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Mummification in Modern Times
Mummification in Modern Times
بقلم: منة الله الدري في: الأحد 5 نوفمبر 2017 - التصنيف: علم المصريات

Chinchorro mummies in the San Miguel Museum in Arica city, north of Santiago. Picture / Reuters by Mennat-Allah El Dorry Mummification is perhaps synonymous with ancient Egypt. However, ancient Eg...

Medicine in Ancient Egypt Part 3 of 3
Medicine in Ancient Egypt Part 3 of 3
بقلم: سامح عرب في: الأحد 5 نوفمبر 2017 - التصنيف: علم المصريات

DISEASES OF THE EYE: Eye care of the workmen was demonstrated in several papyri and tomb inscriptions. Foreign body removal and treatment of eye inflammations and minor operations were so common. T...

Medicine in Ancient Egypt Part 2 of 3
Medicine in Ancient Egypt Part 2 of 3
بقلم: سامح عرب في: الأحد 5 نوفمبر 2017 - التصنيف: علم المصريات

DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN: Fertility was diagnosed by placing garlic in the vagina for one night. If the next day the woman can taste or smell it in her mouth, she is fertile. This is bas...

Medicine in Ancient Egypt Part 1 of 3
Medicine in Ancient Egypt Part 1 of 3
بقلم: سامح عرب في: الأحد 5 نوفمبر 2017 - التصنيف: علم المصريات

Introduction Medicine in ancient Egypt was but one aspect of an advanced civilization. It was not practiced by witch doctors as in primitive tribes, with mixture of magic, herbal remedy, and supers...

WHAT DISEASE WAS AKHEN-ATON SUFFERING FROM?
WHAT DISEASE WAS AKHEN-ATON SUFFERING FROM?
بقلم: سامح عرب في: الأحد 5 نوفمبر 2017 - التصنيف: علم المصريات

During the 18th dynasty, suddenly came a religious revolt in ancient Egypt, led by Amenhotep IV. During his 5th regnal year, the king announced a new religion for the state, the “Atonism”....

EGYPT’S FIRST REVOLUTION
EGYPT’S FIRST REVOLUTION
بقلم: سامح عرب في: الأحد 5 نوفمبر 2017 - التصنيف: علم المصريات

History books are full of many revolutions that took place at different parts of the world, some of which have made dramatic changes to humanity. Old ideas about divine rights of monarchs and hierarch...

Ramses The Great The Pharaoh Who Made Peace With His Enemies
Ramses The Great The Pharaoh Who Made Peace With His Enemies
بقلم: سامح عرب في: الأحد 5 نوفمبر 2017 - التصنيف: علم المصريات

Ramses II", who reigned for 67 years during the 19th dynasty of the 12th century BC, was known as "Ramses the Great". His glories surpassed all other Pharaohs, and Egypt reached an over...

The Sed-festival (Heb Sed) Renewal of the kings' Reign
The Sed-festival (Heb Sed) Renewal of the kings' Reign
بقلم: سامح عرب في: الأحد 5 نوفمبر 2017 - التصنيف: علم المصريات

The Sed festival (Heb Sed), named after the jackal god "Sed", was the most important celebration of kingship in ancient Egypt. Its origin rooted in the pre-dynastic times (before 3150 BC) an...

Bibliotheca Alexanderina
Bibliotheca Alexanderina
The ancient library of Alexandria and the re-built of the modern one
بقلم: سامح عرب في: السبت 21 أكتوبر 2017 - التصنيف: علم المصريات

Alexandria, the main harbor of Egypt on the Mediterranean, was once called "The pearl of the Mediterranean". Strabo, the geographer in the 1st century AD, called Alexandria "The greate...