An English officer, commanding an Egyptian expedition against the Madhi in the Soudan, who perished along with his entire army at the battle of Kashgate on November 4th, 1883.

Get acquainted with Ancient Egypt through this overview that summarizes key characteristics of Ancient Egypt. A concise explanation of the dynasties, geography, and pharaohs are included. Research further using the bibliography and...

This site is developed by a amateur photographer who's traveled to quite a few exotic destinations. A comprehensive description of King Tut's Sarcophagus as well as some great photographs are offered here.

An ancient amulet of Egypt.

A statue of a man who recorded books and/or documents during the era of Ancient Egypt.

A harp is a stringed instrument of triangular form. The sculptures and ruins of the Egyptians and Syrians give evidence that it was a favorite instrument among them.

Among the remarkable inventions of a remote era, may be mentioned bellows and siphons. The former were used as early as the reign of Thothmes the Third, and contemporary of Moses, being represented in a tomb bearing the name of that...

Cattle doctors are exhibited performing operations upon sick oxen, bulls, deer, goats, and even geese. - Goodrich, 1844

The game of chess, or draughts.

Wooden dolls for children have also been discovered of various fasions, some of them precisely similar to those in use among us, and others of a different shape. - Goodrich, 1844

Usually kept as a family seat, and occupied by the master and mistress of the house, though occaisionally offered, as a special honor, to the guests. - Goodrich, 1844

The houses of the artisans and husbandmen were generally of brick, and were as well furnished as the houses of the workingmen of to-day, and perhaps better built. In humbler homes the stools and benches and cots were of primitive...

The following is a figure of a hatchel or flax-comb. - Goodrich, 1844

Hounds were also used to pursue game, as may be perceived from the subjoined representation of a huntsman carry home his prey. - Goodrich, 1844

The hunting scenes are very numerous among their paintings, and the devices for capturing birds and beasts seem to have been as vaarious as they are in modern times. - Goodrich, 1844

This illustration shows harps, pipe, and flute, from an ancient tomb near the Pyramids.

From the tomb of Ramses the Third. - Goodrich, 1844

Reproduction of sculpture from a tomb in Thebes, showing preparation of leather cords by process similar to rope making. -Hill, 1921

The Ancient Sandal Maker as pictured on the wall of the ruined temples at Thebes, Egypt. -Bodmer, 1917

Workmen are represented polishing and painting statues of men, sphinxes, and small figures; and two instances occur of large granite colossi, surrounded with scaffolding, on which men are engaged in polishing and chiselling the stone,...

Sleep temples are regarded by some as an early instance of hypnosis over 4000 years ago, under the influence of Imhotep.

Rock-cut temple at Ipsambul, on the Nile. -D'Anvers, 1895

An ornate vase used for storage.

The use of the spindle and loom, sewing, braiding, etc, form the subjects of many of the paintings, as also the process of cultivating flax, beating and combing it. - Goodrich, 1844