Ancient Egypt

Facts about Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphs were the ancient writings of Egypt. The history of hieroglyphics dates back to 3000 B.C. Hieroglyphs mean 'sacred carving' in Greek. It was a formal writing system which was used by the Egyptians. It was a combination of logographic and alphabetic elements. Let's learn more about this ancient art.

History of Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Egyptians started to use hieroglyphic script, thousands of years ago. There are more than 700 individual symbols to it. Many refer to hieroglyphs as the ancient Egyptian language, but it is merely a form of a script in the the Egyptian language. Let's make acquaintance with the history of this oldest form of writing...

Ancient Egyptian Inventions
From papers to clocks, the Egyptians produced a number of inventions that has been used by humans throughout history. Read on to know more about inventions of Ancient Egypt.

The Cult of Osiris
The cult of Osiris is an important part of the Egyptian civilization and it held firm faith in the concept of life after death. Read on to know more about the religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptian civilization and the cult of Osiris.

The Ancient Egyptian Sphinx
Unlike the ancient Greeks who described their sphinx as a female, ancient Egyptians often depicted it as a male. The most famous among the ancient Egyptian sphinxes is the Great Sphinx of Giza. Let us take a look at some sphinxes of ancient Egypt.

Egyptian Papyrus
Egyptian papyrus is a material produced from the Cyperus papyrus plant, that the ancient Egyptians used to write upon. Pieces of papyri discovered over the years continue to fascinate us, as they divulge eagerly sought-after information about ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egyptian Decor
The striking beauty of ancient Egyptian décor can never be ignored. Let’s take a detailed look at some basic elements and concepts used in this décor.

Ancient Egyptian Mummies
Ancient Egyptians believed in life after death and mummification was a process to safeguard the body and soul of the dead for the next life. Ancient Egyptians worshiped the mummies of their pharaohs. Read on to know more about the ancient Egyptian mummies...

Egyptian Jewelry
Ancient Egyptian jewelry has some of the most stunning and beautiful designs. Here is a look at some of the fine details associated with Egyptian jewelry.

Ancient Egyptian Fashion
The life of the ancient Egyptians is often studied with great interest by archaeologists. Here, we shall take a look at some interesting aspects about ancient Egyptian fashion.

Ancient Egypt
One of the most powerful ancient civilizations is ancient Egypt. Agriculture and trade were the two professions that thrived on the banks of river Nile in ancient Egypt. This article gives a brief insight into ancient Egypt.

Egyptian Pyramids
Egyptian pyramids represent the Egyptian culture and civilization. They are world-famous structures, which the Egyptians are proud of. To know all about the Egyptian Pyramids read on …

Ancient Egypt Facts
Ancient Egypt concentrated along the River Nile. The civilization began around 3150 BC and developed over the next three millennia. The history of the civilization is divided into a series Kingdoms.

Ancient Egyptian Myths
Know some of the famous and interesting ancient Egyptian myths here.

Nile River Facts
If you want to know about the various interesting facts about River Nile, read this article.

Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids are marvels of ancient architecture, here we explore how they were made, why they were made and the names of some exemplary structures.

Ancient Egyptian Culture
Writing in few words about Ancient Egyptian Culture which was one of the great civilization is really impossible task so i will try to write few things that were known as integral part of Ancient Egyptian Culture.

Egypt - Gates of the King
The Valley of the kings is a place full of history and all its visitors can surely reassure you of that. Egypt and his mysteries are waiting for you to discover them as well!

Ancient Egyptian Symbols
If you want to know about the ancient Egyptian symbols, read this article which describes the symbol of Ankh, Amenta, Djed Pillar, Ba and many more.

Imhotep - One Of The Greatest Personalities Of Egypt
Great personality ,doctor, philosopher, architect and poet, Imhotep impressed the antic Egypt and why not, the world today as well. There are reasons to believe that he might have been the Joseph described in the Bible.He is remembered for the numerous good things he did for the human kind.

The Great Pyramid of Giza
One of the great achievements of humankind, The Great Pyramid of Giza impresses even today by the ingenuity its constructors had to build it. Although thousands of years passed, it is still among us.

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics are a fascinating part of the history of ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egyptian Clothing
Different people adhered to varying type of clothing in Ancient Egypt. Disparate materials were used for these.

Ancient Egyptian Religion
Let us go back in time to learn more about the ancient Egyptian religion and their gods and goddesses.

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt - History of Cleopatra VII
Read the biography of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt and find out more about the life of the world’s much adored Queen of Egypt…

The Mummification Process
The Egyptian process of embalming their dead, which is known as Mummification, developed over many centuries, possibly before 4000 B.C.

The Curse of King Tutankhamen
The intriguing story of the boy king. The death of the teenage Pharaoh Tutankhamen leaves many unanswered questions and a very infamous curse.

