A recent article here explored Hatshepsut’s temple in the Thebes area. But the grandest New Kingdom temple was Amun’s at Thebes, which modern Luxor surrounds.
Egyptians transferred their energies from pyramid building to temple construction during the New Kingdom (1550–1070/69 BCE). They erected temples that rivaled Giza’s magnificence, and they
To this day historians aren’t sure how ancient Egyptians raised obelisks. There are well-educated surmises though. The most plausible ways required an enormous amount
The pyramid in the photo below looks even less impressive than King Menkaure’s. After he built the third pyramid at Giza, pyramids became even smaller. But
Menkaure’s pyramid at Giza may not look as impressive at first glance. It’s 204-foot height is less than half of Khufu’s (the Great Pyramid), and Khafre’s.
King Khufu’s Great Pyramid at Giza first stood alone. Imagine its glory as it rose about 480 feet from a cliff that presided over the
Ancient Egypt’s King Khufu had a tough act to follow. His father, Sneferu, founded the Fourth Dynasty (2575-2465 BCE) and assembled more stone mass in
Ancient Egypt was more than pyramids. I found the little things under the surface as impressive. By the time kings were building the great
On the surface, the meaning of the pyramids at Giza can seem simple. Most historians have said that they represented sunrays that transported the king’s
Ancient Egypt’s King Sneferu already began the two largest buildings the world had seen so far, but his best was yet to come. The