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Hieroglyphics and Hieroglyphs - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Tutankhamun, Abu Simbel, Aswan, The Nile, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Feluccas, Valley of the Kings, The Sphinx
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Of the 18th Dynasty. Cartouche of one of the. Hieroglyphs were the symbols used by the ancient Egyptian Priests and Scholars to represent, what we today would call, writing. Hieroglyphics is the word used for the art of writing with hieroglyphs. Even though the 'pictures' were visually descriptive, these were in fact phonetic symbols, just like our present alphabet, but it did take quite some time for this to be established. The middle in Demotic (text of the People). From a cartouche on the temple carvi...
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Abu Simbel - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Tutankhamun, Aswan, The Nile, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Feluccas, Valley of the Kings, The Sphinx
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Your perfect Home from Home. When you visit Pembrokeshire. To see the Puffins on Skomer. Walk the coastal paths or visit the beautiful National Parks. Temples of Abu Simbel. The main facade consists of four statues of the pharaoh seated on his throne and represent his advancing age with the youngest to the left as viewed from the front. The Goddess Maat giving protection to Queen Nefertari. When the Aswan dam was constructed this monument would have been submerged by the waters of the newly created Lake ...
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The Banks of the River Nile - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Tutankhamun, Abu Simbel, Aswan, The Nile, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Feluccas, Valley of the Kings, The Sphinx
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Your perfect Home from Home. When you visit Pembrokeshire. To see the Puffins on Skomer. Walk the coastal paths or visit the beautiful National Parks. The River Nile and its banks. From the map, click here for - [Boats of the Nile]. The Blue Nile god Hapi is holding the central stem of a palm leaf. This represents the annual flooding of the Nile which determines the harvest. On the right the fertility god holds his hands over the two expanses of water - the Nile and the Mediterranean. The proximity of th...
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Ancient Egyptian Gods, Osiris, Isis, Hathor, Horus, Ra, Amun, Anubis, Nut, Ptah - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Tutankhamun, Abu Simbel, Aswan, The Nile, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Felucca
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ROYAL MORTALS AND THE GODS. 1 Isis and Sethi I. 3 Isis and Queen Nefertari. 4 Hathor and Sethi I. 5 Ramses II and Nefertari Offering to Isis. Note: Click thumbnail for larger image. If any of my data is found to be incorrect or innaccurate, then I should be most grateful if the correction could be sent to me by email as I have no wish to give any false information - Thank You]. The Ancient Gods - In Brief! Anubis attending to the Mouth Opening Ceremony on a mummy. The all important State God. The Goddess...
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Aswan - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Tutankhamun, Abu Simbel, The Nile, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Feluccas, Valley of the Kings, The Sphinx
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Your perfect Home from Home. When you visit Pembrokeshire. To see the Puffins on Skomer. Walk the coastal paths or visit the beautiful National Parks. Around the River at Aswan. The present town of Aswan is built on the site of the old market of the city of Abu. It is situated on the east bank at the cateracts just north of the famous Aswan dam. There are in fact two dams - the old one built by the British, the new one by the Russians between 1960 and 1964. Sharm el Sheikh holidays. A felucca sailing int...
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Temple of Edfu - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Tutankhamun, Abu Simbel, Aswan, The Nile, Kom Ombo, Feluccas, Valley of the Kings, The Sphinx
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Your perfect Home from Home. When you visit Pembrokeshire. To see the Puffins on Skomer. Walk the coastal paths or visit the beautiful National Parks. The Temple at Edfu. TEMPLE OF HORUS, EDFU. The temple is dedicated to Horus and was built in the Ptolemaic period. At the entrance to the inner temple stands a magnificent black marble statue of the god. The Hypostyle hall is both imposing and impressive because of its size and condition. An impressive feature of the temple is that nearly every...This temp...
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Ghiza and the Pyramids - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Giza, Tutankhamun, Abu Simbel, Aswan, The Nile, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Feluccas, Valley of the Kings, The Sphinx
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Your perfect Home from Home. When you visit Pembrokeshire. To see the Puffins on Skomer. Walk the coastal paths or visit the beautiful National Parks. Ghiza - Pyramids and Sphinx. The plateau of Ghiza, just a few kilometres south-west of central Cairo, is on the edge of the desert but within a stones throw of 'modern' habitation. The pyramids totally dominate the surrounding area by their extraordinary size. The Great Sphinx had an unclear function and is partly surrounded by its own 'pit'. Over the ...
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Map of the Nile - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Tutankhamun, Abu Simbel, Aswan, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Feluccas, Valley of the Kings, The Sphinx
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Map of Pre-Sand Egypt. Click on the picture below to see a larger scrolling pictorial map of ancient Egypt. It will take a few moments (30secs - 1min), but is well worth the wait. An even larger version can be downloaded. 137mb - allow a couple of minutes) by clicking HERE. The accompanying text and photographs on the map, will provide an even more interesting insight to many aspects of the the ancient world. To view photographs of the various locations, click on the mul.
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Tutankhamun & Mosque of Muhammad Ali - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Abu Simbel, Aswan, The Nile, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Feluccas, Valley of the Kings, The Sphinx
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Your perfect Home from Home. When you visit Pembrokeshire. To see the Puffins on Skomer. Walk the coastal paths or visit the beautiful National Parks. Tutankhamun and Muhammad Ali Mosque. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo contains the most extensive collection of Pharaonic artifacts, but the most important collection is that of the funerary items from the tomb of Tutankhamun. By far the most important amulet in ancient Egypt was the scarab, symbolically as sacred to the Egyptians as the cross is to Christians...
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Boats of the River Nile - Photos of Egypt - Images of Ancient Egypt - Pictures of Egypt - Photos of Ancient Egypt - Karnak, Pyramids, Tutankhamun, Abu Simbel, Aswan, The Nile, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Feluccas, Valley of the Kings, The Sphinx
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Your perfect Home from Home. When you visit Pembrokeshire. To see the Puffins on Skomer. Walk the coastal paths or visit the beautiful National Parks. The Boats of the River Nile. The history of Egypt is totally dominated by the River Nile. At one time nearly all transportation was by boat along the river. Consequently it was always thought that the Gods would travel by boat - or barque as it was called. The souls of the dead also travelled by barque in the afterlife. Few are now made entirely of wood, b...