The Anatomy of a Pyramid
The sight of a pyramid inspires awe amongst the onlookers. But the conceptualizing of the pyramids are an engineering marvel.

Egypt, a Land of Wonders
Egypt, a country situated in North Africa, has a plethora of sights and sounds to offer the traveller.

The Egyptian Property Market and Its Long Term Future
Why is the Egyptian property market hot and why is now a good time to get on board.

Foreign Tourists Released After Abduction in Egypt
Eleven Europeans have been released unharmed, Egypt's foreign minister says

'Bandits' Want $6m to Free Tourists, Says Egypt
Five Italians, five Germans and a Romanian kidnapped along with eight Egyptian guides and guards

Foreign Tourists Among 15 Abducted in Egypt
Kidnappers took group, including five Italians, five Germans and one Romanian, across border to Sudan, officials believe

Invention of colors by Egyptians
The Egyptians are very historical nation and are famous due to their extraordinary inventions, similarly they produced colors by using different artificial technologies to obtain different colors.

Color Technology (Ancient - Egypt)
Ancient Egyptians use many techniques to dye the gemstones, some of them are discussed here.

Egypt Angered at Artists' Use of Nefertiti Bust
For more than eight decades, the serenely beautiful likeness of Queen Nefertiti's head has been the most celebrated exhibit in Berlin's Egyptian Museum, attracting thousands of visitors and resisting all attempts at repatriation.

How to read Mayan hieroglyphs
The article discusses the Mayan scripture and how it was deciphered in the XXth century

Evil in Waaqeffannaa Oromo, Ancient Egyptian and Kushitic Ethiopian Religions or Satan?
Ancient Egyptian Seth was never as dreadful a figure as the Judaic, Christian and Islamic Satan. Neither his Ancient Greek counterpart, Typhon, can possibly be equated with Satan.

Egypt: Bread Shortages, Hunger and Unrest
Price rises have led to a surge in demand for heavily subsidized food, and anger at the government

Egypt's Ras Mohammed National Park
Yes, Ras Mohammed or Cape Mohammed is one of Egypt's important protected area. With a variety of flora and fauna's best, Ras Mohammed showcase marine life in different forms.

Nine Die As Egypt Tourist Bus Bursts Into Flames
Two Britons reported slightly injured as passengers jump for their lives after crash in desert

Egypt Detains Opposition Activists Ahead of Poll
Egyptian authorities round up activists in move designed to stop Islamist movement from participating in elections

Egyptian Soldiers Seal Gaza Border After Two Weeks of Traffic
Egyptian security forces closed the border with the Gaza Strip yesterday nearly two weeks after the wall was first breached

Abu Simbel - A Unesco World Heritage Site and Tourist Attraction
Abu Simbel is one of the greatest restoration projects in the world. This article describes the temple for the benefit of travel enthusiasts.

Perfume In Ancient Egypt
Get to know the importance of perfume in ancient Egypt, and how the making of this unique product became an art form in those times.

Egyptian Editors Jailed for Defaming Mubarak
· President reverses policy of media liberalisation · Case highlights concern over who will lead nation

Famous Egyptian queen had eye bags
Next to Cleopatra, she is the second most famous queen of Egypt. She was greatly admired in the ancient world because of her beauty. Among her many names were Possessed of Charm, Exuding Happiness, Mistress of Sweetness, Beloved One, Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt, Great King's Wife, and Lady of the Two.

Egypt Bans Female Circumcision After Death of 12-year-old Girl
Egypt has banned all female circumcision after the death this week of a 12-year-old girl undergoing the widely practiced procedure.

Egypt Plays Host As Great Satan Eyes Up Axis of Evil
A key conference on the future of Iraq opens today, but few hold out hope of immediate results, writes Ian Black.

Link to Egyptian Mummy Shows Joan of Arc Holy Relics Are Fake
Relics thought to be of Joan of Arc are forgeries made from the remains of an Egyptian mummy, according to scientists.

Travel in Egypt: Free Pocket Guide of Cairo City by Flashbooking budget reservation on-line
For the Cairo travel guide Flashbooking staff efforts concentrate on making it simple to read and with a nice format.

Ancient Egyptian Art -- Timeless and Beautiful Today
Ancient Egyptian art is perhaps the most widely recognized art in the world, and the reason why lies in the style in which all ancient Egyptian art was executed. The style is called frontalism, and it remained essentially unchanged for several thousand years.

Egyptian Jewelry -- A Classic New Trend
Modern Egyptian artisans make beautiful jewelry in the style of ancient Egyptian art and jewelry. Cartouche pendants, personalized with the wearer’s name in hieroglyphics, have a striking and unique look and make wonderful gifts.

Egyptian Train Crash Kills 51
At least 51 people were killed and 138 injured when two commuter trains collided near Cairo today.

