All things Egyptian

August

Metanoia
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What Cleopatra really looked like

That's Queen Hatshepsut. This is Queen Cleopatra.

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August

Metanoia
Thanks the internet is a strange place.
I will check before posting. Cleopatra was attactive for sure.

Yes she was a Queen of wiley disposition ( she got rid of most of her rivals ) and no doubt charms as she caught Caesar and Marc Antony on her hook. Even though she was of Macedonian/ Greek heritage she was a much loved and powerful Egyptian Ptolemaic Queen. The last of her kind sadly.

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August

Metanoia
New acquisition vintage sterling silver ring, size 7 , has the hieroglyphs of Ramses 11 who was 3rd Pharaoh of the 19th dynasty. .

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Beautiful salt water pools at Siwa Oasis Egypt.


Wow! That's like the Dead Sea. Its ancient name Oasis of Amun Ra.
Siwa Oasis - Wikipedia
The Siwa Oasis (Arabic: واحة سيوة‎, Wāḥat Sīwah, IPA: [ˈwæːħet ˈsiːwæ]; Berber languages: Isiwan, ⵉⵙⵉⵡⴰⵏ) is an urban oasis in Egypt between the Qattara Depression and the Great Sand Sea in the Western Desert, 50 km (30 mi) east of the Libyan border, and 560 km (348 mi) from Cairo.[1][2][3] About 80 km (50 mi) in length and 20 km (12 mi) wide,[1] Siwa Oasis is one of Egypt's most isolated settlements with about 33,000 people,[4] mostly Berbers,[1] who developed a unique and isolated desert culture and a language called Siwi; they are also fluent in the Egyptian dialect of Arabic which is called "Masry" meaning Egyptian.[5]

Its fame derives primarily from its ancient role as the home to an oracle of Ammon, the ruins of which are a popular tourist attraction which gave the oasis its ancient name Oasis of Amun Ra.
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August

Metanoia
It's amazing the whole complex was moved. At 03:21 you can see the wood floor in that room possibly because of uneven stones. I bet they picked that location so they could dig another site buried underneath.

Yes I am amazed by it . Not sure if they dug looking for another site but maybe there was something under the temple. A lot of hidden Egypt is actually underneath what is built on top of it both modern and ancient.
 
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