#giza necropolis

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Sold Out event for Ka, Ba and Akh reunions at the Giza necropolis

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Sphynx et grande Pyramide de Gizeh, Basse Egypte. The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx of Giza , Greater Cairo, Egypt photographed By Christophe Maîtrejean.

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Pyramid of Unas, Saqqara

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Giza Pyramids, Egypt. Photographed by Christophe Maîtrejean

All three of Giza's famed pyramids and their elaborate burial complexes were built during a frenetic period of construction, from roughly 2550 to 2490 B.C. The pyramids were built by Pharaohs Khufu (tallest), Khafre (background), and Menkaure (right).

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Couple Statue - Louvre Collection

Photo Focus: Meresankh Main number: E 15592 Other inventory number: E 22769 Old Kingdom, 5th dynasty (attribution according to style) (-2500 - -2365) Location Information: Giza (Memphite Necropolis->Memphite Region->Lower Egypt) (?)

Description:

Depicts Raherka (dignitary, inspector of scribes); Meresankh (wife). Woman (standing, dress, half-long wig, holding by the shoulder); man (standing, loincloth with rounded edge, arms dangling, short curly wig, ousekh necklace).

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Double statue of Hetepheres II embracing her daughter Meresankh III

"The beholder of Horus and Seth, the consort of he who is beloved of the Two Mistresses".

"His daughter, the king's wife, whom he loves".

Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, ca. 2490-2472 BC. Tomb G 7530-G 7540, Giza Necropolis. MFA Boston. 30.1456

[cramenjoyer]

guinefort was a dog who was sainted in 13th century france.

laika was a dog sent into space by the soviet space program in the 1950s, the first animal in orbit.

margarita (meaning: pearl) was a pet in roman gaul and had an elaborate epitaph and mosaic on her grave site.

abuwtiyuw is the oldest known named dog, and was buried and honored at the giza necropolis.

diogenes was a greek philosopher of the cynical school. get it.

i'm really curious whether anyone has heard of a couple of these bc they are everything to me (<- archaeology student) so let me know in the tags if you know of them or don't, where you learned about them, etc. and please reblog <3

[vintagerpg]

Country Sites (1995) is the last of the site series of sourcebooks (another was planned — Planar Sites, but that turned into Vortex of Madness a couple years later). This is better than Castle Sites but a tiny bit inferior to City Sites, I think? It’s close. The upshot is that this is a book full of high quality material that is just shy of system agnostic, and thus a resource for all sort of RPGs.

There are two sorts of site here, minor and major. All of them include maps, history, NPCs and other necessary information. The minor sites are a bridge over a gorge, a fort, a toll house and a riverside inn. They are brisk little things, peppered with adventure seeds.

The major sites are more like short, open-ended adventures. There’s a haunted temple, a tent city in the caldera of a dormant volcano (is it a caldera if it is dry? I dunno, but this is not a lake), a necropolis, a floating ship’s graveyard (not unlike Hodgson’s Sargasso stories), an island prison, a big old wall and a bizarre castle. A couple of these are immediately identifiable riffs on real-world locations — the last seems like Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein, the wall is obviously Hadrian’s, the necropolis draws from the mastaba tombs surrounding the pyramids of Giza, the prison echoes Alcatraz. These all boast quite a bit more material. The ship’s graveyard seems particularly robust, with ten separate ships detailed (though no seaweed people, alas). I like pretty much all of this stuff, but I like it slightly less for those real world connections. They fix them in my mind in a way that is unhelpful and a bit prosaic. I expect that is my own damn problem, though.

Excellent illustrations throughout by Phillip Robb. Dennis Kauth did all the cartography, which is a clear selling point of the book and does much to evoke the site. I love Jennell Jaquays’ cover here, too. This one feels almost Games Workshoppish.

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A 4,300-Year-Old Egyptian Gold-Leaf Covered Mummy Discovered in Egypt

Egyptian archaeologists who have spent years meticulously excavating a site amid the ancient ruins of Saqqara, near Cairo, announced a number of major discoveries on Thursday dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of Egypt's "Old Kingdom," more than 4,000 years ago. One of the most important was a large, rectangular limestone sarcophagus found at the bottom of a vertical shaft about 50 feet deep.

"The sarcophagus was about 45 tons and the lid was about 5 tons," Dr. Zahi Hawass, the director of the Egyptian excavation team at the Gisr el-Mudir site in the ancient city of Saqqara.

