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Predynastic bowl from Abydos, Egyptian Museum Cairo U-502/Abydos R378 (Photo: Courtesy of www.meretsegerbooks.com)

Of bird ladies and bee-eaters

Hypothetical meaning of the bird-headed figurines of the Naqada II period

 

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on November 01, 2024

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Umm el-Qaab, Abydos (Photo: Courtesy of www.meretsegerbooks.com)

Once again: The royal title Nswt-Bjtj (= Swtj-Bjtj)

by Anwar Sefu Fawzy, Egypt/Germany

uploaded on October 03, 2024

This article presents another hypothesis about this enigmatic royal title.

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White Chapel of Senwosret I, Open Air Museum Karnak (Photo: Courtesy of www.meretsegerbooks.com)

A king who belonged to the rush and the bee? 

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on August 31, 2024

A new meaning of the king’s nisut bit title is proposed in this article.

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Aswan, Egypt (Photo: Bertramz, CC BY 3.0)

An alternative interpretation of the 'city plan' hieroglyph 

by Oleksandr Melnyk, Ukraine

uploaded on August 03, 2024

The hieroglyph numbered O49 may have had a different meaning.

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Stele of Maati (Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 14.2.7)

Offering formula revisited 

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on June 27, 2024

An alternative translation of 'Htp dj njswt' is suggested in this article.

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Prehistoric limestone figurine from Naqada (Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 07.228.71)

Prehistoric female figurines – a parallel between Europe and Egypt  

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on May 22, 2024

The article highlights the amazing similarities between European and Egyptian prehistoric figurines.

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King Akhenaten (Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 66.99.40)

The “naked” earlobes of ancient Egyptian kings  

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on April 16, 2024

A few thoughts on the fact that ancient Egyptian kings were almost never depicted wearing earrings, even though they did have pierced ear lobes.

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Seth and Horus crowning Ramses III (detail of Seth)

Seth animal revisited  

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on March 09, 2024

This article adds another to the many suggested natural models for the Seth animal.

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Avenue of sphinxes (the king's road of festivities), Luxor

Eye diseases in the Ebers Papyrus. Part 4  

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on February 07, 2024

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Avenue of rams, Luxor

Eye diseases in the Ebers Papyrus. Part 3  

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on January 12, 2024

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Statue of Ramses II, Abu Simbel

Eye diseases in the Ebers Papyrus. Part 2  

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on December 09, 2023

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Column capital with faces of the goddess Hathor

Eye diseases in the Ebers Papyrus. Part 1  

by Eva Traunmüller, Austria

uploaded on November 11, 2023

This article interprets the eye diseases in the "Eye Book" of the Ebers Papyrus from an ophthalmologic point of view.

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Queen Hatshepsut's Temple, Deir el-Bahari

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