Tagged with Egyptology

The Sphinx

The Sphinx


“I think, one of the most astounding facts in the history of man that a man was able to contain within his mind, to conceive, the conception of the Sphinx.” Continue reading »

The Notes of Karnak


“Karnak has no distinctive personality. Built under many kings, its ruins are as complex as were probably once its completed temples, with their shrines, their towers, their courts, their hypo-style halls” From “The Spell of Egypt” Robert Hichens   Buildings have personalities. Some fascinate as beautiful women fascinate; some charm as a child may charm, … Continue reading »

The exodus from Egyptology


The Egyptian civilization hardly registered nor mentioned any reference of the Israeli- or their dramatic exodus – as if they never existed, or maybe existed but not in the glorified way depicted by the Jewish authors in the bible. via The exodus from Egyptology.

FARAON


  A film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz Film review To tell a story, that is one thing we all are familiar with. But to tell a historic story, that is something a few are capable of. This is the kind of movies which impression lasts more than you may expect. That is because FARAON throws fundamental … Continue reading »