Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture
For at least ten thousand years, the Nile valley has been the site of one of the most influential civilizations in the world. Even today,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transliteration Of Ancient Egyptian: Encyclopedia Ii - Transliteration Of Ancient Egyptian - Standards
As important as transliteration is to the field of Egyptology, there is no one single standard scheme in use for hieroglyphic and hierati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Architecture - Characteristics
Due to the scarcity of wood, the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were unbaked mud brick and stone. From the Old ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts: Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts
The literature that make up the Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts are a collection of religious documents that were used in Ancient Egypt, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Units Of Measurement
Ancient Egyptian standards of measure evolved over a period of several thousand years as a combination of two systems. The oldest Egyptia...   » Read the article

Article - Soul After Death: Belief Of The Ancient Egyptians
The Egyptians believed in a ‘double’ which was like a shadow of the body. This double remained as long as the body remained. The soul was...   » Read the article

Article - Ancient Egypt: Egyptian Divinity - Who's In Charge Here?
There is no one "head God" in the Egyptian pantheon, and this fact has mystified, frustrated, confused, puzzled, amused and out...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians
The racial identity of ancient Egyptians is steeped in controversy. The black presence in Ancient Egypt was generally treated by scholars...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Order Of Sciots: Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Order Of Sciots
POSSIBLE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION The previous content of this page appears to infringe on the copyright of the text from the source(s) below:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Hieroglyph: Encyclopedia - Egyptian Hieroglyph
Hieroglyphs are a system of writing used by the Ancient Egyptians, using a combination of logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt
Cats (Felis catus) are among the most common pets in the world. In the United States, for example, according to a survey released by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare
Ancient warfare is war as conducted from the beginnings of history to the end of the ancient period. In Europe, the end of antiquity is o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt
Image:Egypt nefertiti.jpg Ancient Egyptian arts is an art form which is five thousand years old and emerged and took shape in the ancient...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obelisk: Encyclopedia - Obelisk
An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. Ancient obelisks were made of a single piece of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah
In compiling the history of ancient Israel and Judah, there are many available sources, including the Jewish Tanakh (partially the Old Te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt
Life in Egypt The Culture of Egypt has five thousand years of recorded history. Ancient Egypt was among the earliest civilizations. For m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Architecture - Karnak
The temple complex of Karnak is located on the banks of the River Nile some 2.5 km north of Luxor. It consists of four main parts, the Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Architecture - Luxor
Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (anci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts - New Kingdom
Ancient Egyptian Funerary Texts - Late New Kingdom. Books of the Sky Book of Nut Book of the Day Book of the Night Book of the Heav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Medicine - Doctors And Other Healers
The ancient Egyptian word for doctor is swnw. There is a long history of swnw in Ancient egypt. The earliest recorded physician in the wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Architecture - The Giza Pyramid Complex
Image:Pyramids at giza 01.jpg The Giza Necropolis stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Burial Rituals And Protocol: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Burial Rituals And Protocol - Why Did The Ancient Egyptians Mummify Their Dead?
Ancient Egyptians devoted their entire life to afterlife. However there was no concept of heaven or hell, instead one either existed amon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transliteration Of Ancient Egyptian: Encyclopedia Ii - Transliteration Of Ancient Egyptian - Samples Of Various Transliteration Schemes
The following text (rendered using WikiHiero) is transliterated below in some of the more common schemes. (This text is conventionally tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Egyptian Sites: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Ancient Egyptian Sites - Upper Egypt
List of Ancient Egyptian sites - Northern Upper Egypt. Abydos (Ancient: "Abedju") el-'Araba el Madfuna Kom el-Sultan Umm el-Qa'ab Shu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Medicine - Sources Of Information
Until the 19th century, the main sources of information regarding ancient Egyptian medicine were the writers from a later period of antiq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transliteration Of Ancient Egyptian: Encyclopedia Ii - Transliteration Of Ancient Egyptian - Electronic Transliteration
In 1984 a standard, ASCII-based transliteration system was proposed by an international group of Egyptologists at the first Table ronde i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Medicine - Magic And Religion
Magic and religion were part of everyday life in ancient Egypt. Gods and demons were though to be responsible for many ailments, so often...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Units Of Measurement - The Ro Or Portion
The word ro is found in the Akhmim Wooden Tablet and RMP as a common divisor, and in other texts with values other than 1/320. Therefore ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Of Ancient Egypt - Evolution Of Ancient Egyptian Art
Art of Ancient Egypt - Middle Kingdom. Art of Ancient Egypt - The Amarna period. Main Article : Amarna art During the Eighte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Geographic Arguments
Opponents of Afrocentrism often argue that Egyptians belong among the Semitic peoples of the Middle East, pointing to the fact that Egypt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Artistic Arguments
Artistic renderings of the human form in dynastic Egyptian art were produced using a variety of pigments, including stark white, yellow, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Linguistic Arguments
Most philologists consider the ancient Egyptian language to be a member of the Afro-Asiatic family (otherwise called "Hamito-Semitic") - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Kemet -- Black Land
Among Afrocentrist authors, it is common to refer to Egypt as "Kemet," the indigenous term for the country, which means "black land." Tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Cats In Egyptian Mythology
