Art of the Old Kingdom

Art of the Old Kingdom Royal and private sculpture and wall paintings and reliefs reflected the concepts of art that served the cult of the gods, the kings, and the dead. In royal statuary, traditional poses are combined with romantic features. The statuary was designed to depict royalty as physically strong with softened features, sometimes […]

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Tourmaline

Tourmaline An old legend says that during a tourmaline’s journey from the centre of the earth towards the sun, it passed through a rainbow and took its colours from it. Tourmaline has a variety of rainbow colours, blue, green, yellow, pink, red, purple, black, brown, and transparent. But what makes it so special is that […]

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Music in ancient Egypt

Music in ancient Egypt The ancient Egyptian have known music since ancient times. Evidence of this is the presence of many scenes engraved on the walls of temples and tombs since the era of the Old Kingdom, which shows musicians and dancers playing or participating in religious ceremonies. Various museums also acquired many musical instruments […]

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Part of the roof of the temple of Dendera Temple of Hathor (and its name means Beit Hor)

Part of the roof of the temple of Dendera Temple of Hathor (and its name means Beit Hor) Its concept was associated in ancient Egypt with the Milky Way galaxy and the rhythm of its orbits. The Egyptian artist photographed the decade on the ceiling of the Dendera temple. Decans are groups of stars, each […]

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Dual Note

Dual Note It symbolizes the lower heaven that we see in the material, visible world, and also the “dawat”, meaning the other world of the ancient Egyptians, which is the astral world, or the world of the isthmus to which human souls go after death and transition to the other world. The ancient Egyptian did […]

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What is the secret of female beauty in ancient Egypt?

What is the secret of female beauty in ancient Egypt? What is the concept of love and lust for the ancient Egyptian artist? What is the concept of female wigs in ancient Egypt? The ancient Egyptian artist answered deep questions with apt … and expressed the loving femininity in all his statues and female heads […]

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Valley Hammamet (Fawkhour)

Valley Hammamet (Fawkhour) Midway between the city of Qaft and the short city Hundreds of Hieroglyphian and Haatonic rock inscriptions that record missions sent by many kings to obtain precious resources and bring stones used in small construction, coffins, statues and utensils The campaigns and many missions in the Hammamet valley were in most of […]

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The art of drawing in ancient Egypt

The art of drawing in ancient Egypt The art of prominent and sunken painting and engraving flourished in ancient Egypt; As evidenced by the walls of tombs and temples. The artist dealt with the walls as drawing and engraving surfaces and tried to invest all available spaces. The drawing was not a single artist’s work. […]

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The Ancient Egypt Civilization

The Ancient Egypt Civilization Ancient Egypt civilization: One of the ancient societies with the best documentation the world ever has known, day to day living of Egyptians is well described. One thing particular to human beings is in a particular way of life and doing things. How did Egypt start as a civilization? This, in […]

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Papyrus human genius

Papyrus human genius The ancient Egyptians wrote on many materials, including leather, wood, leaves, and stones. Still, papyrus was the material that was used in the first centuries of civilization until the early Middle Ages, and the first to use papyrus the ancient Egyptians and the inscriptions painted on Egyptian temples, which represent forms of […]

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