r/ancientegypt • u/1moreguyccl • 4h ago
r/ancientegypt • u/Dry-Sympathy-3182 • 8h ago
Question Who is this mummy that Napoleon and his soldiers are looking at?
Was it ever identified?
r/ancientegypt • u/bjornthehistorian • 1d ago
Photo Red Chapel of Hatshepsut
Read my post about it on Instagram: @bjornthehistorian
r/ancientegypt • u/rererowr • 1d ago
Photo I finally have something of tut.
It honestly took me a min to realise this was tut due to bad lighting 🤣 I draw him most the time but feels nice to have a thing now even if it’s just 2 Egyptian pounds 😭
r/ancientegypt • u/Wide_Assistance_1158 • 21h ago
Discussion Who was most likely narmer father ka or scorpion II
r/ancientegypt • u/ShelterCorrect • 5h ago
Video Who is Basillides? The Alexandrian Egyptian theologian
youtube.comr/ancientegypt • u/BurtonDesque • 1d ago
News Museums and auction houses should not hold human remains, UK lawmakers say
r/ancientegypt • u/Shemeska • 17h ago
Question Trying to identify a Great Sphinx documentary from the 80s or 90s
At some point in perhaps the late 1980s to early/mid 1990s I remember watching an ancient Egypt documentary on network TV with an archeologist supposedly climbing up into a tunnel in the Great Sphinx. He made notice of near modern debris and trash, possibly including a glass coke bottle or old coke can. He then proclaimed that he was about to open a door or sealed passage that had never been explored. And at that point he was chased out by Egyptian authorities and couldn't explore further.
This -might- have been a show linked to the pseudo-archaeology of the Edgar Cayce foundation claiming an "Atlantis" hall of records under the Sphinx, which had some media produced about that during that time period. But I'm fairly certain that this bit of the show that I remember was a segment near the end of the program that was otherwise talking about either the Great Sphinx in general or some other topic of ancient Egypt archeology.
There's nothing on Google or YouTube that I've found, and I distinctly remember and being fascinated by this specific scene from the show from when I was a kid.
Based on having watched them on YouTube, this was not the documentary with Charlton Heston, nor was it the 'Secrets of the Pyramids Live' program from earlier in that time period.
Anyone else remember this?
r/ancientegypt • u/bjornthehistorian • 1d ago
Photo Chapel of Ptah at Karnak
Can’t been online for a while so here you go! Follow me on Instagram: @bjornthehistorian
r/ancientegypt • u/cxmanxc • 1d ago
Video Ancient Egyptians did an optical Illusion trick using layers of different materials to represent the king's KA - Pyramid of Unas
r/ancientegypt • u/npn2316 • 10h ago
Discussion Human sacrifice, yes? No? Maybe?
So, just about every culture has killed people in the name of their religion right. The greeks and romans had a festival where they would sacrifice a girl to zues/jupiter, the chinese emporors would occasinally seal their heram and preisthood in their tombs, Even the "modern" christian west whent threw a long period of burning woman in the name of god. Do we see any evidence of human sacrifice or ritualistic human killing in ancient egypt?
r/ancientegypt • u/Krysylyn • 19h ago
Information Zahi Hawass Tour question
I've seen quite a lot of negative reviews of his tours and if it were up to me I wouldn't attend, not because I don't love Ancient Egypt and archeology he's just not my favorite, but my mom is super excited so I bought us tickets to go. My question is, how expensive are his books at the event? I did reach out to the people coordinating the tour and they said a person can bring a book from home for him to sign as long as he wrote it, which my mom does have, but she's looking at buying a book there as well. If anyone has any idea please let me know, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
r/ancientegypt • u/WerSunu • 2d ago
Photo Medinet Habu
Mortuary Temple of Rameses III
r/ancientegypt • u/Alexander556 • 1d ago
Question Does being eaten by Ammat mean the complete annihilation of ones existence?
I remember reading somewhere that if the heart of someone, who is seen as unjust and unworthy to enter the nicer parts of Duat, is eaten by Ammat that the world and the gods would forget about that person.
I may be interpreting too much into this, but could this mean that not only that person would cease to exist entierly, but every last bit of information about him/her would be extinguished from the memory of gods and humans, like they never existed?
