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28, Jul 11

4u2-Rent.co.uk Villas and Houses to rent in Egypt Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Hieroglphics for beginers and more advanced students

05, Jun 11

I am always on the look out for useful websites for my guests and came across this one which is brilliant for serious students of hieroglyphics. http://pyramidtextsonline.com/tools.html For those of you just starting this is the book recommended on the Manchester University course that I did. I think it explains it really well and uses [...]

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Donkey Ride over the Ridge

24, Feb 11

I now know where the expression walking like an Egyptian comes from, who ever first said it had just done the donkey ride over the ridge in Luxor, Egypt. It is an amazing experience following in the steps of the workman that built the tombs on their daily commute from their homes at Deir El [...]

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Grandfather, father, son – A comparison of mortuary temple.

24, Feb 11

On the West Bank in Luxor many of the New Kingdom pharaohs built their mortuary temples. These would be vehicles both for the worship of the King after he died and became a God and additionally they were cult temples. They were used for events like the Feast of the Valley. Thereby ensuring continuity of [...]

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Mummification Museum, Luxor, Egypt

24, Feb 11

The museum opened 1997 and gives today’s visitor a detailed idea about the mummification process, the Ancient Egyptian concept of judgement & the afterlife and shows us some objects associated with mummification. The word mummification is derived from Persian word (mummiya) which means bitumen and in Arabic and gives us the word mummification The visit [...]

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Female Pharaohs

24, Feb 11

Everyone has heard of Ancient Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut and she is often, erroneously, referred to as Ancient Egypt’s only female pharaoh. However there a lots of other ladies who can claim to have ruled Egypt. Some of these are shadowy figures and little is known about them but others have more concrete evidence. Meryt Neith [...]

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Visit to Abydos

24, Feb 11

OK I am massive lucky…..and then some. I thought I had got permission to visit the Archaic period burials at Abydos but when we got there it was disaster. Having produced my permissions, these were dismissed, I phoned this, that and the other, not good enough, no answer, phone switched off. I had spent 30 [...]

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A tale of two museums

24, Feb 11

I  went to the Cairo Museum. I must admit it defeated me. I went round looking at my favourite things but every time they look shabbier and in urgent need of TLC it really disheartens you. The museum was built a long time ago and is in urgent need of some modern display cases above [...]

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Luxor welcomes tourists

24, Feb 11

During the last few weeks there have been no charter flights coming into Luxor although Easy Jet maintained a service. On Wednesday the first flights arrived and they got a real musical welcome.   Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Hidden Karnak – The White Chapel of Senuseret I

03, Feb 11

Karnak is part of the world largest open air museum, Luxor or Ancient Thebes, home of many Egyptian Gods and Goddesses and built by various Egyptian Pharaohs like Ramses II and Tutankhamen and in my opinion better than the Egyptian pyramids. For many visitors, it’s one of the essential things to do in Luxor. The [...]

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