Image 1 — The ancient Egyptians were wrestling way before the Greeks ever thought of making it an Olympic sport. Over 1500 years before the first Olympic
Image 2 — The ancient Egyptians were wrestling way before the Greeks ever thought of making it an Olympic sport. Over 1500 years before the first Olympic
Image 3 — The ancient Egyptians were wrestling way before the Greeks ever thought of making it an Olympic sport. Over 1500 years before the first Olympic
Image 4 — The ancient Egyptians were wrestling way before the Greeks ever thought of making it an Olympic sport. Over 1500 years before the first Olympic

The ancient Egyptians were wrestling way before the Greeks ever thought of making it an Olympic sport. Over 1500 years before the first Olympic

u/No_Afternoon1602 — 16 hours ago

This painted wooden detail from the outer coffin of the nomarch/governor Khui (or Sepi/Khw) from Asyut, dating to the First Intermediate Period or Middle Kingdom, shows a man walking his spotted hound on a leash.

u/No_Afternoon1602 — 2 days ago

In 2008, scientists only had a blurry photo of this monkey's back. After years of searching, it has been confirmed as a new primate species (Colobus Congoensis), isolated in the DRC for over 4 million years.

u/No_Afternoon1602 — 2 days ago

Bronze figure of Sobek wearing the Atef Crown, resting on a shrine-shaped plinth (26th Dynasty / Ptolemaic)

This solid cast figure depicts the god Sobek as a plump crocodile sprawled on a hollow shrine shaped plinth.
The details of his scales are carefully incised, his eyes have gold inlays and on his head he wears an 'atef' crown composed of a central tall reed crown with bulbous top (now lost) and sun disc, flanked by ostrich feathers and upreared cobras, all mounted on a pair of twisted ram's horns.

u/No_Afternoon1602 — 9 days ago

Sabiha Gökçen, the world's first female fighter pilot, sitting in her Breguet 19 aircraft, Turkey (1937) [550x438]

u/No_Afternoon1602 — 9 days ago
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​The portal of the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, photographed in 1884 [349 x 503] ​

u/No_Afternoon1602 — 12 days ago
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Habi giant statue found underwater

A giant pink granite statue of the idol Hapi was found underwater in the sunken city in Abu Qir Bay, Alexandria.. The statue weighs approximately 6 tons and is about 6 meters long. It was discovered by French archaeologist Franck Godeau in 2001 AD.
Hapi is one of the most famous deities in ancient Egypt and a symbol of the unity of the state among the ancient Egyptians. He was revered as the god of the annual flood of the Nile River, and as a result, brown and rich soil was deposited on the banks of the river, which made Egypt’s crops grow with prosperity and abundance, so he was known to bring happiness and goodness. A major reason why people greatly celebrate "Hapy" all over the land of Egypt.
And after years outside the country with foreign exhibitions, Habi's statue finally settled on the land of Egypt in the Grand Egyptian Museum

u/No_Afternoon1602 — 11 days ago

46M, Cairo. Ex-Muslim, ex-atheist, currently SBNR

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u/No_Afternoon1602 — 18 days ago

46M, Cairo. Ex-Muslim, ex-atheist, currently SBNR

I'm looking to connect with a female partner (40+) based in Cairo who shares a similar spiritual, non-affiliated worldview for a real, meaningful, and complete relationship.

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u/No_Afternoon1602 — 18 days ago