Ipuy and Wife Receive Offerings from Their Children (substantially restored) New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941, Egyptian Expedition Graphic Section) Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Medina (Deir el-Medineh) Rogers Fund, 1930 (30.4.114)

Egypt's New Kingdom ended in about 1070 B.C. with the death of Ramesses XI, last king of Dynasty 20. This was followed by several centuries of divided rule known as the Third Intermediate Period. At the beginning of this time, in Dynasty 21, power was shared by a family of pharaohs who were centered at Tanis in the eastern Delta, and by the High Priests of the god Amun at Thebes, who also used the title "king." During the long tenure of the fourth High Priest of Amun, Menkheperre (ca. 1045–992 B.C.), a tomb was carved into the rocky slope just north of the enclosure wall of Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri. This tomb was used over a number of generations by Menkheperre's family, but eventually it was entered by ancient robbers. Over the millennia, tons of debris washed into the tomb and when it was discovered in the late winter of 1924, it took many days of digging through compacted sand and crumbling rock before the Museum's excavators found t...

In the second half of the Middle Kingdom (about 1900–1800 B.C.), a large tomb with a pillared portico and courtyard was carved into the bedrock at the eastern end of the Asasif valley in western Thebes. Eventually, the original burials were looted and the tomb itself was adapted for reuse as a cemetery that was active for several generations around the beginning of the New Kingdom (ca. 1550 B.C.). This cemetery was covered over early in the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III (ca. 1470 B.C.), when the courtyard was filled and a causeway leading to Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri was constructed. In the early twentieth century, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered and excavated the northern half of the courtyard. A few years later, in the 1915–16 season, Ambrose Lansing, who oversaw the Metropolitan Museum's excavations during World War I, cleared the southern half of the courtyard. Lansing's efforts were rewarded with the discovery of numerou...

It is no exaggeration to say that beer was of central importance to ancient Egyptian society. Beer was enjoyed by both adults and children, was the staple drink of poor Egyptians but was also central to the diet of wealthy Egyptians. The gods were often made offerings of beer and beer was mentioned in the traditional offering formula. Wages were often paid in beer (and other supplies) and the workmen living in the workers village at Giza received beer three times a day as part of their rations. There is some evidence that as a staple foodstuff, ancient Egyptian beer was not particularly intoxicating. Rather it was nutritious, thick and sweet. "strongly influenced by the addition of fruit or spices as flavoring." A beer strainer being used like a straw, straight from the beer jar! Beer, called hqt by the ancients and zythus by the Greeks, was a very important Egyptian drink. It was a drink for adults and children alike. It was the staple drink of the poor (wages w...

Popular and renowned American actor Tom Hanks has arrived in Egypt to shoot scenes in Hurghada. The scenes, which will be shot for ‘A Hologram for the King,’ are expected to feature Hurghada’s beautiful Red Sea corals and more. ‘A Hologram for the King,’ a film by German Director Tom Tykwer and starring Tom Hanks, is based on a 2012 novel by Dave Eggers which tells the story of a failed American salesman who travels to Saudi Arabia in an attempt to recoup his losses and sell an idea of his to a wealthy monarch. The announcement of Tom Hanks filming in Egypt was made by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday.   Egypt has faced a decline in the number of tourists visiting the country since the January 25 revolution in 2011. Tourists visiting Egypt in June declined 20.5 percent compared to the same period last year, reported the Ministry of Tourism.   The first half of 2014 saw just 4.4 million tourists visiting Egypt. The tourism industry in Egypt employs millions ...

The Egyptians, supported by the Pereset and the Peoples of the Sea, assault the Libyans. Observe the headgear, the small shields of the Peoples of the Sea. This reflects the changes in military hardware introduced by the Greek general Iphicrates. The story of this war is written up in the `History by Diodorus', and `Pereset' are identified in the Canopus Decree. Das Bild zeigt das die Ägypter, von den Pereseten und den Seeleuten unterstützt gegen die Lybier kämpften. Seht euch ihre Helme und die kleinen Schilder der Seevölker Soldaten an. Dies weist darauf hin wie der Griechische General Iphicrates neue Bewaffnung einführte wie es in der Geschichte des Diodorus' erklärt wird. The Egyptians fight, with the assistance of the Peoples of the Sea, against the soldiers of the Pereset. This reflects the situation as it existed when the Greek admiral Chabrias was in Egyptian mercenary service and the Persians were ejected from Egypt as described by the Greek historian Diodo...

In ancient Egypt taking part in processions, singing, dancing and playing musical instruments was a typically female prerogative. Priestesses were frequently indicated with their specific functions within the train of the divinity and it was only natural that the queen herself performed a number of these priestly functions. The fragmentary hieroglyphic inscription on the dorsal pillar of the statue reads '...player of the sistrum of Mut and the menat necklace [of Hathor] ... dancer of Hathor....'.   that s a lovely scene of merit who was the enchantress of amoun and a priestess in his temple v. we aee such scene associated with the hb sd festival  she sings   come come in peace in peace

  graffiti tells us  about the sixth year of the French Republic when the French army led by Bonaparte arrived  in Alexandria and then after twenty day defeated the Mamluks in the famose battle Ahram  and then tell us about Gen. Desics commander of the first division in the army of Bonaparte who chased the Mamelukes even beyond the first  cataract in Aswan and until he reached philae and left this graffiti it  is written on 3 March 1799 and is the seventh year of the French Republic the text show us the name of the French sculptor  who engraved on the walls of the temple and named Kastics   L’AN VI DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE, LE 13 MESSIDOR UNE ARMÉE FRANÇ AISE COMMANDÉE PAR BONAPARTE ET DESCENDUE A ALEXANDRIE L’ARMÉE AYANT MIS, VINGT JOURS APRÈS, LES MAMELOUCKS EN FUITE AUX PYRAMIDES, DESAIX, COMMANDANT LE PREMIÈRE DIVISION LES A POURSUIVIS AU DELA DES CATARACTES OU IL ARRIVÉ LE 13 VENTOSE DE L’AN VII LES GÉNÉRAUX DE BRIGADE DAVOUST, FRIAN...

this graffiti was done  by scientists and the French militarians accompanying General Desaix of the walls of the Temple of Philae.  the graffiti begins with the letters RF an abbreviation of the French Republic and then AN 7 means the seventh year , and the names of some of the scholars of the French campaign who arrived to philae in 1799 , including Balzac and Costaz in another graffito Fun fact locate philae lines of latitude and longitude , we note that the calculation of the meridians at this time was calculated dimension for the City of Paris and not to keep away from the suburb of London Greenwich , which has been considered the prime meridian and the standard zero starting in 1883 ,  at the top of graffiti  two  letters MK and were the first two letters in the names of  the most important generals of the French campaign  Mino and Clipper hunters who succeeded Bonaparte Clipper  was killed by Suleiman al-Halabi in Cairo , one of Strasbourg i...