Egypt
- The Sirius Lore
Al Ahram Weekly (Assem Deif) Thanks to Mohamed Amin for letting me know that the above article has been posted. To the earliest Egyptians, Sirius/Sothis was the home of departed souls. Assem Deif shows how the triad Osiris-Isis-Nephthys affected other...
- Star Of The Nile
space.com In ancient Egypt, the New Year began with the return of Sirius. It was, in fact, the "Nile Star" or the "Star of Isis" of the early Egyptians. Interestingly, some 5000 years ago, this "heliacal rising" (appearing to rise just prior to the sun)...
- Travel Notes
Nile Cruise and Philae http://www.bruneitimes.com.bn/details.php?shape_ID=32668 "Although the dams are of great value for cultivation, their construction meant the flooding of priceless historical monuments. One such monument was saved the Philae temple,...
- Travel: Nile Cruise, Cairo, Philae And Abu Simbel
http://washingtontimes.com/travel/20070323-085419-6551r_page2.htmAn account of a Nile cruise with visits to Cairo, Philae and Abu Simbel. It is coming to the end of the most popular time for tourism in Egypt, but there seem to be lots of travel accounts...
- Travel: A View From The Nile (part 2)
http://tinyurl.com/f72gu (venturacountystar.com) Second of a two part travel item charting a trip to Egypt. In this installment, the writer, Barry Pollack, travels to Philae, Edfu, and Luxor (the Temple of Luxor, the Valley of the Kings and Karnak), and...
Egypt
Travel: Aswan to Esna
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/640598.cms
Travel piece about the main sites around Aswan, and then Kom Ombo, Edfu and Esna, which includes brief details for all sites about the nature of the deities represented there: " First stop: the island Philae Temple of Isis the god of ends and beginnings, Osiris the god of the afterlife and their son Horus, a symbol of life as he ascended the throne and avenged the murder of his father at the hands of his uncle, Seth. Built as a burial place for Osiris - who was resurrected by Isis to become lord of the underworld - the Philae Temple has a strong Roman character with its colonnades and columns. Besides the Temple of Isis, Hadrian's Gate, and Temple of Hathor, it’s the Trajan kiosk - a graceful structure with beautiful capital — that’s an eye-stopper, rising majestically from the sand, attractively silhouetted against the blue of the river and sky. Replying to our questions about the Coptic crosses carved on columns in the hypostyle hall, Tamer told us that this part was once turned into a church."
This is organized as a three-page article, but I found that the second page was blank - just click on the Next button to continue to the last page, or print the piece out in Print format.
- The Sirius Lore
Al Ahram Weekly (Assem Deif) Thanks to Mohamed Amin for letting me know that the above article has been posted. To the earliest Egyptians, Sirius/Sothis was the home of departed souls. Assem Deif shows how the triad Osiris-Isis-Nephthys affected other...
- Star Of The Nile
space.com In ancient Egypt, the New Year began with the return of Sirius. It was, in fact, the "Nile Star" or the "Star of Isis" of the early Egyptians. Interestingly, some 5000 years ago, this "heliacal rising" (appearing to rise just prior to the sun)...
- Travel Notes
Nile Cruise and Philae http://www.bruneitimes.com.bn/details.php?shape_ID=32668 "Although the dams are of great value for cultivation, their construction meant the flooding of priceless historical monuments. One such monument was saved the Philae temple,...
- Travel: Nile Cruise, Cairo, Philae And Abu Simbel
http://washingtontimes.com/travel/20070323-085419-6551r_page2.htmAn account of a Nile cruise with visits to Cairo, Philae and Abu Simbel. It is coming to the end of the most popular time for tourism in Egypt, but there seem to be lots of travel accounts...
- Travel: A View From The Nile (part 2)
http://tinyurl.com/f72gu (venturacountystar.com) Second of a two part travel item charting a trip to Egypt. In this installment, the writer, Barry Pollack, travels to Philae, Edfu, and Luxor (the Temple of Luxor, the Valley of the Kings and Karnak), and...