Osiride statues of Hatshepsut June 4, 2021Hella RadwanAn Osiride statue is a standing statue of a pharaoh in the form of a mummy, with its back leaning against a wall or a column. These statues that are...
Thoth is born May 28, 2021Hella RadwanThutmose was the birth name of four different rulers of the New Kingdom's 18th dynasty. The name of the god Thoth is an ancient Greek transcription of the original ancient...
Lady of Grace, Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt May 21, 2021Hella RadwanThe 6th of December marks 108 years since the discovery of the iconic bust of Queen Nefertiti, whose name means "The beautiful one has come". This post will look at...
Ploughing for eternity May 17, 2021Hella RadwanModels of daily life were popular in ancient Egypt from as early as the Old Kingdom. Egyptians believed that burying models of things or activities they were familiar with in...
King's Son of his Body, Ra-Hotep and King's Acquaintance Nofret May 14, 2021Hella RadwanIt was 1871, when Auguste Mariette excavated the mastaba tomb of Ra-Hotep and Nofret in Meidum. Meidum, ancient d¯d snfrw (“Sneferu endures”), is an archaeological site on the west bank...
Troop Commander, Charioteer of the King, Overseer of Foreign Lands and Chief of the Medjay, Neb-Re May 7, 2021Hella RadwanNeb-Re was the commander of the fortress located at ‘The Town (dmi) of Usermaatre-Setepenre’,today's Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, about 320 kilometres west of the city of Alexandria, towards theLibyan border. The...
