History
WHY FRENCH EXPEDITION TO EGYPT?
When king Selim first conquered Egypt in the year 1517, he left the mamluks ruling provinces meanwhile under the authority of pasha, who the ottoman king nominated in turkey; his
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Luxor
TEMPLE OF MADINET HABU
INTRODUCTION This temple is one of the most significant temples on Luxor’s west bank; it is an excellent temple with information about ancient Egypt. But all this information was still
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Cairo
Zamalek island
In 1830, Muhammad Ali Pasha built an enormous palace dedicated to picnics and relaxation in the north of the island of Zamalek. Around the palace, he built nests and wooden
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Luxor
Mortuary temple of queen Hatshepsut
The location of the temple The mortuary temple of queen Hatshepsut lies on the western bank of Luxor, on a mountain’s cliff on the other side of king’s valley and
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Luxor
Luxor temple
Introduction in ancient Egypt, Luxor, the central cult, was dedicated to the god amon, whose name meant the hidden, for this god was built three temples; Karnak temple, Luxor temple,
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Religion
Ramadan kareem
In Europe, there is a unique atmosphere during Christmas, with lots of decorations in malls, hotels, central places everywhere, and parties and fireworks in the new year. In Egypt, one
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News
New discovery in Saqqara
Khaled El-Anany, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, inspected this morning, Thursday, the excavations of the Egyptian archaeological mission working in the area northwest of the pyramid of King “Marinara” in
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Luxor
Balloon in Luxor
One of the most beautiful activities during my stay in Luxor was to fly by balloon early in the morning during sunrise. Nowhere in all of Egypt can one fly
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Society and culture
Howard Carter
Foreword No archeologist who worked in Egypt gained the fame of Howard carter. On his way to visit the valley of the kings on the west bank of Luxor, each
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Society and culture
Jean-Francois Champollion
On 27 September 1822, Jean Francois Champollion announced the decipherment of hieroglyphics, which significantly changed Egyptian archeology; for the first time, the archeologists and Egyptologists could read texts inside tombs
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