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1 day ago · The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and kingdoms in southern Mesopotamia during the late third and early second millennium BC.
3 days ago · A Chronicle of Kings. Papyrus, known as the Royal Canon, that has the names of pharaohs in chronological order of their reigns. There were 34 royal names. Researchers were able to uncover a lot more Egyptian history with these pharaohs.
4 days ago · Ramses II was the third pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 19th dynasty, reigning from 1279 to 1213 BCE.
5 days ago · Discovered in a Coptic monastery in the Abydos region of central Egypt in 2009, the sarcophagus was reused by the high priest Menkheperre during the 21st Dynasty (c. 1069–943 BCE), who had much of the original hieroglyphic text written over.
May 28, 2024 · Hatshepsut was a female king of Egypt (reigned in her own right c. 1473–58 BCE) who attained unprecedented power for a woman, adopting the full titles and regalia of a pharaoh.
- Joyce Tyldesley
- Hatshepsut married her half brother, Thutmose II, who inherited the throne from their father, Thutmose I, and made Hatshepsut his consort. When Thu...
- Hatshepsut’s reign was essentially a peaceful one, and her foreign policy was based on trade rather than war. Restoration and building were importa...
- Hatshepsut was born to Thutmose I and his consort Ahmose. She married her half brother, Thutmose II, and had a daughter, Neferure. When Thutmose II...
- The cause of Hatshepsut's death is not known. Her mummy was missing from its sarcophagus when her tomb was excavated in the 1920s. There are severa...
May 26, 2024 · Alexander the Great‘s conquest of Egypt in 332 BC was a pivotal moment in the history of the ancient Mediterranean world. By assuming the mantle of Pharaoh and founding the city of Alexandria, Alexander set in motion a process of cultural fusion that would shape the Hellenistic era and beyond.
May 25, 2024 · For more than 3,000 years, it was the hallmark of a great civilization, used to record everything from the exploits of mighty pharaohs to the prayers and dreams of ordinary men and women. Today, the hieroglyphs remain a potent symbol of ancient Egypt and its extraordinary achievements.
