim Hassan in the introduction of his book "Ancient Egypt". An preface by which the Egyptian

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