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The National Museum of egyptian civilization : mosque lamp

  Egypt has known the glass manufacture since Pharaonic New Kingdom Era which developed through eras till became more advanced in the Islamic period, especially in Mamluk era (1250-1517 AD) when the Mosque lamps (Mishka) has been used for lighting mosques, schools, mausoleums, and houses and decorated with some holy verses “God is the light of heavens and earth, his light looks like a lamp   owner’s titles and supplications for him >

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization : Luster Bowl

  Ceramic vessel with metallic luster, dating back to the Fatimid period (969-1171 AD) The Islamic civilization has invented the style of decoration with a metallic luster. It is a technique in which the artist uses copper oxides, silver, sulfur, and iron filings, in which they collectively give the metallic luster. Thus, it became known as the metallic luster. This particular dish is made of Ceramic and designed with a metallic luster. It dates back to the Fatimid period.  5th AH century / AD 11th century

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization : Kaaba Key Bag

  rectangular woven bag to save the Kaaba’s key. The bag is decorated with inscribed executed with gold and silver wires in a serma manner that reads (Glory be to our Master, the Sultan Al-Ghazi) (Abdul Majeed Khan may God have blessed his possession) (God commands you to pay the trusts to their people) The bag is made of green silk, embroidered with serma with gold and silver wires, and dates back to the Ottoman era, the reign of Sultan Abdul Majid Khan (1255 AH: 1277 AH), (1839 CE: 1861 

Abusir Pyramids & The City of The Dead Egypt

  Abusir Pyramids & The City of The Dead Egypt Location: Abusir Pyramids and The City of The Dead Egypt is located at 1.2 miles north of Saqqara, but still at some distance to the south of Giza. Its three main surviving pyramids can easily be seen from the funerary complex of Horus Netjerkhet. How to get there? By vehicle: If you need a private transfer, Memphis tours can arrange that for you by Air-conditioned modern vehicle from anywhere in Cairo or Giza.   Sightseeing: The first royal monument that was built at Abusir was Userkaf's, Solar Temple. Several kings of Userkaf's dynasty would not only follow his example and build their own Solar Temple at Abusir (even though only Userkaf's and Niuserre's have been located), they would also use the site for their funerary monument. One important factor that must have played an important role in the choice of this site is the presence of Abusir Lake, which made the site easily accessible by boat. King Userka...

The Tomb of Horemheb.Saqqara / Egypt

  It consists of a forecourt, a great pylon , the open courtyards, the cult chapels and storehouses. The one of Horemheb being, to date, the oldest known where stone was also used, in the shape of beautiful blocks of fine Tura limestone. The interior courtyards and the chapels, as well as the outside faces of the pylon were decorated with the help of these carefully adjusted blocks, decorated with scenes and hieroglyphic inscriptions engraved and painted (except the pylon). The three phases of construction The first phase of the construction included two courtyards and the western chapels,Courtyard  was in mud bricks, undecorated and without relief. The second phase consists essentially of the development of courtyard , which becomes a room, the statue room, flanked on each side, separated by a thick mud brick wall, a store room with an arched roof. The group was covered. The front opened onto a new courtyard. The last phase sees the erection of the present pylon in the east, ...

The mastaba of Akhethotep and Ptahhotep , mastaba D64 Saqqara / Egypt

  two high commissioners from the end of the Vth Dynasty, vizier Akhethotep and his son Ptahhotep. The monument was discovered by Mariette at the time of the excavations which he had undertaken in 1850 .  the mastaba of the father of Akhethotep, whose son (co-owner of D64) bears his grandfather's name and for this reason he is usually referred to as Ptahhotep Although the mastaba D64 is named outside as the "Tomb of Ptahhotep", this is incorrect and results from its early history, when only the chapel of Ptahhotep was open to the public.  includes three decorated spaces: two in the name of vizier Akhethotep, the third in the name of his son Ptahhotep. a parade of 17 women, each acting as a symbol for one of the estates of Akhethotep.  headed by a leader, a scribe and a servant.  The women carry produce in baskets on their heads, and bring birds and animals as the tribute of the estates.  Because the son receives this tribute it can be inferred that it is pr...