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The talatat of Karnak

The talatat of Karnak

April 23, 2021Hella Radwan

King 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

Sphinx presenting offerings

April 9, 2021Hella Radwan

Sphinxes 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

Lasting is the Manifestation of Ra

March 26, 2021Hella Radwan

We 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"

"Through what the heart plans and the tongue commands"

March 12, 2021Hella Radwan

Ptah 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

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

Ka-aper or Sheikh el-balad

February 12, 2021Hella Radwan

This 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...

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