The lid was still sealed onto the sarcophagus with mortar, exactly as it had been left there some 4,300 years ago. It took the archaeologists about two hours of careful work to crack it open.

Inside, they found what Hawass said was the oldest non-royal mummy ever discovered in Egypt. It was also the oldest mummy wrapped in gold leaf ever found in the country, he added.

While the ancient Egyptian at the bottom of the deep shaft was no pharaoh, the elaborate sendoff to the afterlife made it clear they were also no commoner. And there was a name, inscribed on top of the sarcophagus: "HqA-Sps," or Hekashepes.

"Of course, he was important. For someone to make a sarcophagus like this, 15 meters under the ground, he should be a very important man," Hawass said.

But while Hekashepes will earn his place in the history books, the gold-wrapped mummy wasn't Hawass' favorite new discovery at Saqqara, which is part of a sprawling necropolis that used to be the capital of ancient Egypt, known as Memphis. The famed Giza Pyramids are nearby, within the UNESCO World Heritage site of Memphis.

Among the items displayed by Hawass, a veteran Egyptian archaeologist, and his team on Thursday were 14 stone statues found in another a shaft, about 33 feet deep, dating back to the "Old Kingdom," or the Age of the Pyramids, between 2700 and 2200 BC — possibly even older than the mummy of Hekashepes.

"These statues are quite unique," Hawass said. "This is the first time in this century that such a large number of statues was found in Saqqara."

"Today's discovery tells us more about art in the Old Kingdom, mummification, and also about the people who worked there," Hawass said. "One of the tombs was for a priest who was in charge of the pyramids complex of King Unas, the last king of the 5th Dynasty."

It has been a week of landmark announcements by Egyptian archaeologists, with another team revealing the discovery of a massive burial ground in the ancient city of Luxor, close to the ruins of a "complete" Roman-era city nearby.

BY AHMED SHAWKAT.

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The Great Pyramid of Menkaure (Completed i 2510 BCE) and Queen's pyramid.

The Giza Necropolis

Cairo, Egypt 2024

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Archaeologists have launched a huge project to restore the smallest of Giza's three famous pyramids to what they believe it looked like when it was built more than 4,000 years ago. An Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission announced the project to put back in place hundreds of granite blocks that used to form the outer casing of the pyramid of King Menkaure, the smallest of the three main pyramids on the iconic Giza Necropolis.

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I’d love to visit the Giza Necropolis sometime.

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The Great Sphinx is known to be an ancient marvel located on Egypt's Giza Plateau. It show us just how inventive and skillful the civilization of Ancient Egypt could be. The Sphinx is estimated to have been built during Pharaoh Khafre's reign in the 26th century BCE, utilizing a combination of limestone blocks and carving techniques. Historians and archaeologists continue to argue its actual purpose. Some speculate that it was created as a guardian figure to represent royal might and to serve protection over the neighboring pyramids and necropolis. Others argue that it may have had religious significance, maybe depicting the sun god Ra or the god Horus. Throughout its long history, the Great Sphinx has seen a variety of events and rituals. According to ancient Egyptian accounts, such as the Edwin Smith Papyrus, it was most likely used for rituals and offerings related to the sun god's cult. Furthermore, inscriptions discovered nearby indicate that it was a renowned and recognized emblem in ancient Egyptian culture. Over the years, tourists, intellectuals, and adventurers from all over the world have been fascinated by the Sphinx, and have set out to explore it. Its mysterious expression and commanding presence have inspired several ideas and legends, adding to its mysterious image. One of the most notable occurrences involving the Great Sphinx occurred in the early nineteenth century, when it was unearthed and largely repaired by European archaeologists. This incident led to the start of contemporary scientific research and conservation attempts to preserve this renowned landmark for future generations. Today, the Great Sphinx captivates visitors with its ageless beauty, providing as a reminder of the rich cultural history and old knowledge of the civilizations that once thrived long ago. It serves as a connection between generations, and represents humanity's ongoing quest for knowledge and comprehension of history.

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November Rare Book Pick

2022 marks not only the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb but also the 200-year anniversary of when the code of the Rosetta Stone was finally cracked! To celebrate, this month's Rare Book Pick features an illustration of the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of the Giza Necropolis, from "An universal history, from the earliest account of time to the present" (1736-44). This 7-volume set was originally issued in monthly parts and includes maps, cuts, notes and chronological and other tables.

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