On 2 May 2023, my mother and I attended the first stop of Dr. Zahi Hawass’s North American lecture series, “An Evening with Dr. Zahi Hawass.” During Dr. Hawass’s lecture, he spoke on many upcoming digs and excavations happening in Egypt this coming fall. He was most excited about new research into the Great Pyramids…
1025: Tawosret The Last Pharaoh of Egypt’s 19th Dynasty Born: Ancient Egypt Died: c.1190 BC, Ancient Egypt Also Spelled: Twosret or Tausret Tawosret was one of a handful of women to ever become Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt in her own right. Over a four-thousand-year timespan, the only women ever confirmed to have ruled as Pharaoh…
1026: Tiye One of the Most Powerful Matriarchs in Egyptian History Born: c.1398 BCE, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Egypt) Died: c.1338 BCE, Thebes, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Luxor, Egypt) Tiye is best remembered today for being the mother of Pharaoh Akhenaten and the mysterious woman known as “The Younger Lady”. Tiye was also, therefore, the grandmother of…
989: Hetepheres I Ancient Egyptian Queen Born: Before c. 2613 BC, Ancient Egypt Died: Most Likely After 2589 BC, Ancient Egypt One of her titles was “Daughter of God.” Hetepheres was the wife of Pharaoh Snefru and was a member of the royal family during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty (c.2575-c.2465 BC). The fourth dynasty is best…
“I have been working since I was 17. Homes and babies are all very nice, but you can’t have them and a career as well.” 946: Natacha Rambova Film & Costume Set Designer in Early Hollywood Born: 19 January 1897, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America Died: 5 June 1966, Pasadena, California, United…
915: Meresankh III Ancient Egyptian Royal Woman Lived: Fourth Dynasty Ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom) Meresankh means “she loves life.” Meresankh was the granddaughter of Pharaoh Khufu. She was the wife of Pharaoh Khafre*, whose brother was Meresankh’s father Kawab. This means Meresankh married one of her biological uncles; which was not uncommon for the royal…
791: Nitocris Last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty Unknown Birth Date, Ancient Egypt Died: c.2181 BC, Ancient Egypt Also Spelled: Nitiqret or Nicaule Her reign ended the period of Egyptian history known as the Old Kingdom. Nitocris is mentioned in Herodotus’s Histories. However, some scholars believe her story is nothing more than that, a story….
Entries on this page either lived in Ancient Egypt or studied and impacted our collective knowledge of the ancient Egyptians. Here you will find many stories from all across history, and I hope you become just as fascinated with the people of the Black Land as I have been all my life. As I upload…
180) Harry Burton Nearly Every Photograph From the 1920’s Archaeological Sites in Ancient Egypt Were Taken by Him Born: 13 September 1879, Stamford, United Kingdom Died: 27 June 1940, Asyut, Egypt Egyptologist and Archaeological Photographer. He is most notable for his photographs of the Valley of the Kings during the early 20th Century (Employed by…
134) Jean-François Champollion Most Known For His Significant Contributions in Translating Egyptian Hieroglyphs Born: 23 December 1790, Figeac, France Died: 4 March 1832 AD, Paris, France Part of the reason why Champollion was able to translate Hieroglyphs (via the Rosetta Stone) was because of his amazing linguistic capabilities. It is said he mastered a dozen…