At Least 58 Killed After Trains Collide in Egypt
At least 58 people were reported dead and 143 injured yesterday when two trains collided on Egypt's antiquated railway system north of Cairo.

Egyptian Train Crash Kills 36
At least 36 people were killed and more than 130 injured when two commuter trains collided near Cairo today.

Travel to Egypt: Miles of Nile and Worlds of Wonder
Egypt is consistently the top destination for world travel each and every year - and not surprisingly so. The country uniquely bridges the African and Asian continents across the Suez Canal by possession of the Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt Finds Democracy Can Wait
President Hosni Mubarak's enforcers have a particular way of dealing with female demonstrators: they sexually humiliate them. By Simon Tisdall

Suicide Bombers Attack Peacekeepers in Egypt
Two suicide bombers launched attacks close to Egypt's border with Gaza today, just two days after 21 people were killed in three bombings in the Egyptian resort of Dahab.

Leaders Condemn Egypt Blasts
World leaders today condemned the series of explosions that killed at least 24 people in an Egyptian tourist resort last night.

Bombs Kill at Least 23 in Egyptian Resort Town
At least 23 people were killed and 150 injured after a series of devastating blasts tore through the Egyptian resort town of Dahab last night.

Bombs Kill at Least 21 in Egyptian Resort Town
At least 21 people were killed and 150 injured after a series of devastating blasts tore through the Egyptian resort town of Dahab last night.

Egypt Blasts Kill at Least 30
At least 30 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded after three explosions rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab tonight.

Several Dead in Egypt Blasts
Three explosions rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab tonight, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 150 at just one hotel.

Crew Accused Over Egypt Ferry Disaster
· Water to fight car deck fire unbalanced craft · Six-year-old rescued 17 hours after ship sank

Rising Water Threatens Great Temples of Egypt
Engineers are struggling to stop the damage caused by crop irrigation.

Mysterious Case of Death on the Nile, 4,000 Years Ago
Excavations in Egypt have unearthed a grisly massacre at an ancient royal city.

Mubarak Party Out in Force in Egypt Poll
Hosni Mubarak's party machine put on an overwhelming display of organisational strength yesterday as Egyptians voted in the country's first contested presidential election.

Fraud Claims Mar Egyptian Presidential Poll
Egyptians are voting today in the country's first contested presidential election amid claims of electoral fraud with the incumbent, Hosni Mubarak, appearing almost certain to win. The government has billed the election as a major democratic reform and a step away from years of...

Egyptian Polls Open in First Competitive Presidential Election
Egyptians are voting today in the country's first-ever contested presidential election, with President Hosni Mubarak almost certain to win. The government has been touting the election as a major democratic reform and a step away from years of authoritarian rule, but some critics have...

Masr qabl al Islam (Egypt before Islam) - The Greatness of Ancient Egypt in its real dimensions
This book is indispensable to anyone wishing to evaluate the contribution of Egypt to the World History; it offers to the average Arabic readership an accurate and updated picture of the Greatness of Ancient Egypt, avoiding clichés and Orientalist denigrations.

Luqsor: One Hundred Gates to Thebes
Indisputably the world's largest archeological area, Thebes of Egypt, Luqsor, lit. the city of the Camps, gives you always the impression that you have reached destination.

Mubarak to Seek Further Term As Egyptian President
Egypt's 77-year-old president, Hosni Mubarak, announced yesterday that he would seek another six-year term in September, when the country holds presidential elections that for the first time permit more than one candidate.

One Briton Dead and 10 Missing in Egypt
The British embassy in Cairo today confirmed that one Briton was among the dead in the Sharm el-Sheikh bomb attack and another 10 were missing.

Britons Lost in Egypt Horror
In one of the bloodiest attacks yet on a top international tourist destination, three bombs exploded almost simultaneously in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in early yesterday morning. At least 88 people were killed - including a number of Britons.

Bombers Kill 88 at Egyptian Resort
A series of bombings in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik early today killed at least 83 people, officials confirmed.

Egypt Claims 83% Yes Vote for Change
Egypt's constitutional referendum won an 83% yes vote, officials said yesterday. The campaign was hit by sporadic violence after boycott calls from opposition parties and pro-democracy activists.

Dissent Quashed As Egypt Votes on Reform
Security forces and violent gangs cracked down on dissenters yesterday as Egyptians voted in a constitutional referendum that opposition parties have denounced as a sham.

Egypt Must Let Its People Go
The Mubarak regime's resistance to scrutiny of the forthcoming presidential election shows how much Egypt has to learn about democracy, writes Brian Whitaker.

Reform But Little Change for Egypt's Voters
Pro-democracy protests grow as opposition candidates face restrictive rules and state intimidation.