Egypt was not always unified; initially, it was a land with many regional tribes and nomes. Many nomes had a totemistic system of religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Analysis Of Mummified Remains
Controversy over race of Ancient Egyptians - Melanin tests. Afrocentrists also cite the results of Cheikh Anta Diop's forensic tests of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Obstacles In Ascertaining Race
Determining the race of Ancient Egyptians is rife with difficulties. Race itself is an unscientific concept, and skin color within a sing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Egyptian Chronology
Egyptian history is broken into several different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling pharaoh. The dating of events in Egyptia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Cultural And Religious Arguments
The following article excerpted from the Encyclopaedia Britannica illustrates some elements of the cultural argument, pro and con. Encycl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Language - Modern-day Resources
Interest in the Ancient Egyptian languages continues. For example, it is still taught in several universities. Many resources are in Fren...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Egyptian Domination
The narrative behind how the Israelites became slaves, or if they did at all, is still unclear. A few historians believe that this may ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Achievements
See Predynastic Egypt for inventions and other significant achievements in the Sahara region before the Protodynastic Period. The art and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Languages Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Languages Of Egypt - Ancient Egyptian Languages
The Ancient Egyptian language, which formed a separate branch among the family of Afro-Asiatic languages, was among the first written lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Culture
The Egyptian religions, embodied in Egyptian mythology, were the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt, until the coming of C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Achievements
See Predynastic Egypt for inventions and other significant achievements in the Sahara region before the Protodynastic Period. The art and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Language
The ancient Egyptians spoke an Afro-Asiatic language related to Chadic, Berber and Semitic languages. Records of the ancient Egyptian lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Culture
The Egyptian religions, embodied in Egyptian mythology, were the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt, until the coming of C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Language
Ancient Egyptian constitutes an independent branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. Its closest relatives are the Berber, Semitic, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - History
It is particularly noteworthy that the basic elements of Egyptian culture were remarkably stable and changed little over a period of near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Numerals - Written Numbers
Besides this numeral system, the ancient Egyptian language could also write out numbers as words, phonetically, just like one can write "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - History
The ancient Egyptians themselves traced their origin to a land they called Punt, or "Ta Nteru" ("Land of the Gods"). Once commonly though...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - People
A recent genetic study links the maternal lineage of a traditional population from Upper Egypt to Eastern Africa [1]. A separate study fu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - People And Origins
Archaeological findings show that nomadic hunter-gatherers lived along the Nile during the Pleistocene. Traces of these early peoples app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Burial Rituals And Protocol: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Burial Rituals And Protocol - Different Classes
The Pharaoh: In Ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh was the highest political and religious authority. The Pharaoh represented the gods. Long befo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Geography
Egypt is a transcontinental nation located mostly in North Africa, with the Sinai peninsula lying in Asia. The country has shorelines on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Of Ancient Egypt - Paintings
Ancient Egyptian paintings survived due to the extremely dry climate. The ancient Egyptians created paintings to make the afterlife of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Warfare - Cultures
Ancient warfare - Chinese. Main article: Military history of China Ancient China during the Shang Dynasty was a Bronze Age society ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Of Ancient Egypt - Art Forms
Ancient Egyptian art forms are characterized by regularity and detailed depiction of human beings and the nature, and, were intended to p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obelisk: Encyclopedia Ii - Obelisk - Ancient Obelisks
Obelisk - Egyptian obelisks. In 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica wrote, "The earliest TEMPLE obelisk still in position is that of Senwosr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obelisk: Encyclopedia Ii - Obelisk - Ancient Obelisks
Obelisk - Egyptian obelisks. In 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica wrote, "The earliest temple obelisk still in position is that of Senwosr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Of Ancient Egypt - Character And Style
Homeometric regularity, keen observation and exact representation of actual life and nature, and strict conformity to a set of rules rega...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Cats In Other Religions
Feline reverence is not peculiar to Ancient Egyptian civilisation. Muslim theology maintains that the prophet Muhammad once found a cat s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Warfare - Tactics And Weapons
Ancient warfare - Strategy. Ancient strategy focused broadly on the twin goals of making continued war seem more costly than submitting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Warfare - Overview
The difference between prehistoric and ancient warfare is less one of technology than of organization. The development of first city-stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Early Dynastic Period
The origins of the unified Egyptian state are unclear, and there are no contemporary sources, and later sources are unclear and contradic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Open Problems
There are several open problems concerning ancient Egyptian history. Conclusions on the origins of the Hyksos and their first leaders are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Old Kingdom
Egyptologists consider the Old Kingdom as beginning with the Third Dynasty, and around the time of the Fourth Dynasty, the art of embalmi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Cats In Everyday Life In Ancient Egypt
The exaltation of cats in Ancient Egypt most likely began with their contribution to agriculture. Feral cats, or "reed cats", naturally p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Late Period
Memphis and the Delta region became the target of many attacks from the Assyrians, until Psammetichus managed to reunite Middle and Lower...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - New Kingdom
The Eighteenth Dynasty marks the beginning of the New Kingdom. Various pharaohs extended the control of Egypt further than ever before, r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - First Intermediate Period
This era includes the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties and into the First Intermediate Period. The Old Kingdom became weakened by famine and wea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Protodynastic Period
Along the Nile, in the 10th millennium BC, a grain-grinding culture using the earliest type of sickle blades had become replaced by anoth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Music And Dance
Egyptian music is a rich mixture of indigenous, Arabic, African and Western influences. As early as 4000 BC, ancient Egyptians were playi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Middle Kingdom
Around 2055 BCE, Mentuhotep II from Thebes ended this period of unrest and united the country again. He installed a new administration an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Third Intermediate Period
After the death of Rameses XI, the High Priests of Amun at Thebes, in the person of Piankh, assumed control of Upper Egypt, ruling from T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Bubastis And The Cult Of The Cat
Although the cat cult was an significant religious movement by the birth of the New Kingdom it gained new importance when Shoshenq I deve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Of Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture Of Africa - Early Architecture
Main Articles: Nubian pyramids, Ancient Egyptian architecture, Great Zimbabwe Probably the most famous structure in all of Egypt, the pyr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Funerary Traditions
Herodotus noted that cats who died anywhere in Egypt were often taken to Bubastis to be mummified and buried in the great cemetery, but t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edwin Smith Papyrus: Encyclopedia Ii - Edwin Smith Papyrus - History
Edwin Smith was born in 1822, the year that Egyptian hieroglyphs were first deciphered. Being an Egyptologist, he bought parts of the anc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Literature
Ancient Egyptian literature dates back to the Old Kingdom, in the third millennium BC. Religious literature is best known for its hymns t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East - Synchronisms Between Mesopotamia And Egypt
It is possible that mutual influences existed between the Nile Valley and Mesopotamia since very early times. Some authorities believed t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Types Of Mummies
Mummy - Intentionally prepared ritualistic mummies. The best-known mummies are those that have been deliberately embalmed with the spec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Language
Main Article: Languages of Egypt The Ancient Egyptian language, which formed a separate branch among the family of Afro-Asiatic languages...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Step Pyramid: Encyclopedia Ii - Step Pyramid - Ancient Egypt
The earliest Egyptian pyramids were also step pyramids. During the Third Dynasty of Ancient Egypt (27th century BC), the architect Imhote...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Religion
Ancient Egyptian religion was a polytheistic system that saw the world as in conflict between forces of order and chaos. The Pharaoh, rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Mummies In Ancient Egypt
In Egypt, the dead were originally not mummified with the extensive process that happened during the first dynasty. The dead were origina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Period Of The Judges
The Hebrews migrated into Canaan circa 1200 BCE, a time when the great powers of the region were neutralized by troubles of various kinds...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - The Period Of The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah
In 922 BCE, the Kingdom of Israel was divided. Judah, the southern Kingdom, had Jerusalem as its capital and was led by Rehoboam. It was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - The United Monarchy
Increasing pressure from the Philistines and other neighboring tribes forced the Israelites to unite under one king. The notion of kingsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Early History
The Mousterian Neanderthals were the earliest inhabitants of the area known to archaeologists, and have been carbon-dated to c. 200,000 B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Natural Mummies
Natural mummification is fairly rare, due to the requirement for certain specific conditions, but it has produced some of the oldest know...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - The Patriarchal Period
The patriarchal period begins with Abraham. The Bible places the events surrounding Abraham (originally Abram) circa 1800 BCE, give or ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - The Period Of Captivity
In 722 BCE, the Assyrians, under Shalmaneser, and then under Sargon, conquered Israel (the northern Kingdom), destroyed its capital Samar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Roman Conquests
In 63 BCE, Pompey conquered the region and made it a client kingdom of Rome. In 6 CE, Caesar Augustus made it a Roman province under a pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Mummies In Recent Times
Mummies have been an object of intense interest in the West since archaeologists began finding them in large numbers. 19th-century aristo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Roman Conquests
In 63 BCE, Pompey conquered the region and made it a client kingdom of Rome. In 6 CE, Caesar Augustus made it a Roman province under a pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Language - Development Of The Language
Scholars group the Egyptian language into six major chronological divisions: Archaic Egyptian (before 2600 BC) Old Egyptian (2600 BC - 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Hieroglyph: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Hieroglyph - Script
The hieroglyphic script has 24 main uniliterals (symbols that stand for single sounds, much like English letters) for which we today asso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mummy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mummy - Famous Mummies
Mummy - From Egypt. Tutankhamun Ramses I Nesperennub Amenophis III Thutmosis II Seti I Ramses II Yuya Mummy - Others. Ötzi the Ic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Language - Structure Of The Language
Egyptian is a fairly typical Afro-Asiatic language. At the heart of Egyptian vocabulary is a root of three consonants. Sometimes there we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Hieroglyph: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Hieroglyph - History And Evolution
Symbols on Gerzean pottery, c.4000 BC, resemble traditional hieroglyph writing [1]. For many years, the earliest known hieroglyphic inscr...   » Read the article