The official language of the Arab Republic of Egypt is MSA (Modern Standard Arabic). It is the official language in almost all Arab countries. Like in all Arab countries it is not spoken in everyday life. Egyptians speak in their dialects. Arabic Newspaper Most of the media comes out (broadcast) in MSA. All the laws […]
Foreign Egyptology
Until the end of the 18th century there was little interest in the history of ancient Egypt. The country was under Turkish domination and remained inaccessible to Europeans; in addition, knowledge of ancient Egyptian writing was lost. The situation changed because of the campaign of Napoleon I to Egypt in 1798-1801, which was attended by […]
Conceptions of the afterlife
The Egyptians saw the afterlife as a direct continuation of the earthly life. According to their belief, a human being consisted of a body (het), soul (ba), shadow (khaybet), name (ren) and an invisible double (ka). The most ancient was the notion of ka, which was born with a person, followed him everywhere, formed an […]