That does the flag of Egypt look three

horizontal equal bands of red, white,

and black, and there is the Egyptian
eagle of Saladin in the center of the
white band. Egypt's flag was officially
adopted on October 4, 1984 as the
civil and state flag.

There is a lot of symbolism in Egypt’s

national flag. Three are three colored
bands that are designed to represent
the Egyptian Revolution, the bloodless
nature of the Revolution and the end
of the oppression of Egyptians. The
flag also features the national emblem,
or the Egyptian eagle of Saladin, in the
center.
The main colors of the Egyptian flag
are red, white and black. These are featured in horizontal bands of equal sizes. The red
band, which is located at the top of the flag represents the time prior to the Egyptian
Revolution. The white band represents the bloodlessness of the war. The black band at the
bottom symbolizes the end of the oppression of the Egyptian people from the monarchy.
The flag also features the gold outline of the Falcon of Saladin, the national emblem.

Egyptian religion was a

combination of beliefs and
practices which, in the modern day,
would include Egyptian
mythology, science, medicine,
psychiatry, magic, spiritualism,
herbology, as well as the modern
understanding of 'religion' as
belief in a higher power and a life
after death. Religion played a part
in every aspect of the lives of the
ancient Egyptians because life on
earth was seen as only one part of
an eternal journey, and in order to
continue that journey after death, one
 needed to live a life worthy of
continuance.

The gods each had their own area

of specialty. Bastet, for example,
was the goddess of the hearth,
home life, women's health and
secrets, and of cats. Hathor was
the goddess of kindness and love,
associated with gratitude and
generosity, motherhood, and
compassion. According to one
early story surrounding her,
however, she was originally the
goddess Sekhmet who became
drunk on blood and almost
destroyed the world until she was
pacified and put to sleep
by beer which the gods had dyed
red to fool her. When she awoke from her sleep, she was transformed into a
gentler deity. Although she was associated with beer, Tenenet was the
principal goddess of beer and also presided over childbirth. Beer was
considered essential for one's health in ancient Egypt and a gift from the gods,
and there were many deities associated with the drink which was said to have
been first brewed by Osiris.

Usually the clothes were white but

red, blue and yellow was used on
some occasions. Colors had a
meaning for Egyptians. For
instance, blue reminded of Amon,
the god of air. Green represented
life and youth and yellow was the symbol of gold. Red symbolized
violence and wasn’t used often. Black was only used in wigs. White was a
sacred color which represented purit

The Pyramid of Giza was built 4500 years ago in Egypt, yet it
remained as the tallest
man-made building until
the 19th century. That
means it stood its place as
the tallest building for 3800
years!

The baffling thing about

these ancient pyramids is
the Egyptians ability to
build something so gigantic
with prehistoric building methods!

Imagine a time with

no advanced
machinery, when
there were no cranes
or forklifts. It was
during this time when
the Egyptians erected
these pyramids with
stones that weigh
about 5-10 tons per
piece!
All of these stones were hoisted and laid one by one on top of each
other. We can only imagine how the processes were carried on.

It was widely believed

that slaves were tasked
to build enormous
pyramids. This was later
contradicted and found
out that it was paid
workers who were the
ones tasked with the
construction.

Workers from around

north and south,
respected for their work,
worked tirelessly. The worker tombs were discovered much
around 2010; the body is preserved in the dry sand along with
jars of beer and bread for the afterlife.

Some of the oldest and most important

Egyptian musical instruments were
stringed instruments. These included
three sizes of lyres, an asymmetrical
instrument with two arms and a
crossbar attached to a sound box. The
strings, connected to the cross bar and
the sound box, were plucked to make a sound.

That footwear played an important role

in the society is suggested by the sheer
size of the archaeological corpus:
footwear is found in a wide variety of
contexts from the most lowly peasant
to royalty, and from Predynastic times
onwards. Footwear not only served as a
protection of the feet: it had a
considerable socio-economic and
symbolic significance from the very
early stages of history onwards. This
significance as well as status is,
however, unclear. Equally little understood is how footwear was used and
conceived of in practical terms. Moreover, we know very little about the
development in time and the distribution of footwear. The choice of material,
shape, technological features as well as the distribution of types in time and
space are powerful traits to understand the practical use as well as this
symbolic content.

The New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC)

began with the Eighteenth Dynasty, marking
the rise of Egypt as an international
power that expanded during its greatest
extension to an empire as far south
as Tombos in Nubia, and included parts of
the Levant in the east. This period is noted
for some of the most well known Pharaohs,
including Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaten and his
wife Nefertiti, Tutankhamun and Ramesses II.

Jewelry was very important for

women, especially to Cleopatra.
However, all social classes had
them. Queens were buried with
jewelry, so it could be used in the
afterlife. The most popular jewelry
was an amulet which was believed
to protect the wearer. The amulets
were often sacred symbols, such as
the eye of Horus. Both men and
women wore collars made of strings
of beads, anklets, bracelets, finger
rings and armbands. Jewelry was
usually massive and heavy. Some
people got their ears pierced and
wore earrings. Cleopatra wore
massive, golden headdresses and
snake shaped armbands. She also
accessorized with huge amount of
other jewelry.

The Narmer Plate

Among the most important displays

that the guests of the Egyptian Museum
should view during their visit is the
Narmer Plate, also known as the Plate of
the King Menes.
The Narmer Plate is a large plate made of stone and it
is the only remaining evidence that King Narmer or
Menes was able to unify the two regions of Egypt,
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt in one unified kingdom,
beginning the dynastic era of the Egyptian history.
That is quite an amazing feat.
The name of King Menes is inscribed on the two sides of the plate. King Menes is
portrayed on one side of the plate wearing his long white crown and seems to be about
to beat a war prisoner with his bare hands
On the other side of the Narmer Plate, the king is portrayed wearing two crowns and
walking with his followers to supervise the process of prosecuting the war prisoner.