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 […]

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 […]