The catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa: the hidden history of ancient Egypt
The catacombs of Alexandria, also known as Kom el-Shoqafa or “mound of splinters” in Arabic, are one of…
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Tag: Ancient Egypt
Are the Egyptian pyramids aligned with the stars?
Do the Egyptian pyramids line up with the stars? This idea gets tossed around so often that…
Structure of the Pyramids
The Pyramid Texts are linked to the conception of the world as solar circuit, where the Sun…
The Valley of the Kings
For the ancient Egyptians it was very important that the deceased be buried with a funeral kit that…
The stone of the Phoenix
In 1994 Robert Bauval and Adrian Gilbert wrote a book entitled The Mystery of Orion. The work,…
The Papyrus of Ani
The Papyrus of Ani is one of the most complete versions of the Book of the Dead we…
The Barque of Isis
The revelations of the prophet of Amon-Râ, which opened out to the new initiate such vast horizons over…
THE MYSTERY OF AKHENATEN’S EMPTY TOMB
Archaeologists have never given up the hope of one day finding the burial place of Pharaoh Akhenaten,…
The concepts of Ankh, Ba and Ka
The concepts of ka, ba, and akh were formulated for the first time within the Pyramid Texts.…
The Sed-festival (Heb Sed)
The Sed festival (Heb Sed), named after the jackal god “Sed”, was the most important celebration of kingship…