The talatat of Karnak April 23, 2021Hella RadwanKing Akhenaten constructed a number of temples in Karnak early in his reign, before moving the capital to Amarna. These temples were constructed with small blocks, called talatat. Talatat is...
Sphinx presenting offerings April 9, 2021Hella RadwanSphinxes are fascinating creatures. Originating in ancient Egypt, they have the body of a lion and the head of a human, oftentimes the king. The earliest known Egyptian sphinx dates...
Lasting is the Manifestation of Ra March 26, 2021Hella RadwanWe are back today to one of my favourite museums to look at one of my favourite kings: a greywacke (a variety of sandstone) statue of Thutmose III, the 6th...
"Through what the heart plans and the tongue commands" March 12, 2021Hella RadwanPtah was one of the central gods of the Memphite pantheon and the creator deity who made the world with his heart and tongue. He first created the gods then...
Images of Ptah from the Memphis Open Air Museum February 26, 2021Hella Radwan"The ruins of Memphis hold a half-day's journey in every direction" - Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi According to legend, the ancient city of Memphis was founded by the pharaoh Menes. Its...
Ka-aper or Sheikh el-balad February 12, 2021Hella RadwanThis wonderful statue from the early 5th dynasty of the Old Kingdom represents a chief lector priest called Ka-aper. The lector priest - 'Xry-Hb' in ancient Egyptian, literally meaning ‘he...
