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Very nice Koach,The most beautiful their eyes
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The Temples of Abu Simbel
The Temples of Abu Simbel are amongst the most interesting Pharaonic Temples. Located close to the southern border with the Sudan, it is 280 km south of Aswan and consists of two, rock-cut Temples, which both date back to the reign of King Ramses II (1290-1223 BC). Unfortunately these unique Temples suffered from the raising water of Lake Nasser while the High Dam was being built. Other countries, with the help of UNESCO, assisted Egypt to help save them.
The two Temples were cut in to many pieces, and then they were reconstructed again on a site 65m higher than the original location, and 200m back inland, to escape the rising water level. This great rescue operation began in June 1964 and finished in September 1968.
The first Temple was built by King Ramses II and is dedicated to the God Re-Hor-Akhty, Amon, Ptah, and King Ramses II as a deified King. Its fa
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The temples of Luxor and Karnak are separated by about three kilometers with the sacred lake between them. The Temple of Karnak is as splendid at that of Luxor, perhaps even more so, and offers visitors some rare glimpses into the ancient past of Egypt. There are many wonderful things to see and enjoy here. Karnak is divided into three areas separated by rough brick walls. The largest area measures approximately 30 hectares and is the best restored area. This temple, dedicated to the god Amon, and is believed to be the oldest of the four temples at Thebes. To its left is the sanctuary of Manatee, the god of war and across from it is the sanctuary to the goddess Mut, Amon's wife, who, interestingly enough, was symbolically represented as a vulture.
The size of the temple of Amon is amazing. It is the largest temple supported by columns in the world. The most imposing structure is the hypostyle hall which measures over 300 feet long and 159 feet wide. Within its area stands 34 columns, each almost 70 feet high, with open papyrus shaped capitals. Stones resting on top of these columns offer some of the best views of what the temple was like in ancient times. Protected from the Sun the hieroglyphics on their underside are still the brilliant colors they were thousands of years ago. The temple was built by various pharaohs over a long period of time. Amon-Ofis III built the twelve columns architraves, Ramses I began the decoration of this and it was continued by Seti I and Ramses the II. There are a number of obelisks on the temple grounds. Only one remains from Tutmose I and it measures almost 70 feet high and is estimated to weigh 143 tons. Another, higher still, was erected by Hatshepsut, daughter of Tutmose I, and it is said that she provided "bushels of gold as if they were sacks of grain" to build it.
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ok koach its url : http://www.eyelid.co.uk/Hatshepsut.htm
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LOL koach,Person eat any thing when hungy,and its good cuze she Did not eat the car driver
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Happy Birthday Crysta
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I tell you the past and civilization to civilization, I love this and am proud of and I hate being where we are in Egypt
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Hatshepsut the Woman Who Was King
Queen Hatshepsut (left) was the first great woman in recorded history: the forerunner of such figures as Cleopatra, Catherine the Great and Elizabeth I.
Her rise to power went against all the conventions of her time. She was the first wife and Queen of Thutmose II and on his death proclaimed herself Pharaoh, denying the old king's son, her nephew, his inheritance. To support her cause she claimed the God Amun-Ra spoke, saying "welcome my sweet daughter, my favourite, the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Maatkare, Hatshepsut. Thou art the King, taking possession of the Two Lands." She dressed as a king, even wearing a false beard and the Egyptian people seem to have accepted this unprecedented behaviour.
She remained in power for twenty years and during this time the Egyptian economy flourished, she expanded trading relations and built magnificent temples as well as restoring many others. Eventually her nephew grew into a man and took his rightful place as pharaoh. The circumstances of this event are unknown and what became of Hatshepsut is a mystery.
(above) Queen Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el Bahri
Hatshepsut's successor became the greatest of all Pharaohs, Thutmose III, "the Napoleon of ancient Egypt." He had her name cut away from the temple walls which suggests he was not overly fond of his auntie. But the fact that she was able to contain the ambitions of this charismatic and wily fellow for so many years, hints at the qualities of her character.
