Egypt

An investigation into the real historical figure of King David and the real location of the Temple of Solomon

Identifies King David as Pharaoh Tuthmosis III of the 18th Dynasty and Davids son Solomon as Pharaoh Amenhotep, Tuthmosiss successor

The temples of ancient Egypt include the largest and perhaps most impressive religious monuments the world has ever known. Mansions of the gods, models of Egypt and of the universe, focal points of worship, great treasure houses and islands of order in a cosmic sea of chaosthe temples were all these things and more.

The Book of the Dead of Sobekmose, in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, is one of the most important surviving examples of ancient Egyptian Books of the Dead. Such booksactually papyrus scrollswere composed of traditional funerary texts, including magic spells, which were thought to assist the deceased on their journeys into the afterlife.

Read and interpret hieroglyphs as you learn about the intriguing world of the Ancient Egyptians. Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs interweaves a clear guide to deciphering this elegant picture language with vivid depictions of its origins and the people themselves.

Buried in the Egyptian desert some 4,000 years ago, the Pyramid Texts are among the world's oldest poetry.

Deep within each of us lives a primal memory of a time when the natural world was recognized as divine and our temples were built from sacred materials enlivened through magic. Temples were not places you visited once a week; they were centers of community, divine work, healing, and wisdom, places where Heaven and Earth meet.