Jun
07
Along with the amazing knowledge used to build wonders like the pyramids of Giza, Egypt had a mystical culture – a culture that valued the passage of the soul of an afterlife. To achieve this afterlife, the physical body had to be protected and preserved, and the sumptuous tombs were built for those who could …
Jun
07
Right in the center of downtown Cairo, Tahrir Square, is the greatest treasure of ancient Egyptian artifacts. Whether it’s a mummy wrapped, or a granite statue in pure gold, its all there in the Egyptian museum. The space of the museum is huge and is so rich in history as the artifacts it houses. It …
Jun
07
The Nile has a long and complex, runs through nine countries and a myriad of landscapes, including swamps, savannahs, deserts, rain forests and mountain plateaus. The Nile has its great length for the union of two main tributaries: the White Nile and Blue Nile. The White Nile flows from the source of newly established in …
Jun
07
The age of the ancient wonders of the world first began with the pyramids of Sneferu, he built three pyramids and may have had a hand in others. His pyramid Meidum started as a step pyramid and was then modified to form the first true pyramid. He built two pyramids at Dahshur one called the …
Jun
07
1/23/2010 – Last night Joe Mason and I watched a television program NOVA on the head of the Sphinx. They were speculating on who it was that Pharaoh was depicted, and it was easy to see how the head is disproportionate to the size of the Sphinx. Zahi Hawass came up and said that …