The Step Pyramid of Saqqara September 2, 2020Hella RadwanThe step pyramid of Djoser is located in Saqqara, northwest of the ancient city of Memphis. Part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of "Memphis and its Necropolis – the...
Hatshepsut's Sphinx August 28, 2020Hella RadwanClose up photo of Egypt's second largest sphinx. It was discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1912, not far from where it stands today, at Memphis, today's Mit Rahina, south of...
Hathor, Lady of the Stars, Eye of Ra August 21, 2020Hella RadwanHathor's name means "domain (or mansion) of Horus". In the Pyramid Texts, the Domain of Horus was a special part of the sky where the dead king would be rejuvenated....
Scenes from Ramose's Tomb August 14, 2020Hella RadwanTomb TT 55 (TT standing for Theban Tomb) is located in Sheik Abd el-Qurna on the West Bank of the Nile at Luxor in the region of the Tombs of...
Thutmose III and the Atef Crown July 25, 2020Hella RadwanThis wonderful painted limestone relief currently in the Luxor Museum, is depicting kind Thutmose III wearing the atef crown. The atef crown is decorated with ostrich feathers, representing truth and...
Mentuhotep Nebheptre July 18, 2020Hella RadwanMentuhotep II reigned for 51 years. He belonged to the Theban 11th dynasty of Upper Egypt that was contemporary to the Herakleopolitan-led 9th and 10th dynasties which ruled Middle- and...
