Life in Ancient Egypt
The many aspects of life in Ancient Egypt How were the ancient Egyptians’ days? How did they dress, how did they put on make-up, how did they do their hair?…
Battle of Kadesh
Ramesses’s most impressive undertaking was the battle in Kadesh against the Ittiti. Returning from the military campaign, the pharaoh ordered to engrave the scenes on the walls of the…
Horus
God Horus identifies, both in Egypt and Nubia, with various local divinities: as a solar divinity he is Haroeris, Harakhthe, Harmakis, Horo of Behedet. As Isis’s son he is Arpocrate…
God Apis
Since the I dynasty the cult for an Apis Bull (Hop in the local language) is alive in Ancient Egypt, as a rural divinity simbol of the generation and…
The drinks
Great consumers of cow milk (irtchet), the Egyptians didn’t disdain goat milk or sheep milk. But the most appreciated drinks were wine and beer. The wine (erpi) was known…
Cosmetic in ancient Egypt
The body care was very important for ancient Egyptians. They used creams, ointments and perfumes to soften and perfume the skin. The women lightened their skin with a creamy…
GOD APOPHIS
ANCIENT EGYPT GODS (Apophis, Apop, Apep) Maybe it was the python that in the prehistoric epoch was present in the muddy areas of the Delta that gave the Egyptians…
Medicine in Ancient Epypt
In the Egyptian medicine there were two different tendencies: the magical-religious one, which included very primitive elements, and the empirical-rational one, based on experience and observation, with no mystic elements. There were many…
BASTET
ANCIENT EGYPT Bastet was a divinity represented by a woman with the head of a cat. Probably she was originally a lioness. Goddess of the city Bubastis that was named…
Khufu (Cheope)
Names: Cheope, Khufu (or Khufwey, according to Gardiner), Suphis, Horo Medjdo Dynasty: IV ( 2630-2510 BC) Years of reign: 63 (Manetone); 23 (Canon in Torino) [2606-2583 BC (Torino)] Historical…