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The Rosetta Stone

  • : Data Publikacji.: 13-11-24

The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty in the name of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The upper and middle texts are in ancient Egyptian, using…

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A detail of a limestone relief of Merit-Ptah

  • : Data Publikacji.: 13-11-24

A detail of a limestone relief of Merit-Ptah (Ramose's Wife) represented in a festive gathering next to her husband, in the tomb of the vizier Ramose at Waset (Thebes), New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, approx. 1400 - 1362 BCE. Ramose was vizier under pharaoh…

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THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME 'EGYPT'.

  • : Data Publikacji.: 13-11-24

THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME 'EGYPT'. Did you know that Egypt is named after the Memphite creator god, Ptaḥ? Egypt as a word is derived from Latin: Aegyptus ← Greek: Αἴγυπτος (Aiguptos) ← Egyptian: ‹ ḥwt kꜣ ptḥ › "House of the kꜣ of Ptah" a reference to the…

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Late Period or Ptolemaic Era Pantheistic Bes.

  • : Data Publikacji.: 13-11-24

Late Period or Ptolemaic Era Pantheistic Bes. This bronze with gold inlay statuette, found in Syria, but from Egypt; depicts a composite deity who has the attributes and, therefore, the powers of several different deities with the face of the god Bes.…

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