Index : E : Egyptian Pharaohs

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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Egyptian Pharaohs

• Which Egyptian pharaoh seems to have been almost erased from history altogether, with some questioning whether he even existed, despite his face being possibly the most famous of all the pharaohs? ( goto )



• In the ancient Egyptian pantheon, who was Serket? ( goto )



• What is the name of the first Egyptian to win a Nobel Prize? ( goto )



• For how long was Greek considered the language of Egyptian royalty? ( goto )



• What was the mummy's outer coffin called in ancient Egyptian times? ( goto )



• Does it snow on the Egyptian pyramids and if so, do you have a picture? ( goto )



• What 40-inch piece of black basalt unlocked the secret of Egyptian hieroglyphics? ( goto )



• What was Egyptian King Menephta famous for collecting when it came to souvenirs? ( goto )



• Hippocrates has often been called the Father of Medicine, but some researchers believe the title should belong to an ancient Egyptian. What is this Egyptian's name? ( goto )



• Why are paintings of people in Egyptian tombs always done in profile instead of face on? ( goto )



• How did ancient humanity (like those Egyptian dudes) explain solar eclipses? ( goto )



• Which flower was an ingredient of the ancient Egyptian recipe for toothpaste: nettle, narcissus, or nightshade? ( goto )



• Which Egyptian mother goddess was depicted crowned with thorns and the moon, and holding Horus in her lap? ( goto )



• Accordimg to some Egyptian mythology, theories and beliefs, what was one of the stranger reasons for the sinking of the Titanic? ( goto )



• Who was the Egyptian Pharaoh who eventually allowed the Israelites to go free after being petitioned by Moses and Aaron? ( goto )



• I can be Egyptian or Asiatic and was once a 'king.' I'm white in bloom, changing from pink to blue to purple. What am I? ( goto )



• Which cosmetic manufacturer has released a recipe for ancient egyptian perfumes (l'oreal, nina ricci, christian dior, yves saint laurent) ? ( goto )



• What is the official and foreign-sounding name of the peaceful and noble complex of buildings built on the Egyptian ruins of 40,000 books destroyed in a terrible fire in the First Century BC? ( goto )



• A black basalt slab was found by a soldier in 1799 that contained fragments of passages written in three different scripts: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Egyptian demotic. Two decades later, French Egyptologist Jean Franýois Champollion was able to decipher the hieroglyphics using his knowledge of Greek as a guide, and the language and culture of ancient Egypt was suddenly open to scientists as never before. What was the name of this artifact? ( goto )



• This mysterious organization, associated with a certain flower and a religious symbol, supposedly began in the 15th century and experienced a resurgence in the 17th. Some scholars suspect it was originally a hoax, but it's said to be connected with Gnosticism, Egyptian mysteries, alchemy, Islam, and Freemasonry, as well as Christianity, and has spawned various modern incarnations. What is this hermetic order? ( goto )