(above) Parade' and 'The Army' are etchings made from drawings done at Deir el Bahri. 'The Army' represents a trading expedition to the Land of Punt (thought to be somewhere on the coast of Somalia) and shows Nehsi the Nubian general.
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Happy Birthday code
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Saqqara (Saccara or Sacarrah) is a desolate patch of desert west of the Nile and 9 miles (14 km) south of Cairo. It is close to the Ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis and contains burials from much of Egypt's history. Saqqara took the name of Sokar, the Old Kingdom god of orientation (measurement of location), and there are theories that the ancient surveys of all Egypt took this as their starting point.
The Step Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser)
by Johann Frey.
Djoser
Pharaoh Djoser (Zoser or Netjerikhet) (ruled 2668-2649 BCE) built the world's first Pyramid here, or more correctly his architect, Imhotep (Imuthes), designed the structure that today dominates the region. Along with the 210 foot tall Pyramid, the 37 acre (15 ha) (544 X 277 meters) complex recreates the Royal Palace in finely finished and detailed stone with a number of buildings, columns and shrines, some of them only facades.
A unique feature is a courtyard for the thirty-year Sed celebration where the Pharaoh would run a short course and thus be rejuvenated to rule for another 30 years. Thus Djoser planned to rule for eternity.
Indeed his name, and that of Imhotep, have endured as a result of his Pyramid - the oldest known dressed stone building in the history of man. (The temples of Malta from c.3700 BCE could also vie for that honor, but the stones are roughly cut.) That the oldest building would be such a vast, well engineered and extraordinarily beautiful endeavor .....
..... is highly unlikely.
Inside the Step Pyramid of Djoser
by E.J. Andrews, 1842.
Gisr el Mudir
The Gisr el Mudir (enclosure of the boss) is a sand covered rectangle west of Djoser's Step Pyramid. The walls enclose an area 1150 by 2130 feet (350 X 650 meters), much larger than Djoser's complex. The walls are of roughly finished stone blocks filled with rubble and are 15 feet high and 50 feet thick. This huge construction is as yet only minimally excavated. It is suspected to have been built by Pharaoh Khasekhemwy (ruled ?-2685 BCE) who reigned before Djoser, perhaps immediately before.
The stone enclosure found at the Gisr el Mudir and Khasekhemwy's complex at Abydos are large projects that entailed organization on a level approaching that of the Pyramids, yet the use of mud-brick at Abydos and fairly small, roughly cut stone at Saqqara show a greatly inferior technology. Still there was a quickening at Khasekhemwy's time, of new ideas, greater wealth, or both.
The Pyramid of Unas
by E.J. Andrews, 1842.
Unas
Pharaoh Unas (Unis, Oenas or Wenis) (ruled 2375-2345 BCE) also built his Pyramid at Saqqara. Inside he placed an undecorated black basalt sarcophagus and built the walls of his burial chamber of fine cream colored alabaster (calcite) carved and painted to resemble a sacred tent with a ceiling of golden stars. Here was engraved the first known example of the "Book of the Dead", careful instructions on overcoming the obstacles of the next world. This beautiful chamber is yet another treasure of Ancient Egypt.
Sekhemkhet
Sekhemkhet (Djoser Tati) (ruled 2649-2643 BCE) built an unfinished Pyramid or mastaba at Saqqara. The successor to Djoser, it is apparent that he planned a complex only a little more modest. Located South West of Djoser's Pyramid, roughly where the name "Unas" is placed on the map below, Sekhemkhet's structure was unknown when this map was drawn.
The Sekhemkhet complex was discovered and excavated by Zakaria Goneim in the early 1950's. Months of hard work and the accidental death of a workman produced a small amount of Old Kingdom gold jewelry (a very rare find) and hundreds of stone containers of beautiful workmanship.
A great success appeared to have been achieved when an unopened, sealed alabaster sarcophagus was found deep under the Pyramid. Amid great publicity the sarcophagus was opened --- and it was empty.
Unfairly, Goneim took a great amount of abuse in the media as a result of this PR disappointment, the public neglecting the value of his other finds and the scientifically important information of the empty burial. Unable to resurrect his career, Goneim drowned himself in the Nile.
