ORDER BY DECEMBER 5TH FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY! Sign in or Create an Account Search CART Home Shop Our Story FAQ Wholesale Contact Home › News NEWS EGYPTIAN EDUCATIONAL: COLOR YOUR OWN HIEROGLYPHIC ALPHABET Posted by Steve Collins on Nov 11, 2021 At Discoveries Egyptian Imports we have created several coloring book pages, educational booklets and fun activity sheets. We have made it easy to discover new facts about ancient Egypt and to teach children Egyptology in an interesting way. The hieroglyphic language contains more than two thousand symbols, some representing words, others representing full ideas, and others representing sounds (phonetic). Depending on how the symbols are used, the same symbol might represent an idea in one hieroglyphic sentence or a sound in a different sentence! For the alphabet, there are multiple symbols that represent the same sounds. We have adopted a generally accepted alphabet/symbol translation... 0 comment Tags: Ancient Egypt, Educational, Egyptian History, Egyptology, Hieroglyphs Read more → EGYPTIAN GODDESS SEKHMET: A FIERCE EGYPTIAN DEITY Posted by Steve Collins on Oct 08, 2021 Sekhmet (Sakhmet) is an Egyptian goddess depicted with the body of a woman with a lion head wearing a sun disk. She is one of the oldest known Egyptian deities. Her name means: “She who is powerful” and she was the goddess of the desert sun, plague, chaos, war, and healing. For her friends she could avert plague and cure disease. In order to stay on her good side they offered her food and drink and played music for her. As a result, this often ferocious deity was called the “lady of terror” and also the “lady of life”. ... 0 comment Tags: Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Goddess, Egyptian History, Egyptology, Sekhmet Read more → EGYPT TRAVEL: ARRIVING IN ASWAN FROM THE NILE Posted by Steve Collins on Sep 28, 2021 Aswan stands out as a special part of Egypt. In particular, the Nile in Aswan is one of the most picturesque settings in all of Egypt. If there is wind, a sailboat ride is an absolute must. Sailing south out of Aswan for an hour or so you reach rapids that are called cataracts. Experienced boat captains 'play' with the roiling waters and it is a wonderful, exotic experience. Aswan marks the beginning of Nubia, the area shared by Egypt and Sudan, and you can sense the cultural change as Africa approaches. Following the ride down the Nile, you can... 0 comment Tags: Ancient Egypt, Egyptian History, Nile River, travel blog Read more → EGYPT TRAVEL: NILE RIVER SAILBOAT CRUISE Posted by Steve Collins on Sep 15, 2021 The Nile River is the central artery of Egypt. It is the sole source of drinking water and brings fertilization to the fields with the rich silt carried from deep inside Africa. The Nile is a major transportation corridor, ferrying people between the east bank and the west bank and facilitating commercial barge movement. But even with all that traffic, it is also the place where sailboats and motorboats cruise while filled with locals and tourists enjoying the sights. In Cairo, the noise, traffic, sand, dirt, hustle-bustle and general commotion gets left behind the minute you depart from the... 0 comment Tags: Ancient Egypt, Cairo, Egyptian History, Egyptology, Nile River, sailboat, travel blog Read more → HIEROGLYPHS: WHAT WAS AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCRIBE? Posted by Discoveries Inc. on Aug 25, 2021 In ancient Egypt, scribes were the select people who learned to read and write. Since not everyone could read and write, the scribes had to go to a special school where they learned the hieroglyphic and hieratic scripts. The scripts were challenging and they spent many years in this process. Scribes generally wrote on papyrus with reed brushes dipped in ink. One of the most famous scribes was called Imhotep. Imhotep was the architect of the Egyptian Pharaoh Djoser and was said to be responsible for the Step Pyramid at Saqqara. Our statue was made to honor the scribes in ancient Egyptian... 0 comment Tags: Ancient Egypt, Egyptian History, Egyptology, Scribe Read more → ← 1 2 3 … 5 → RECENT ARTICLES Egyptian Educational: Color Your Own Hieroglyphic Alphabet Nov 11, 2021 Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet: A Fierce Egyptian Deity Oct 08, 2021 EGYPT TRAVEL: ARRIVING IN ASWAN FROM THE NILE Sep 28, 2021 Egypt Travel: Nile River Sailboat Cruise Sep 15, 2021 Hieroglyphs: What was an Ancient Egyptian Scribe? Aug 25, 2021 CATEGORIES Ancient Egypt Cairo Educational Egyptian Goddess Egyptian History Egyptology Hieroglyphs jewelry Nile River sailboat Scribe Sekhmet travel blog DIRECT FROM EGYPT All items are hand-crafted in the heart of Cairo, and shipped to you from our warehouse in Colorado, USA. SHOP OTHER SITES Amazon Store Etsy Shop - HistoryDefined Privacy Policy Refund Policy Shipping Policy Terms of Service Facebook Instagram © 2021 Discoveries Egyptian Imports Powered by Shopify American Express Apple Pay Diners Club Discover Jcb Master Paypal Shopify Pay Visa