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Close-up view of the “Screaming Mummy” with its horrific expression. It was discovered by Émile Brugsch in the Deir el-Bahri (DB320) cache in 1881; design by Anand Balaji (Photo credit: G. Elliot Smith); Deriv. — 19 Feb 2018

Enduring Mystery of the Screaming Mummy: Mortal Wounds and Divine Justice—Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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The hideously contorted facial features of ‘Unknown Man E’ - also called the ‘Screaming Mummy’ - are unlike any we have witnessed in an ancient Egyptian mummy. It bears mute testimony to the gruesome end of an overambitious individual, who,...
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Close-up view of the “Screaming Mummy” with its horrific expression. It was discovered by Émile Brugsch in the Deir el-Bahri (DB320) cache in 1881; design by Anand Balaji (Photo credit: G. Elliot Smith); Deriv. — 19 Feb 2018

Enduring Mystery of the Screaming Mummy: Mortal Wounds and Divine Justice—Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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The hideously contorted facial features of ‘Unknown Man E’ - also called the ‘Screaming Mummy’ - are unlike any we have witnessed in an ancient Egyptian mummy. It bears mute testimony to the gruesome end of an overambitious individual, who,...
Read More

Detail from one of the three surviving planks of Queen Tiye's wooden shrine from KV55; made of wood, gesso and gold leaf. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. — 07 Feb 2018

The Golden Shrine of Queen Tiye: Reburial of a Rebel Ruler and His Mother - Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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When he came to the throne, Pharaoh Tutankhamun set about transporting the royal remains of his immediate ancestors from Amarna to Thebes. The inhabitants of the Sun City had also begun to slowly make their way back to familiar ground on the new...
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Detail from one of the three surviving planks of Queen Tiye's wooden shrine from KV55; made of wood, gesso and gold leaf. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. — 07 Feb 2018

The Golden Shrine of Queen Tiye: Reburial of a Rebel Ruler and His Mother - Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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When he came to the throne, Pharaoh Tutankhamun set about transporting the royal remains of his immediate ancestors from Amarna to Thebes. The inhabitants of the Sun City had also begun to slowly make their way back to familiar ground on the new...
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A relief originally from the tomb of Userhat (TT47) at Thebes depicts Queen Tiye. Brussels Royal Museum. — 05 Feb 2018

The Golden Shrine of Queen Tiye: When and How Did It Reach the Theban Necropolis? -Part I

By anand balaji

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Among the hundreds of ancient rock-cut royal sepulchers that have been discovered in Egypt one in particular, KV55, stands out for its infinite intrigue. At some point in time, this Eighteenth Dynasty crypt was used to deposit at least two mummies...
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A relief originally from the tomb of Userhat (TT47) at Thebes depicts Queen Tiye. Brussels Royal Museum. — 05 Feb 2018

The Golden Shrine of Queen Tiye: When and How Did It Reach the Theban Necropolis? -Part I

By anand balaji

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Among the hundreds of ancient rock-cut royal sepulchers that have been discovered in Egypt one in particular, KV55, stands out for its infinite intrigue. At some point in time, this Eighteenth Dynasty crypt was used to deposit at least two mummies...
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Bust of Akhenaten — 17 Jan 2018

The Silence of Akhenaten: Was the Pharaoh Mute, Blind or Cultic?

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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The enigma of Pharaoh Akhenaten has captured the imagination of the world ever since Napoleon’s savants brought him to light. Today, every scholar holds steadfast to his or her theory about the monarch’s life, based on both extant and imaginary...
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Bust of Akhenaten — 17 Jan 2018

The Silence of Akhenaten: Was the Pharaoh Mute, Blind or Cultic?

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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The enigma of Pharaoh Akhenaten has captured the imagination of the world ever since Napoleon’s savants brought him to light. Today, every scholar holds steadfast to his or her theory about the monarch’s life, based on both extant and imaginary...
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Ancient Egyptian relief. Design by Anand Balaji. (Image credit: Julian Tuffs);Deriv. — 29 Dec 2017

Amarna Era Chronological Conundrum: Accession of Neferneferuaten and Tutankhamun’s Death–Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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With only an Amarna wine jar label from Regnal Year 17 – purported to be the last dated inscription from his reign – that makes no mention of Akhenaten by name, and the generous 59 years’ rule bequeathed to Horemheb by the appreciative...
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Ancient Egyptian relief. Design by Anand Balaji. (Image credit: Julian Tuffs);Deriv. — 29 Dec 2017

Amarna Era Chronological Conundrum: Accession of Neferneferuaten and Tutankhamun’s Death–Part II