Map of the Pyramids of Saqqara
by E.J. Andrews, 1842.
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The Saladin Castle, is among the preferred traveller attractions in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo is the capital city of Egypt and, the thirteenth biggest town internationally.
About 16,000,000 people live in Cairo and like it not only for its prospering contemporary society but also for its historic importance.
The Castle is a part of the Muqattam Hill near the centre of the town. It was once known for its breezes and gorgeous views, as long ago as Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din, who built it and then fortified it against attack.
The computed construction date is between 1176 and 1183. You can notice the Cairo Castle is also known as the Mohamed Ali Castle because within, it holds the particular Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, built in the 19th century. The mosque was assembled in honour and in memory of Muhammad Ali
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Being on the top of a city like Cairo that has a vast area that is full of contradictions is quite an interesting experience. "This city looks quite different from above than what one see from bellow", this famous sentence was said by Adel Emam, one of the most famous Egyptian actors, in one of his movies describing Cairo is quite expressive as the city looks quite different from above, especially from the top of the Cairo Tower. Many tourists from all over the world especially the Arabs visit the Cairo Tower when they come to Egypt to enjoy the panoramic views the tower offers of the city of the thousand minarets.
The tower consists of 16 floors which were built on a huge Aswan granite base which the Pharos used to build fascinating temples and structures.
The Cairo Tower became one of the landmarks of Cairo now and it is considered an architectural germ built in the shape of the most important plant in the lives of the ancient Egyptians, the lotus, as a demonstration of the old Egyptian civilization.
The history of the Cairo Tower:
The Cairo Tower which is considered the only future monument of this era was built between the years 1956 and it was finished in 1961 with the help of more than 500 Egyptian workers. It designed by the Egyptian Engineer Na'oum Shobaib.
The Tower was built out of concrete iron and it has the shape of the famous Lotus plant that the ancient Egyptians used to produce papyrus. The length of the tower is 187 meters which 43 meters higher than the great pyramid of Cheapos. It is located in the middle of Cairo at the edge of the Zamalek Island.
The Cairo Tower was built in the reign of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the former Egyptian president and it cost 6 million pounds at the time it was built in the late 60s. This sum of money was given to the Egyptian government by USA to stop the Egyptians from supporting the Algerian apprising against the French occupation. This was why the Tower had two names: the American name "the fork in the back of Nasser" and the Egyptian name "stopping Roosevelt".
However, the six million pounds didn't affect the Egyptian attitude towards supporting other Arab nations and although Egypt needed that money immensely to rebuild its infrastructure, Nasser insisted to build the Cairo Tower with the American money to stand as a clear everlasting evident to the union Egypt has with the Arab world.
The restoration of the Tower:
The Cairo Tower went through a huge operation of restoration that lasted for two years from 2006 till 2008. The operation was implemented by Arab Contractors and it cost 15 million pounds. The work included restoring the iron body of the tower, emergency stairs, and a new elevator for the visitors, renewing the entrance of the tower, and renewing and painting the outer body of the tower.
The area of the Tower was extended to reach 400% of the old surface area which was used to reach 1145 meters by adding four new floors. This enabled the Cairo Tower to host 700 visitors in the same time instead of only 120 visitors. This is besides being lighted by a new (LED) system.
The Cairo Tower Today:
The ticket to visit Cairo Tower is 20 EGP for the Egyptians and 60 EGP for Non-Egyptians. The Cairo Tower offers amazing views of the Nile, different parts of Cairo, Saladin Citadel, the old campus of the American University, the Abdeen Palace, Qaser El Nile Bridge, Al Azhar Mosque, and even the pyramids can be seen uniquely from the Cairo Tower. There are also free telescopes at the top floor of the tower to enable visitors to explore Cairo in a totally different way.
