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Luxor city/ Valley of the kings.A deep burial shaft was discovered  during a routine cleaning carried out by a Swiss archaeological mission on the path leading to King Tuthmosis III’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It  led  to a burial chamber filled with a treasured collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. The tomb dates back to the 22nd Dynasty (945-712 BC) and it belongs to the daughter of Amun Re, a lector priestess  in Karnak temples and also the singer of the God Amun Re. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of State for Antiquities, said a wooden sarcophagus painted black and decorated with hieroglyphic texts, and a wooden stelae engraved with the names and different titles of the deceased were discovered. (Egypt travel news.)

Ancient Egyptian walls and floors.B

                                                 F-6 . The step pyramid complex.

Looking at the ancient temples walls and floors would inspire one technique that was followed in order to cut stones can interlock in such the way observed in ( F-2) which is being stones  cut from one spot in a specific quarry according to an exact plan. The pre cutting plan should help in creating such interlocking stones for unrepeated structure which means that such floor or wall would not be removed or restored without the original plan!. The great evidence on such theory is our obvious fail to reconstruct floors of the ancient temples which had to be rescued because of lake Naser and the effect of the High dam between 1960-1980 see (F-4).

 

F-4. The floor of Philae temple after it has been reconstructed.

The most ancient stone structure that was laid out on interlocking stones is the step pyramid complex which goes back to the 3^rd dynasty and to Zoser’s reign(F-5) &(F-6).

F -5. The step pyramid complex was laid out on interlocking stones. 

Written by Yasser kamel for Museumegypt.2006.All rights reserved. 

ソベク 神様 は 古代 イジプト の 鰐 神 です。

ソベク　神様　は　古代　イジプト　の　鰐　神　です。

古代　イジプト　の　神話　で　ソベク　神様　は　悪  と　あくま　を　あらわされた。

ソベク神、鰐　神　は　コモオメボ町の　こくみん　神　でした。今　カイロ博物館　と　コモオメボ　博物館　に　たさん　　わに　の　ミーラ　が　あります。今まで、イイジプト　ナイロ川　は　ズダン　も　鰐　まだ　います。　

Ancient Egyptian walls and floors.A

One of the most challenging issues in the Egyptian archaeology is comprehending the architectural rules and layouts for the ancient walls and floors. Ancient Egyptian walls and floors of temples were designed and created to maintain a profound resistance for erosion, quakes and earth slides. The most obvious method to consolidate the temples floors and walls was  the use of the dove-tail locking between stones which is phenomenal in the late Egyptian  temples but not much followed in earlier temples. 

The dove-tail lock is depending on the quality of the filling and the plaster use rather than the solidness of the stone itself. However, the dove-tailing is so impressive but it is easily traced and comprehended. The actual challenge comes from the very ancient temples and the Pyramids once we fail to reconstruct an ancient wall however having most of its stone found. The stunning fact is that those ancient temples survived in much better condition due to their unique layouts. In such temples, the interlocking stones which are hooked to each other and needlessly for plaster or mortar are the main reason behind their survival. The dilemma for restoring those temples is that each stone is unique and one of its kind or on other words none of the stones are equal in shape or size or weight, which is totally different to modern criss –cross walls and floors. Written by Yasser Kamel for Museumegypt.2006. Copyright@museumegypt.     

Know more about ancient Egypt !

Know more about ancient Egypt !  Ancient Egypt had inspired the old and the modern world the emblem of the eagle which is always implanted in flags of countries and empires. Originally the falcon Horus was chosen by ancient Egypt as a unifying god and a shared one between north and south. In fact Horus was deified for its skill of hunt, speed , precision and strength. The symbol of Horus was introduced to both the Greek and the Roman empires and became locally depicted as an eagle which is due to being it more indigenous and common. Just after ancient Egypt the eagle became to represent Zeus and Jupiter as well as kingdoms . Information and Photo by Yasser kamel for Museumegypt.2006.    

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Yasser Kamel
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