Egypt's Students Protest Against Emergency Laws
Thousands of students across Egypt demonstrated on campuses yesterday, calling for political reform and an end to the country's emergency laws.

Time to Turn Back Tourist Tide in Valley of the Kings
Scientists draw up plan to limit visitors and traffic and divert floods threatening Egypt's ancient tombs.

Egyptian Group Suspected Over Taba Bombings
Bedouin tribesmen among more than 20 held. Egyptian security forces investigating the resort bombings that killed at least 33 people were concentrating their hunt yesterday on a group of previously unknown Egyptian militants.

Egyptian Group Blamed for Blast
Bedouin tribesmen among more than 20 held.

Egypt Looks to Update Its Wobbling Infrastructure
Today Egypt's National Democratic party begins a three-day conference which it has heralded as a big step towards sorting out the country's social mess.

Secret chamber may hold key to mystery of the Great Pyramid
Amateur French Egyptologists on track of 'lost' tomb of Cheops. It is one of the seven wonders of the world, but the precious objects the Great Pyramid was built to shelter for all eternity - the mummified remains of King Cheops or Khufu - have never been found, and are presumed to have been stolen by tomb robbers.

New Pm Takes Up Reins in Egypt
President Hosni Mubarak has raised hopes that Egypt is embarking on reform at last with news of the mass resignation of his cabinet and the appointment of a modernising technocrat as prime minister over the weekend. "Finally what we want has happened and the first steps of change have...

Families Blame Britain As Egypt Jails 'islamists'
Foreign Office failed to investigate torture claims.

Egypt Rebuffs Us Over Regional Reform
Democratic reform cannot be imposed on the Middle East from outside, the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, told Tony Blair yesterday, rebuffing US proposals for the region. "The president reiterated that any modernisation has to stem from the traditions and the culture in the area," a...

Ancient Lion Skeleton Found In Egyptian Tomb
The discovery of the skeleton of a male lion in the tomb of King Tutankhamen's wet nurse Maïa in the city of Memphis, Egypt, has lent weight to the theory that ancient Egyptians worshipped lions.

Families of Air Crash Victims Fly to Egypt
Shock and disbelief in Cairo as 148 die in Egyptian airline disaster.

The King of the Pharaohs
Tim Radford meets the man who put the Egypt back into Egyptology. Zahi Hawass is overlord of the underworld. At 56, he is the secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Matrix Reloaded spiked by Egypt's censors
The Matrix Reloaded has been banned in Egypt on religious grounds and because of its "excessive violence".

Egypt accused over crackdown on protests
Egypt was accused yesterday of launching a crackdown on dissent and threatening fundamental freedoms after mass anti-war protests in Cairo.

Britons on Trial in Egypt Tell of Torture
'Coup plot' trio say they were forced to sign confessions.

Bare shelves mar return of Egypt's glory
A scholarly row has blighted the reopening of Alexandria's great library. It has taken 1,700 years to replace. But now the great library of Alexandria, whose precious manuscripts were torched in AD271, is about to reopen - to a reception blighted by controversy.

Egypt's Last Queen Ousted From Palatial Parisian Apartment
Perhaps it's the curse of the pharaohs having the last laugh. Her father-in-law, King Farouk, was thrown out of Egypt, as was her husband, King Fuad, and now the last queen of Egypt, Fadila Farouk, is about to be chucked out of her £2m apartment on the Avenue Foch, Paris's poshest street...

Egypt Jails Civil Rights Activist
The US has reacted with cautious outrage to the harsh sentence imposed by a country it regards as a moderate and strategic ally. Simon Tisdall explains.

Egypt Shows True Colours
The jailing of a prominent Egyptian civil rights campaigner has drawn strong condemnation from the US, writes Simon Tisdall.

Send Lockerbie Killer to Tunisia or Egypt - Mandela
Egypt and Tunisia would be prepared to let the Lockerbie bomber serve his life sentence in their prisons, Nelson Mandela said yesterday. The former South African president said he had spoken to the presidents of both countries and they had agreed to accept Abdel Baset al-Megrahi...

Tomb May Yield the Sons of Pharaoh
Archaeologists are on the brink of identifying at least one of three human skulls and a complete skeleton found in a 3,200-year-old tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.

Egyptian Train Fire Kills 350
At least 350 people - many of them children - were killed this morning in a fire on a crowded Egyptian passenger train heading out of Cairo for a holiday weekend. The death toll rose as rescuers searched charred train cars. An Egyptian news agency said the fire started when a cooking gas...

Egyptian Train Fire Kills 250
At least 250 people were killed this morning in a fire on a crowded Egyptian passenger train heading out of Cairo for a holiday weekend. The death toll, earlier reported at 100, rose as rescuers searched charred train cars. An Egyptian news agency said the fire started when a cooking gas...