Posts Tagged ‘information’

Deir el-Medina is a New Kingdom (18th-20th dynasty) residential village of the workmen who built and decorated Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The town, first laid out under the Pharaoh Tuthmosis I (ca 1504-1492 BC), lay between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, and was used by [...]

Abu Simbel is a temple built by Ramesses II (Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of the Egyptian New Kingdom, who ruled 1279-1213 BC) in Nubia, what is now in Egypt near the border of Sudan. It was investigated by James Breasted at Chicago’s Oriental Institute.
Originally carved into and out of the sandstone cliffs of the [...]

is a 5th dynasty (Old Kingdom, 2465-2323 BC) Egyptian pyramid and solar temple complex on the Saqqara plateau. There were probably as many as five or six tombs here, but only two survive, one built by the first 5th dynasty Pharaoh Userkaf (ruled 2465-2458 BC), and one built by the Pharaoh Niuserre (ruled 2416-2392 BC, [...]

Definition: Lisht was the capital city of Amenemhet I, in the early 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom Egypt. Amenemhet I is credited with the revival of the pyramid building during the Middle Kingdom, and his pyramid and that of his son Sesotris I, are both found here (albeit nearly destroyed); as is the Middle Kingdom town [...]

Definition:
The Bent Pyramid is one of the Old Kingdom Pyramids at Giza, Egypt; built in the 4th Dynasty, 2680-2565 B.C. for the 4th dynasty pharaoh, Sneferu.
The pyramid is called “bent” because it changes angles at about 2/3 of the way to the top. To be precise, the lower 165 feet of the pyramid’s shape is [...]

History:
The oldest record of monastic life at Sinai comes from the travel journal written in Latin by a woman named Egeria about 381-384. She visited many places around the Holy Land and Mount Sinai, where, according to the Hebrew Bible, Moses received the Ten Commandments from God.
The monastery was built by order of Emperor Justinian [...]

Geography
Mount Musa is a 2285 m-high mountain in the Sinai region. It is next to Mount St. Catherine (at 2,629 m, the tallest peak on the Sinai peninsula). It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks of the mountain range.
Geology
Mount Musa rocks were formed in the late stage of the Arabian-Nubian Shield’s (ANS) [...]

Situation:
Philae is mentioned by numerous ancient writers, including Strabo.Philae proper, although the smaller island, is, from the numerous and picturesque ruins formerly there, the more interesting of the two. Prior to the inundation, it was not more than 1250 English feet, or rather less than a quarter of a mile, long, and about 400 feet [...]

El-Minya governorate is considered the capital of the north region of Upper Egypt and it is one of the most important governorates in Upper Egypt that was due to its special location in addition to its ancient monuments and its big university that contains 15 colleges.
- El-Minya governorate is extended along the Nile coast by [...]

is considered one of the biggest governorates due to its area, and the least population capacity; whereas its total area is about 376505 km2 and it is total population according to the census of 1996 about 141737 with population rate equal to 2%. The capital of the governorate is El-Kharga city.
- It is surrounded by [...]