The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasure.The Great Pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank.The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of...
The Nile was such a focal point to the ancient Egyptians that their calendar began the year with the first month of the flooding. The Egyptian religion even venerated a deity of flooding and fertility,Hapy, who was depicted as a chubby man with blue or green skin. ...
You go, Egyptians! Adding to the mystery, no mention of the gardens has been found in Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions. Stella maris, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons 2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The ancient city of Babylon, which is near present-day Babil, Iraq, is where the...
• A stone sphinx at Kom Ombo, a riverside temple near Aswan dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek • A surprisingly sophisticated 4,500-year-old ramp network at the Hatnub alabaster quarry in the Eastern Desert that may help solve ongoing questions about how the ancient Egyptians built the...
The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasure.The Great Pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank.The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of...