Egypt
- Life Of The Pharaohs. Festivals And Celebrations
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) Usually whenever we find a book published on Ancient Egypt, its subject will either always be on the pharaohs' tombs and their pyramids, or the religion of the pharaohs and their temples. There are very few books that...
- Flying Egyptians
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7174Please don't be tempted to shoot the messenger: "Ancient Egyptians must have been familiar with aviation. They could manufacture types of airplanes to get aerial views of some important locations...
- Egyptian Alabaster, Modern And Ancient
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6914"The Ancient Egyptians believed that alabaster was associated with the sun gods. For this reason, it was chosen to cover the walls of temples and tombs; even sarcophagi were built from the harder veins....
- 3200 Year Old Kitchen Discovered
http://tinyurl.com/ffhdm (Prensa Latina) "A discovery by a group of French and Egyptian archeologists Tuesday revealed that Egyptians enjoyed a public cooking service 3,200 years ago. The traces of that ancient civilization were found in the city of Luxor,...
- Ancient Sudan
http://tinyurl.com/kox3y (The East African) "During the past two decades, Sudan has earned notoriety for the 21-year war between the north and the south. But Sudan is also a leading archive of unexplored human history and civilisation rivalling that of...
Egypt
The significance of kitchens for ancient Egyptians
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7488
"There are diverse aspects to the ancient Egyptian civilization that many of us are fascinated by: the building of pyramids, the tombs that store mummies or hoards of gold, as well as the captivating paintings on the walls.
But few of us direct our attention to the ancient Egyptians’ cuisine and their kitchens. The issue would have remained sidelined, even despite of the fact that the walls in temples and tombs are replete with images showing the Pharaohs’ meals as well as the poultry and animals that made up part of their dishes. But when a tour guide’s interest in the matter drove her to study it, ancient Egyptian cuisine started to surface, attracting more attention to a topic once overshadowed.
Abir Enany, who earned her degree at Ein Shams University and once highlighted the topic of motherhood in ancient Egypt in a study that granted her an MA degree from the University of Alexandria, is dealing for the second time with an off-track subject relating to ancient Egyptians."
See the above page for the full story.
But few of us direct our attention to the ancient Egyptians’ cuisine and their kitchens. The issue would have remained sidelined, even despite of the fact that the walls in temples and tombs are replete with images showing the Pharaohs’ meals as well as the poultry and animals that made up part of their dishes. But when a tour guide’s interest in the matter drove her to study it, ancient Egyptian cuisine started to surface, attracting more attention to a topic once overshadowed.
Abir Enany, who earned her degree at Ein Shams University and once highlighted the topic of motherhood in ancient Egypt in a study that granted her an MA degree from the University of Alexandria, is dealing for the second time with an off-track subject relating to ancient Egyptians."
See the above page for the full story.
- Life Of The Pharaohs. Festivals And Celebrations
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) Usually whenever we find a book published on Ancient Egypt, its subject will either always be on the pharaohs' tombs and their pyramids, or the religion of the pharaohs and their temples. There are very few books that...
- Flying Egyptians
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7174Please don't be tempted to shoot the messenger: "Ancient Egyptians must have been familiar with aviation. They could manufacture types of airplanes to get aerial views of some important locations...
- Egyptian Alabaster, Modern And Ancient
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6914"The Ancient Egyptians believed that alabaster was associated with the sun gods. For this reason, it was chosen to cover the walls of temples and tombs; even sarcophagi were built from the harder veins....
- 3200 Year Old Kitchen Discovered
http://tinyurl.com/ffhdm (Prensa Latina) "A discovery by a group of French and Egyptian archeologists Tuesday revealed that Egyptians enjoyed a public cooking service 3,200 years ago. The traces of that ancient civilization were found in the city of Luxor,...
- Ancient Sudan
http://tinyurl.com/kox3y (The East African) "During the past two decades, Sudan has earned notoriety for the 21-year war between the north and the south. But Sudan is also a leading archive of unexplored human history and civilisation rivalling that of...