At the top of the tower, there is a nice revolving restaurant that enables its visitors to see all the parts of Cairo. The restaurant contains 15 tables and offers a big variety of dishes. There is also a fine caf
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Yes engines,I visited the pyramid Meidum when I'm in school I was about 12 years
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Smiley,Thank you for this additive are good
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The Meidum pyramid lies close to the entrance to el-Faiyum, about 50km south of Dashur on the western edge of the cultivated area where it becomes desert. The monument was originally ascribed to the king Huni, who ruled for around fourteen years at the end of Dynasty III
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Smiley,I have not heard this never
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The Sphinx is a statue with the body of a lion and head of human. The great sphinx of Egypt was carved from a limestone on the Pyramids plateau in Giza. It was not carved in the usual sense of the word, rather giant blocks of soft limestone were quarried around the Great Sphinx to give its basic shape. It looms 241 feet long and 65 feet high.
19th century photos of the sphinx
The traditional and majority view is that the Great Sphinx was built at the same time as the nearby Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) in about 2540 B.C.E. The face of the Great Sphinx has been thought to be Khafre's, though recent evidence casts doubt on this notion. There has been lively debate in recent years arguing that it may be anywhere from two to four times that old.
Weathering patterns on the Sphinx that were consistent with water erosion rather than erosion produced by wind and sand. These patterns were not found on other structures on the plateau. Egypt is arid today, but about 10,000 years ago the land was wet and rainy. West and Schock conclude the Sphinx must be on the order of 7,000 to 10,000 years old in order to have the marks of water erosion they found.
A theory was developed that the Sphinx, when considered with the neighboring pyramids and ancient writings, is part of, and possibly the first element of, a kind of astronomical map related to the constellation Orion. They have concluded that the "best fit" for this map is found for the position of the stars as they were in 10,500 B.C.E.
Finally, there are no inscriptions or writings that directly indicate the builder or date of construction for the Sphinx. There are, in fact, some minor references that the Sphinx existed prior to the pyramids.
The Sphinx has suffered the ravages of time, man and modern pollution. The rearing cobra headpiece (uraeus) that sat on the king's forehead is lost, the nose is damaged, and the beard now consists of only museum fragments. The Great Sphinx has fallen to disrepair and been mostly covered by sand many times. A massive and expensive restoration and preservation project has been underway from 1950 to the present.
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Happy Birthday Dawn
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yes engines,There is hearsay in large say they were counting on the magic and jinn
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The Egyptian Pyramids are colossal structures used by the ancient world for religious purposes. The largest and most remarkable of the pyramids occur in several groups on the west side of the Nile extending for a distance of twenty five miles reaching as far as Cairo (the capital city). The are built from hard limestone and large blocks of limestone, especially on the outside surface. They date from 3000 BC to 2300 BC. Great skill was needed to quarry these large blocks, transport them and then place them in position. The Ancient Egyptians were very well organised and they required a good understanding of technology, science and mathematics to enable them to build what has become known as one of the wonders of the ancient world.
One of the first tasks of the pyramid builders who constructed the three pyramids shown above, was to build a track on which they could drag the large blocks from the quarry in the Arabian Hills to the River Nile where they were ferried up to the construction site. The work went on in three monthly shifts with one hundred thousand men in a single shift. It took ten years to build the track It took the same number of men twenty years to complete the Cheops pyramid. Originally the pyramids were smooth on the outside but through the thousands of years since construction this has disappeared revealing the tiers or steps underneath. Each tier is about a metre in height.
The pyramids we built by kings as tombs or memorials of themselves and it is thought that they were started at the beginning of each reign and that the height corresponded with the length of each reign.
The pyramid of Cheops was originally 146 metres high and the technology for lifting the blocks into position was well designed.
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Person short stature,and He lived on the tenth floor,Rode the elevator,But His hand was not up to No. 10 in the elevator to pressure it ,
He sat thinking what can I do what I do,
he Said I have Only one solution,
Is to press the number 5 twice
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LOL,Casa yes i do
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Please, Mom Lighting a cigarette to me
Morals and Ethics
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Moral conduct is a mood arousing good behavior with others by showing happy mien, nice wording, and kind manners. As he was asked about the limit of moral conduct, Imam as-Sadiq (a) answered: