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Encyclopedia - Umm El-qa'ab: Encyclopedia - Umm El-qa'ab
General view of area, showing littering of pots Umm el-Qa'ab (or sometimes Umm el Ga'ab) is the necropolis of the Early Dynastic kings a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abydos, Egypt: Encyclopedia - Abydos, Egypt
Abydos, one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, stood about 11 km (6 miles) west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N. The Egyptian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abydos Egypt: Encyclopedia - Abydos Egypt
Abydos, one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, stood about 11 km (6 miles) west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N. The Egyptian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization along the Lower Nile, reaching from the Nile Delta in the north as far south as Jebel Barkal at the time...   » 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 - 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 - 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

Encyclopedia - Abydos Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Abydos Egypt - Temples Built
The temples successively built here on one site were nine or ten in number, from the 1st dynasty to the 26th dynasty. The first was an en...   » 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 - 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 - Abydos, Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Abydos, Egypt - Temples Built
The temples successively built here on one site were nine or ten in number, from the 1st dynasty to the 26th dynasty. The first was an en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abydos, Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Abydos, Egypt - Other Temples
The temple of Seti I was built on entirely new ground half a mile to the south of the long series of temples just described. This is the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abydos, Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Abydos, Egypt - Tombs
The Royal Tombs of the earliest dynasties were placed about a mile back on the great desert plain, in a place now known as Umm el-Qa'ab. ...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Geography
Most of Egypt is in North Africa; though the Sinai Peninsula is in Southwest Asia. The country has shorelines on the Mediterranean Sea an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abydos Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Abydos Egypt - Tombs
The Royal Tombs of the earliest dynasties were placed about a mile back on the great desert plain, in a place now known as Umm el-Qa'ab. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abydos Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Abydos Egypt - Other Temples
The temple of Seti I was built on entirely new ground half a mile to the south of the long series of temples just described. This is the ...   » 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 - 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