Ancient Egypt Summer Festivals: The Opet and New Year’s Celebrations

Ancient Egypt Summer Festivals: The Opet and New Year’s Celebrations

Jul 21, 2025

Rituals, Renewals and Revelry Along the Nile by Laura Ranieri Roy Think of kicking up your heels, sipping copious amounts of beer, indulging in heavy carbs, and dancing the night away as a modern phenomenon? Well, think again! The ancient Egyptians were well ahead of...
Hathor Temple of Denderah: Egypt’s Most Stunning Temple

Hathor Temple of Denderah: Egypt’s Most Stunning Temple

Apr 16, 2023

by Laura Ranieri Roy “I felt that I was in the sanctuary of the arts and sciences…Never did the labour of man show me the human race in such a splendid point of view. In the ruins of Tentyra [ Roman for Dendera] the Egyptians appeared to me giants.” Vivant Denon,...
Ancient Egyptian Temples – an in-depth look

Ancient Egyptian Temples – an in-depth look

Oct 19, 2021

Special guest blog by Jeanne Whitehurst, English Egyptologist living in Aswan Temples were built for over 3,500 years in Ancient Egypt, the earliest, mostly, open courts sun temples to the sun god Re while the last one to be built was the cult Temple to Isis at Philae...