The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is situated beneath the cliffs at Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Egypt Temples’
Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon (known to locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For [...]
Tutankhamun
Discovery of the tomb
In 1907, just before his discovery of the tomb of Horemheb, Theodore M. Davis’s team uncovered a small site containing [...]
Ramesses II
Family and life
Ramesses II was the third king of the 19th dynasty, and the second child of Seti I and his Queen Tuya. His only definite [...]
Roman amphitheatre
An amphitheatre (alternatively amphitheater) is an open-air venue for spectator sports, concerts, rallies, or theatrical performances. There are [...]
The step pyramid in Sakkara
Sakkara (Saqqara) is one of the most extensive archaeological sites in Egypt! It was the cemetery for Memphis, the capital of Ancient Egypt, yet it is still one of the virgin archaeological sites, despite the fact that so much has already been found here!
The site is dominated by the Step Pyramid of King Zoser, which [...]