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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With only an Amarna wine jar label from Regnal Year 17 – purported to be the last dated inscription from his reign – that makes no mention of Akhenaten by name, and the generous 59 years’ rule bequeathed to Horemheb by the appreciative...
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Amarna Era Chronological Conundrum: Dating Akhenaten’s Death and the Length of Horemheb’s Reign–Part I — 27 Dec 2017

Amarna Era Chronological Conundrum: Dating Akhenaten’s Death and the Length of Horemheb’s Reign–Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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When the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Menmaatre Seti I drew up the famed King List at his mortuary temple in the holy city of Abydos, he was confident that he had struck the final nail in the coffin of one of Egypt’s most turbulent periods—the...
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Amarna Era Chronological Conundrum: Dating Akhenaten’s Death and the Length of Horemheb’s Reign–Part I — 27 Dec 2017

Amarna Era Chronological Conundrum: Dating Akhenaten’s Death and the Length of Horemheb’s Reign–Part I

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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When the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Menmaatre Seti I drew up the famed King List at his mortuary temple in the holy city of Abydos, he was confident that he had struck the final nail in the coffin of one of Egypt’s most turbulent periods—the...
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Ramesses III smites his enemies. Design by Anand Balaji. — 15 Dec 2017

Ramesses III, The Final Warrior Pharaoh: Devastating Sea Peoples and Egypt’s Finest Hour—Part II

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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The vile and vicious juggernaut of the Sea Peoples had laid waste to several cultures and had dispersed vast populations in their wake. When they were done pillaging and ravaging Levantine empires, the confederation was confident that Egypt, too...
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Ramesses III smites his enemies. Design by Anand Balaji. — 15 Dec 2017

Ramesses III, The Final Warrior Pharaoh: Devastating Sea Peoples and Egypt’s Finest Hour—Part II

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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The vile and vicious juggernaut of the Sea Peoples had laid waste to several cultures and had dispersed vast populations in their wake. When they were done pillaging and ravaging Levantine empires, the confederation was confident that Egypt, too...
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Ramesses III, The Final Warrior Pharaoh: Savior of Egypt in Her Darkest Hour—Part I — 13 Dec 2017

Ramesses III, The Final Warrior Pharaoh: Savior of Egypt in Her Darkest Hour—Part I

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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The reign of Ramesses III proved to be unprecedented in more ways than one. While most of his predecessors often had to thwart the designs of Egypt’s enemies one at a time, he had to quell invasion attempts by a coalition of savage forces on land...
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Ramesses III, The Final Warrior Pharaoh: Savior of Egypt in Her Darkest Hour—Part I — 13 Dec 2017

Ramesses III, The Final Warrior Pharaoh: Savior of Egypt in Her Darkest Hour—Part I

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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The reign of Ramesses III proved to be unprecedented in more ways than one. While most of his predecessors often had to thwart the designs of Egypt’s enemies one at a time, he had to quell invasion attempts by a coalition of savage forces on land...
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Ancient Egyptian painted relief showing foot and toes. Design by Anand Balaji. (Photo credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York);Detail. — 04 Dec 2017

Game of Toes in Amarna: Missing Body Parts and Funerary Practices of King and Commoner

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

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Pharaoh Akhenaten was the subject of great controversy when he lived; and this did not cease after he died. If anything, his memory has both troubled and impressed people down to this day. Be it his religious revolution, death and burial – or his...
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Ancient Egyptian painted relief showing foot and toes. Design by Anand Balaji. (Photo credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York);Detail. — 04 Dec 2017

Game of Toes in Amarna: Missing Body Parts and Funerary Practices of King and Commoner

By anand balaji

Archaeology & Science

0

Pharaoh Akhenaten was the subject of great controversy when he lived; and this did not cease after he died. If anything, his memory has both troubled and impressed people down to this day. Be it his religious revolution, death and burial – or his...
Read More

Ancient Egyptian relief. Design by Anand Balaji. — 24 Nov 2017

Understanding the Monotheism of Akhenaten: Solar Disc Thrust into Eternal Darkness–Part II

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

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At first glance it appears as though Pharaoh Akhenaten is someone whom one would describe as a textbook monotheist, but are we missing the plot? Apart from Amun (and later, Osiris) the king doesn’t seem to have come down heavily on other deities...
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Ancient Egyptian relief. Design by Anand Balaji. — 24 Nov 2017

Understanding the Monotheism of Akhenaten: Solar Disc Thrust into Eternal Darkness–Part II

By anand balaji

History & Tradition

0

At first glance it appears as though Pharaoh Akhenaten is someone whom one would describe as a textbook monotheist, but are we missing the plot? Apart from Amun (and later, Osiris) the king doesn’t seem to have come down heavily on other deities...
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