Good Communications. In ancient Egypt, communication was unusually easy. Of course, the Egyptians lacked most of the things twenty-first-century citizens think of as necessary for simple and effective communication: there was no organized postal system,...
Wedlock. Marriage in Egypt was a private matter of little interest to the state. Ceremonies were private celebrations that might have included banquets. Love poetry suggests that parents arranged marriages for their children. Texts describing ideal...
Visual Art and Architecture. After an initial period of experimentation the conventions of Egyptian visual art were firmly established by the end of Dynasty 4 (circa 2500 B.C.E.). In fact, the most basic conceptual framework for Egyptian art was already...
* The two books reviewed here are translations of works which first appeared in French (Grimal) and German (Hornung) in 1988 and 1989 respectively. Erik Hornung, Professor of Egyptology at Basie University, is one of the most influential writers of recent decades on Egyptian...
This new pharaoh (ruler), Tutankhamen (TOOT-an-KAH-men), was only about nine years old. He died in 1339 B. C. In about 1347 B.C., a 7 young boy came to power in the vast desert empire now called Egypt. To this day, no one...
New York – For the first time ever, Egypt will participate in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade Rose Parade on January 1st, 2008 in Pasadena, California. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and The Cairo-Los Angeles Friendship Committee will present a float made of roses to...
The history of ancient Egypt, including how it became a multicultural society in which many peoples came to be living in Egypt. Also, the reactions that native Egyptians had toward them and how these attitudes changed from Predynastic times up until the New Kingdom.
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