Ramesses III in the Nemes Headdress October 2, 2020Hella RadwanWe return to the Karnak Temple today, to bring you another hidden gem tucked away on a colossi of Thuthmose III. Thutmose III built the seventh pylon for use during...
The first backpack in history? September 28, 2020Hella RadwanWe all tend to pick a few favourite artefacts when visiting museums and collections of arts. This splendid wooden statue is one of my favourites in the Egyptian Museum of...
Words spoken by Amun-Ra, master of Heaven, master of Earth September 21, 2020Hella RadwanVisiting the temple of Karnak in Luxor is a wonderful and perhaps overwhelming experience. Construction of the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and...
Amun of Karnak September 14, 2020Hella RadwanThe god Amun and his female counterpart Amunet were part of the Ogdoad of Hermopolis - Khmunu (ḫmnyw) -, eight premodial deities. Their origins go back to the times of...
Relief from Deir el-Bahri September 12, 2020Hella RadwanPainted relief from Queen/Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple, the Djeser- Djeseru, Holy of Holies, in Deir el-Bahari. The relief is from the Chapel of Hathor, part of the mortuary temple built...
Amenhotep III and Sobek September 9, 2020Hella RadwanDetail from the alabaster statue of Amenhotep III and the crocodile god Sobek. This was unearthed at the Sobek temple in Smenu (near today's Dahamsha in Upper Egypt) in 1967....
