From about 5000 to 4200 BC the Merimde culture, so far only known from a big settlement site at the edge of the Western Delta, flourished in Lower Egypt. The culture has strong connections to the Faiyum A culture as well as the Levant. People lived in small huts, produced a simple un...
It is commonly believed (and seemingly supported by tangible evidence to an amateur) that soon after the dog (ur-gi in Sumerian) was first domesticated, the dog collar was developed in Egypt. But, as with a lot of things, it is actually ancient Sumer where that took place. Archaeological...
Around 5000 BCE, Yellow River Valley became the cradle of civilization in the East. It is believed that farming communities began to emerge in the Henan province. Farming communities began to expand and consolidate centralized government which then became the first dynasty of China. Between 2070 an...
卡纳克(karnak)神庙是世界上最壮观的古建筑物之一,也是埃及最大的神庙。 卡纳克神庙的建设始于中王国的法老辛努塞尔特一世(Senusret I,1971-1926 BC在位),一直持续到托勒密时期(305–30 BC)。 也就是从4000年前开始建,一直建了2000多年,前后有三十多位法老参与了建设与扩建,这也是它与其他埃及神庙的最大的区别。
A Hellenistic kingdom based in ancient Egypt. It was ruled by thePtolemaic dynasty, which started withPtolemyI Soter's accession after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and which ended with the death of Cleopatra and the Roman conquest in 30 BC. ...
And only in their own private letters can we discover unmediated expression of their authentic experiences.More than three hundred letters written in Greek and Egyptian by women in Egypt in the millennium from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest survive on papyrus and pottery. These letters ...
Its first known records date back to the mid-3rd millennium BC during the old kingdom of Egypt in 3400 BC, it was in use in the form of demotic and until the 17th century in the middle ages in the form of Coptic. The language was accompanied by hieroglyphs which became the official ...
There are about 80 ancient pyramids in Egypt. The Great Pyramid at Gizeh, which King Cheops built as his tomb 5000 years ago, holds the most interest. It stands with two other pyramids on a slight rise overlooking the River Nile. At the centre of the pyramid is the King's Chamber and...
Egypt has lengthy coasts on both the Mediterranean and Red seas. So it has long been an important center of trade and communication for Asia, Africa, and Europe. Its location became even more important when the Suez Canal was opened in 1869. The canal makes...
BC.The full name of the game in Egyptian was meaning "The game of passing". Games have been around for thousands of years, but none are older than the ancient game of Senet, invented by the Egyptians roughly 3500 or 5000 years ago. It is believed that this two-player board game ...