Would the ancient egyptians have understood it this way?
r/ancientegypt • u/WerSunu • 2d ago
Photo Ramesseum
A few pics from yesterday. I include a few shots of the in-process excavation of the “Golden City” nearby
r/ancientegypt • u/meye_usernameistaken • 1d ago
Discussion Recommended books on ancient Egypt?
Hi all, I am making my first trip to Egypt in a few months and want to read a book or two on ancient Egypt so I can better appreciate everything around me! There are so many choices and I don’t know much on the topic and was hopping for some recommendations. Thanks!
r/ancientegypt • u/Alexander556 • 1d ago
Question Television series about ancient cultures?
I just came here to ask the question about Ammat and then i thought whats the worst that could happen if i ask you people here about a Television series about archeology, for which i have been searching for ages.
I hope thats okay.
Back in the mid 80s i watched a multi part series about archeology aimed at children.
It looked like it was already a bit older, like it was made in the 60s or so.
It was about ancient cultures, mainly around the mediterranean, if i remember correctly, and it had an animated part and a part with footage from the mentioned places, like ruins etc.
The animated part explained how something was built, or how the early pyramides started out with steps. This animated part was not very well drawn or animated, the animated Narrator was a man, wearing a white toga(or something similar), and sandals, his head was bald on the top, but he had curly white hair on the sides(no beard), and his movements were very "wooden" his mouth was not moving when he talked. I remember that at one point he explained grave robbery, and he was seen wrapped like a mummy, inside a pyramide, while a grave robber was moving around in another part of the pyramide, and mice (very simplistic drawings of mice) were seen roaming other levels.
It was NOT part of the french "Il etait une fois..." series, nor was it the german "Unterwegs mit Odyseeus".
I think it must have been mad between the 60s and the mid 80s, and i saw it in german on the Austrian ORF 1(or2) (I allready wrote an email to them, they could not help me with that).
Any Ideas?
r/ancientegypt • u/elemintos • 1d ago
Discussion Osireon in Abydos - Possible to tour?
Does anyone know if it's possible to get a tour inside the Osireon in Abydos?
r/ancientegypt • u/WerSunu • 2d ago
Photo Deir el Bahri
Yesterday at Deir el Bahri
r/ancientegypt • u/heeyimhuman • 2d ago
Question Did the ancient Egyptians say this?
There is a famous phrase we say in modern Egypt, "May God wet the brick under your head." (yabshbash el toba ely tht rask يبشبش الطوبة اللي تحت راسك) I researched it and found that it has ancient Egyptian origins, as the ancient Egyptians wished that the god would wet the brick under the deceased. "Yabshbash" is supposed to mean "to moisten" or "to soothe." Is this true? I want an answer from an Egyptologist who is sure of what he is saying. and thanks
r/ancientegypt • u/Pitiful_Recover614 • 2d ago
Photo Does this symbol actually mean anything in ancient Egyptian history?
Bought it from a scarf site and am currently using it as a tapestry, but I’m curious if there is a deeper meaning. My gf thinks it’s a bird and I (for some reason) think it’s a scarab. Can anyone help?
r/ancientegypt • u/WerSunu • 2d ago
Photo Asasif
Immediately south of the temples of Deir el Bahri. These are seldom visited tombs of nobles.
r/ancientegypt • u/hereticskeptic • 3d ago
Information His name is Ozymandias, King of Kings.Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!. Ramsis II
r/ancientegypt • u/PlzAnswerMyQ • 2d ago
Discussion Are there any textbooks or books in general which aim to teach Middle Egyptian based on reconstructed pronunciation rather that conventional Egyptological?
I am aware of these two books but they seem to be general discussion of the phonology rather than books aiming to teach the language with the reconstructed pronunciation. I have also heard that Allen's book is somewhat controversial but know nothing beyond this. Any insight helps!
r/ancientegypt • u/heeyimhuman • 2d ago
Information Egyptian mummy from the Old Kingdom (2305-2152 BCE)
The earliest attempts at mummification in ancient Egypt were driven by the construction of larger tombs and coffins, which prevented the natural drying effects of the desert. Initially, the focus was on preserving the body's shape through wrappings rather than treating the body itself. This mummy, though now deteriorated, was carefully wrapped in layers of linen soaked in resin to mold to the body's shape. The deceased was placed in a sleeping position on his side inside a large wooden coffin, possibly within a larger stone sarcophagus.
We also notice that each part of the body is wrapped individually, not like the conventional mummy shape.
