White Nile

Narmer was the 1st Pharaoh to unite the lower and upper Egypt. Archaeologists found a palette showing him in a white crown bashing an enemy on the side shows him wearing the white crown and bashing an enemy on one side. On the other side it shows him wearing a red crown looking over at his fallen enemies. Hatshepsut was another big name when it comes to the pharaoh’s of ancient Egypt. She…

built. Before the Egyptian empire, they was a tribe. They were a hunter gatherer society that soon settled. The tribe split up into 2 separate tribes, and settled very far apart from one another. One was on the base of the Nile River in the North, and one in the deep desert of the white lands in the South. The first king of Egypt settled in the deep south of Egypt, which will later be known as the city of Memphis. In this time period the Egyptians were farmers, and nothing else. There was not…

The Museum of Man As I walked in the Museum of the Man for the first time, I was amazed of how much you can learn there. It is a very large and interesting museum that contains a lot of different informations and talked about many different topics. One of the many interesting things I saw and learned about in the museum is the the fossil dating and about their relative and/or absolute age. In order to find the age of the special kind of fossil named hominid, there are 2 different types of…

dynasty or the old kingdom that pyramids began to appear. “Most of the success of Egypt flourished around the Nile river” (Ancient-Eygpt.org). This river known as the Nile allowed Egypt able to sustain itself without the need to having to rely on rain or bring water from other places around the world. However, without the Nile river pyramids of Egypt would not have existed. The Nile was created during the millennia after the last great Ice age that ended around 10,000 BC (Bains,bbc.co.uk).…

The Nile River is a north-flowing river in northeast Africa. The Nile flows through nine countries, from the Delta region to Lake Victoria(the biggest of African Great Lakes). One half is called The Blue Nile, and the other half is called The White Nile, together they make the longest river in the world. It is about 4,250 miles long, and about 2 miles wide. Every year it would flood, when that would happen the Egyptians would thank the god Hapy, that was the beginning of the year. As it would…

with their white limestone façade blazing in the sun of the midday. It would be quite the experience to have lived back then. The history of Egypt begins with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt into one united kingdom. The first ruler under this new system was Menes. Thirty other dynasty’s would follow. To further unify Upper and Lower Egypt Menes founded a capital city where the two met: at the apex of the Nile, where it fans out into the silt plain. This city was named “White…

reflect the checkered moods and thought processes of Dr. Dr. Kalam, the poet. In the poem Our Mission is Water Dr. Kalam has delineated a picture of united humanity through the symbolic presentation of the river Nile. The Nile is a confluence of two tributaries-the Blue Nile and the White Nile. The poet says the two rivers undergo a long and difficult journey to reach Sudanese capital Khartoum where they meet. This very confluence serves a great “mission” (12) for the betterment of human…

display any form of affection to your significant other in Egypt you can be accused of committing a crime? It is a very drastic difference from being in America where things like this a completely acceptable. Egypt is located in Northeast Africa near the Nile river. Egypt is mostly known for its amazing history and landmarks. One of them being the pyramids. Many people have been fascinated by these huge three dimensional shapes that were built hundreds of years ago. Ancient Egyptians went…

traditions. One tradition that was highly believed in is called Divine Kingship. Divine Kingship is the belief that the pharaoh was one of the gods. Politically, he is said to have immense power and would help the Egyptians in the afterlife. Since the Nile flooded every year at a consistent time it was not hard convincing the Egyptian that the pharaoh made it happen. Using this natural occurrence to obtain power, architecture was found. The king's advisor of the Old kingdom by the name of…

pharos, chose the Nile delta city of Memphis as their first capital. Pyramided building began during the Old-Kingdome , reaching its highest level with the construction of the Giza pyramids. The product of Epoch of magnificence, these inaccessible structures, symbolized the potion of the god-king pharaohs. The largest and best know pyramid is the one that belongs to Pharaoh Khufu (Greek:cheaops) , who reigned from 2589 to 2566 BCE. The pyramids was originally clad in polished white limestone…