Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy)
- More Re Discoveries At Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A good summary of the work carried out at Kom el Hittan. When it was constructed on Luxor's west bank during the 14th century BC, the mortuary temple of the 18th-Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III was the largest temple...
- In The Reign Of The Black Pharaohs
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy) Our great grandfathers called it Ta-Seti, Land of the Bow. They were referring to the area south of the First Cataract at Aswan, and the reason behind the name was the unparalleled skill its inhabitants demonstrated...
- Snapshot - Nubian Monuments
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy) ABU SIMBEL, Philae and Kalabsha are temples which come to mind whenever Nubian monuments are mentioned, but is that all the High Dam threatened to flood? Mohamed El Hebeishy finds out. Once the campaign to rescue...
- Snap Shot: Philae
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed el-Hebeishy) THE ANCIENT Egyptians named it Philak, the Greeks Philae while the Arabs called it Anas Al-Wugud. Whatever its name, this remote Nile island doesn't exist anymore, submerged beneath the river water with the construction...
- Snap Shot: Colossi Of Memnon
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El Hebeishy) SOME 1,000-tonne twin statues have been standing firm for more than 3,400 years at the entrance of the Theban Necropolis. Mohamed El-Hebeishy takes off the shroud around the Colossi of Memnon. Amenhotep III ruled...
Egypt
Snap Shot: Sites that the High Dam put under threat
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy)
El-Hebeishy lists the main sites that were put under threat by the Aswan High Dam, and shows a photograph of one of the beautiful painted scenes which was salvaged from Buhen, which is now under the waters of the lake:
The featured photograph captures one of the salvaged walls of the Temple of Buhen. Dedicated to Horus, this temple was completed during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut. It was built inside the walls of the fortress of Buhen, one of a series known as the Second Cataract Fortresses which were built by the Pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom. Located on the western bank of the Nile, around 50 kilometres south of Aksha, the fortress of Buhen served as an important strategic point ensuring control over this part of the river.
- More Re Discoveries At Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A good summary of the work carried out at Kom el Hittan. When it was constructed on Luxor's west bank during the 14th century BC, the mortuary temple of the 18th-Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III was the largest temple...
- In The Reign Of The Black Pharaohs
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy) Our great grandfathers called it Ta-Seti, Land of the Bow. They were referring to the area south of the First Cataract at Aswan, and the reason behind the name was the unparalleled skill its inhabitants demonstrated...
- Snapshot - Nubian Monuments
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy) ABU SIMBEL, Philae and Kalabsha are temples which come to mind whenever Nubian monuments are mentioned, but is that all the High Dam threatened to flood? Mohamed El Hebeishy finds out. Once the campaign to rescue...
- Snap Shot: Philae
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed el-Hebeishy) THE ANCIENT Egyptians named it Philak, the Greeks Philae while the Arabs called it Anas Al-Wugud. Whatever its name, this remote Nile island doesn't exist anymore, submerged beneath the river water with the construction...
- Snap Shot: Colossi Of Memnon
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El Hebeishy) SOME 1,000-tonne twin statues have been standing firm for more than 3,400 years at the entrance of the Theban Necropolis. Mohamed El-Hebeishy takes off the shroud around the Colossi of Memnon. Amenhotep III ruled...