Modern Scholarship and Muslim Social Sciences:
2. Modern Scholarship and Muslim Social Sciences: There are many branches of Muslim subjects and their specialists. It takes a long experience to be able to dissect this and come out with the who deals with what, and who truly provides the readership in these days of time scarcity with the best information, at the […]
Memphis
Memphis The capital city of the Old Kingdom, Memphis was built by the kings of the First Dynasty and was one of the key religious centers, the other being Heliopolis. Although many gods were worshiped in Memphis, the Triad of Memphis consisted of Ptah, his wife Sekhmet and Nefertem, their son. Located roughly 15 miles […]
Mummification: All About Egyptian Mummies
Mummification is generally considered to be the artificial process by which the bodies of (usually notable) persons, as well as those of sacred animals, are intentionally preserved after death by treating them with various substances such as spices, gums, bitumen or natron. The practice seems to have been attempted by various peoples at various times […]
MARCUS SIMAIKA PASHA
MARCUS SIMAIKA PASHA (1864-1944), Founder of the Coptic Museum “Winter 1908, Pope Kyrillos V, as a silversmith is supervising the process of weighing out old silver gospel covers and church vessels to be melted down for reworking. They bore fifteenth and sixteenth century inscriptions in Coptic and Arabic scripts. Marcus Simaika Pasha, entering the room […]
Muslim Heritage in mechanics and technology
1. Muslim Heritage in mechanics and technology: milestones in century long research Figure 1: Eilhard Wiedemann (1852-1928), Professor of Physics at Erlangen University in Germany and pioneer historian of Arabic physics and technology. See: Literatur von und über Eilhard Wiedemann in the Catalogue of the Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. I am so glad and honored to be among you in this […]
Musical Instruments
Musical Instruments Through the study of hieroglyphs, researchers have learned that there were many ancient Egypt musical instruments. There are depictions of instruments of all kinds, including string, wind and percussion. The hieroglyphs also show those listening to music clapping their hands along with the performances. © ketrin1407 – Wall Painting Depicting Musicians Ancient Egypt musical instruments […]
Marriage And Romantic Love
Numerous ancient Egyptian tomb paintings show affectionate couples, pointing to an appreciation of the concept if romantic love amongst ancient Egyptians. Images of couples touching intimately and caressing their spouse affectionately, smiling happily and offering each other gifts are widespread in tomb art. The Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb is replete with romantic images of he and Queen Ankhesenamun his […]
Love and Marriage In Ancient Egypt
While some elements of marriage in ancient Egypt appear on the surface to be similar to those customs of today, other ancient conventions were radically different. Moreover, surviving accounts of marriage customs in ancient Egypt have failed to provide us with a full picture. As is the case today Egyptian society, saw marriage as being a lifetime [...]
MONASTIC GARMENT
MONASTIC GARMENT The monastic costume is not only intended to be a distinction in front of people. As a matter of fact, it has sublime spiritual value as well as holy symbols, since it represents the form of angels. The black color of the costume is to remind the nun that she has died to […]
ld Cairo, presumably from the Hanging Church (el-Mo’allaqa), 5th century
Frieze decorated with a Nilotic scene Inv. No. 7211 Tamarisk wood H: 20 cm, W: 95.5 cm Unknown provenance, 6th century The depiction of Nilotic elements goes back as far as Pharaonic times. A rich variety of animals and plants enliven the riverbanks. This frieze was decoratively set into the walls of architectural structures. It […]
