Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Cleopatra (51-30 BC) last Egyptian pharaoh
Hardly a ancient woman can fascinate as much as the Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra VII (born 69 BC) or queen of Ptolemaic Kingdom (founded in...
Ancient Egypt
Akhenaten and his concept of religion in Egypt
Changing his name and moving his capital from Thebes to Amarna, Amonhotep IV replaced traditional Egyptian gods with the worship of Aten, the great...
Ancient Egypt
Osiris the God of Egyptian Resurrection
Osiris may have been an early Egyptian king whose triumphs inspired myth and legends that eventually portrayed him as a god who defied death...
Ancient Egypt
What food and drink were Ancient Egyptians consumed?
About 450 B.C., the Greek historian Herodotus wrote that Egypt was a gift of the Nile. Indeed, for the Ancient Egyptians the river was...
Ancient Egypt
Queen Nefertiti of Egypt
Nefertiti rose from obscurity to become the wife of a pharoah, co-founder of a religion, king maker and then virtually disappeared from history.
Early Life
The...
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Religion
The relationship of the believer with the gods in Ancient Egypt was particularly loose. There was no set of doctrines or a central book...
Ancient Egypt
The Nile River in Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Egypt was the "gift of the Nile," benefiting agriculturally from the flow of the river downward as it deposited silt along its banks, creating...