Egypt
- Alexander And His Macedonian Heirs
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) Macedonian conquest of Egypt, its consequences and its reflection in literature and art were the subject of an international workshop at the University of Warsaw towards the end of 2011. Its aim was to explore the means by...
- Octavian Augustus Named As Egyptian Pharaoh On Philae Victory Stele
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) A new translation of a Roman victory stele, erected in April 29 BC, shows Octavian Augustus’s name inscribed in a cartouche (an oblong enclosure that surrounds a pharaoh’s name) – an honour normally reserved for an Egyptian...
- Napoleon In Egypt
Book Review: Napoleon's failure in Egypt nj.com Napoleon in Egypt Paul Strathern Bantam Dell, 496 pp., $30 Reviewed by Jonathan E. Lazarus A strategically located Middle Eastern nation, with a long and rich history, had fallen on hard times. It was...
- Egypt During The Ottoman Era
Asharq Alawsat (Ayman Hamed) The Egyptian Supreme Council of Culture (affiliated to the Ministry of Culture in Egypt) in cooperation with the Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) in Turkey recently concluded an international conference...
- Stone Slab Proved To Be Gate Of Cambyses' Tomb
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/dec/1150.html"Agricultural activities by local farmers near the world heritage site of Pasargadae last year resulted in the accidental discovery of a big stone slab bearing some carvings typical of Pasargadae monuments....
Egypt
Timeline: Egypt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/790978.stm
Only a small chunk of Egyptology, but to celebrate the New Year, here's a chronology of Egypt from 7000BC to the present day:
"circa 7,000 BC - Settlement of Nile Valley begins. Egypt's pyramids served as tombs for her dead kings
circa 3,000 BC - Kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt unite. Successive dynasties witness flourishing trade, prosperity and the development of great cultural traditions. Writing, including hieroglyphics, is used as an instrument of state. Construction of the pyramids - around 2,500 BC - is a formidable engineering achievement.
669 BC - Assyrians from Mesopotamia conquer and rule Egypt.
525 BC - Persian conquest.
332 BC - Alexander the Great, of ancient Macedonia, conquers Egypt, founds Alexandria. A Macedonian dynasty rules until 31 BC.
31 BC - Egypt comes under Roman rule; Queen Cleopatra commits suicide after Octavian's army defeats her forces.
642 AD - Arab conquest of Egypt.
969 - Cairo established as capital.
1250-1517 - Mameluke (slave soldier) rule, characterised by great prosperity and well-ordered civic institutions.
1517 - Egypt absorbed into the Turkish Ottoman empire.
1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte's forces invade but are repelled by the British and the Turks in 1801. Egypt once more becomes part of the Ottoman empire."
And much more - see the above page on the BBC website for the full chronology.
"circa 7,000 BC - Settlement of Nile Valley begins. Egypt's pyramids served as tombs for her dead kings
circa 3,000 BC - Kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt unite. Successive dynasties witness flourishing trade, prosperity and the development of great cultural traditions. Writing, including hieroglyphics, is used as an instrument of state. Construction of the pyramids - around 2,500 BC - is a formidable engineering achievement.
669 BC - Assyrians from Mesopotamia conquer and rule Egypt.
525 BC - Persian conquest.
332 BC - Alexander the Great, of ancient Macedonia, conquers Egypt, founds Alexandria. A Macedonian dynasty rules until 31 BC.
31 BC - Egypt comes under Roman rule; Queen Cleopatra commits suicide after Octavian's army defeats her forces.
642 AD - Arab conquest of Egypt.
969 - Cairo established as capital.
1250-1517 - Mameluke (slave soldier) rule, characterised by great prosperity and well-ordered civic institutions.
1517 - Egypt absorbed into the Turkish Ottoman empire.
1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte's forces invade but are repelled by the British and the Turks in 1801. Egypt once more becomes part of the Ottoman empire."
And much more - see the above page on the BBC website for the full chronology.
- Alexander And His Macedonian Heirs
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil) Macedonian conquest of Egypt, its consequences and its reflection in literature and art were the subject of an international workshop at the University of Warsaw towards the end of 2011. Its aim was to explore the means by...
- Octavian Augustus Named As Egyptian Pharaoh On Philae Victory Stele
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) A new translation of a Roman victory stele, erected in April 29 BC, shows Octavian Augustus’s name inscribed in a cartouche (an oblong enclosure that surrounds a pharaoh’s name) – an honour normally reserved for an Egyptian...
- Napoleon In Egypt
Book Review: Napoleon's failure in Egypt nj.com Napoleon in Egypt Paul Strathern Bantam Dell, 496 pp., $30 Reviewed by Jonathan E. Lazarus A strategically located Middle Eastern nation, with a long and rich history, had fallen on hard times. It was...
- Egypt During The Ottoman Era
Asharq Alawsat (Ayman Hamed) The Egyptian Supreme Council of Culture (affiliated to the Ministry of Culture in Egypt) in cooperation with the Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) in Turkey recently concluded an international conference...
- Stone Slab Proved To Be Gate Of Cambyses' Tomb
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/dec/1150.html"Agricultural activities by local farmers near the world heritage site of Pasargadae last year resulted in the accidental discovery of a big stone slab bearing some carvings typical of Pasargadae monuments....