Maybe it’s just me but I really think the 18th dynasty is the most iconic. Not only did we find undisturbed tombs from it but it also gave us the interesting amarna period and fascinating pharaohs like Hatshepsut, Amenhotep III, and you can’t forget Akhenaten of course. What do you guys think? submitted by /u/leavingthekultbehind [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I was at the Louvre today and although part of the Egyptian collection is closed for renovation right now I did get to see one of the colossal sandstone Akhenaten statues in person finally. I had read a theory that part of the reason for the ultra-exaggerated features in these statues specifically was due to how large sculpture needs foreshortened sometimes to make sense to the viewer (or elongated in this case). Like how the columns of the Parthenon are tapered for effect. While this wasn’t placed as high as original because the lower half is missing, I didn’t see this theory work in lif ..read more

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Like how I’ve seen pictures of the tombs of Ramses III and King Tut’s tomb, and in both cases, fences, railing, large glass panes, and lots of lighting are all installed to make them more accessible to the public. But as someone who doesn’t know much about that process, are they doing any damage/harm to the tomb itself by installing such things? Also I just want to point out that I’m not accusing or saying any group of scientists have done harm to tombs, I am just genuinely curious about it and would like to be educated. submitted by /u/DarkAmaterasu58 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Dr Harini Bhat (@tilscience on TikTok) recently interviewed Dr Martinez about her findings. submitted by /u/Lux-Raven [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I was looking at the list of languages spoken in the Achaemid empire yet I couldn't find Egyptian there, so I was wondering if anybody knew what language they spoke. Old Persian perhaps? If they did happen to speak Egyptian, would anyone know what words they used to refer to the Achaemids? submitted by /u/kimigia [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I have a plaque from egypt supposedly long ago from a excavation alongside new Kingdom artefacts. This is clearly Hecate (an early Greek or Estrucian Goddess of unknown origin) , three heads with on body, inverted crescent moon as a headdress, lit torches in two hands, knives in two hands and a vase and a spherical object in the others. The three heads the torches and the relation to the moon are the accepted identifiers of Hecate. The style appears ancient egyptian (I collect artifacts since 40 years) and not thracian, greek or roman and one head has the traditional cap seen on new kingdom h ..read more

I'm an amateur to all this, so apologies if any of these are really obvious: The Nile seemed to be simply called 'river' with either Ḥꜥpy/Hapy or Jtrw/Iteru and eventually switched to the Greek Neilos then Nile, is that right? What then, were the nilometers originally called? Did they even have a word for it? Likewise is there a word for the flooding itself? There's the season of Akhet which seems to coincide with 'flooding' but it's not clear if they're one and the same. Was it just hapi as with the god? In general I'm looking for roughly New Kingdom translations or earlier. Thanks ..read more

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the empty spaces shows the quality of the pyramid isn't what it once was believed to be. it was said to be built by thousands of rocks perfectly shaped, but now we know its construction short cuts. will less visitirs now? submitted by /u/gusw1 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more