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Note On The Restoration Of Five Egyptian Mosques, Monica Hanna Nov 2021

Note On The Restoration Of Five Egyptian Mosques, Monica Hanna

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

[En]This paper discusses the cultural loss of five Egyptian mosques in Egypt due to their renovation. While illicit digging, encroachment, and real estate unplanned development has damaged ancient Egyptian heritage, in particular in the last eleven years, Egypt has a long history of faulty restorations of Islamic monuments, which include demolition, wholesome reconstruction, and unhistorical additions. Few of the original early Islamic monuments survive today, the oldest being the Nilometer on Rawḍa Island (AD 869), which dates to two hundred years after the Arab conquest of Egypt. Interventions in the capital Cairo are often subjected to media coverage and …


Constructions With Negative Prefix At- In The Coptic Language, Shaimaa Abdelsttar Ahmed Nov 2021

Constructions With Negative Prefix At- In The Coptic Language, Shaimaa Abdelsttar Ahmed

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

( En )The present paper handles the compound noun, the negative, using the formative at, which is used for nouns and verbs because many abstract nouns comprise the prefix at- Finally, all the abstract nouns negated by at are appended to them.
In Coptic, there are few true adjectives because the old form of the language is rich in adjective-verbs. Generally speaking, the adjective is expressed in Coptic by means of a relative clause or by substantives linked together by the genitival adjective n-. Less frequently, the noun and its qualifying substantive are in direct opposition. This adjective follows …


Indian Mughal Turban Boxes As Cultural Indicators: Civilizational And Artistic Study, Hamada Thabet Nov 2021

Indian Mughal Turban Boxes As Cultural Indicators: Civilizational And Artistic Study, Hamada Thabet

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(Ar)
صناديق حفظ العمامة في العصر المغولي الهندية كمؤشرات ثقافية دراسة حضارية فنية
تعبر التحف التطبيقية في عصر أباطرة مغول الهند عن حضارة المغول وإبداعتهم، وتعتبر صناديق حفظ العمامات مثالا رائعا لتلك التحف التي تعبر عن حضارة المغول، وتهدف الورقة البحثية لدراسة فنية لهذه الصناديق وكذلك ومسمي جعبة دستار وعلاقة المسمى بأداء الوظيفة التي من أجلها صنعت هذه الصناديق، ولقد كان لفلسة المغول بالهند سواء الأباطرة والأمراء في الاهتمام بالعمامة ومكانتها لديهم دور كبير في ظهور صناديق مخصصة للعمامة، وكانت العمامات تزين بالأحجار الكريمة والجواهر الغالية الامر الذي أدي أيضا إلى ظهور هذه الصناديق، وتعدد طرز صناديق حفظ العمامات في …


Contributions Of Muslim Mechanical Engineers In Modern Automata (In The Light Of Kitāb Al-Ḥiyal Of Al- Ǧazarī) A Descriptive And Analytical Study, Dr.Boussy Muhammad Zidan Nov 2021

Contributions Of Muslim Mechanical Engineers In Modern Automata (In The Light Of Kitāb Al-Ḥiyal Of Al- Ǧazarī) A Descriptive And Analytical Study, Dr.Boussy Muhammad Zidan

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)

Were the Muslims in ancient times highly proficient in mechanical engineering? Did they have a head start over the West in this field? Unfortunately, it is noticeable nowadays that Arabs and Muslims all over the world became just consumers; exploiting all technological developments of the West that are rapidly growing. Here we had to wonder whether the Arab Muslims, long ago, was in this manner. This research hypothesizes that Muslims had attained an advanced level of mechanical engineering and were the inventors of the self-moving artifacts; recently known as automata. Accordingly, this research has undertaken the mission to prove …


Antimetabole:Forms And Rhetorical Functions In Sahidic Coptic Texts, Ahmed Taleb Abdeldayem Khalil Nov 2021

Antimetabole:Forms And Rhetorical Functions In Sahidic Coptic Texts, Ahmed Taleb Abdeldayem Khalil

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

Ar) العكس والتبديل: أشكاله وأغراضه البلاغية في النصوص القبطية الصعيدية عالج الآباء حكمهم وأقوالهم المأثورة بالعديد من الأساليب البلاغية، وربما كان هذا نتيجة لما تتميز به هذه الأساليب من خصائص ساعدت على تقديم الفكرة بطريقة مبسطة تجذب انتباه السامعين والقراء. ويعد أسلوب العكس والتبديل واحد من تلك الأساليب البلاغية التي لوحظت من حين لآخر في اللغة القبطية. ويهدف هذا البحث إلى تقديم دراسة لغوية لأنواع هذا الأسلوب في النصوص الأدبية القبطية، وبشكل خاص تلك النصوص الصعيدية التي كتبت في الفترة ما بين القرنين الرابع والسابع الميلادي. بالإضافة إلى إنه يبحث أيضاً عن الأغراض البلاغية التي دفعت الكتبة إلى استخدام هذا …


Body Secretions Goddess In Ancient Religious Texts, Rania Abdel Aziz Mesbah Nov 2021

Body Secretions Goddess In Ancient Religious Texts, Rania Abdel Aziz Mesbah

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(Ar)
معبودات إفرازات الجسد فى النصوص الدينية القديمة
يعد الماء هو أصل كل شيء حيث خرج الكون من مفهوم المصري القديم من المحيط الأزلي نون ، والذى كان فى حد ذاته معبوداً لدى العقيدة المصرية القديمة .يساعد الماء على أجراء الكثير من العمليات الهامة للنشاط الحيوي للإنسان فهو يساعد على الهضم وتوزيع العناصر الغذائية على الجسم وعلى عملية الأخراج ، كما يساعد الماء على توازن جسم الأنسان ، ويكون الماء المكون الرئيسي فى الجسد من دم ، سائل لمفاوى ، سائل منوى ، نخاعي كذلك دخل فى افرازات الجسد مثل اللبن ، الدموع ، البول ، العرق، حيث حملت أفرازات …


The Deceased And His Relevance To Rhwy, Ahawy, 3nnwy, And 4nwy, Magda Gad Nov 2021

The Deceased And His Relevance To Rhwy, Ahawy, 3nnwy, And 4nwy, Magda Gad

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En) The twofold oppositions or contrasts that complement each other are evident in Ancient Egypt. We have heaven and earth, day and night, life and death, fertile land and desert, and so good and evil. One of the most outstanding forms of dualism was the divine RHwy: Horus and Seth. The interpretation of this word differs according to the context included. On one hand, it is translated as the two companions when talking first about the gods Rea and Thoth; on the other hand, it is the two rivals Horus and Seth, apart from occasionally it is translated, as well …


A Business Letter From The Egyptian Museum, Mohamed Abdou Elsaid Nov 2021

A Business Letter From The Egyptian Museum, Mohamed Abdou Elsaid

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En) The current paper is an edition of unpublished Greek documentary papyrus from Cairo Museum under glass 86 of the S(pecial) R(egister) Nr. 3049 with inv. 161. This papyrus is from Tampemou (Oxyrhynchite nome) and dates back to third Century A.D. This papyrus text is a business letter. The letter preserved some details about transport of sheep made by the official who travelled south to Tampemou in the eastern toparchy of the Oxyrhynchite Nome. The verso contains two lists of the landowners, and the amounts of wheat recorded after their names. The purpose of amounts of wheat on the verso …


Three Old Kingdom Fragmentary Reliefs And Their Owners, Ibrahim Abd El-Sattar, Shouikar Salama Nov 2021

Three Old Kingdom Fragmentary Reliefs And Their Owners, Ibrahim Abd El-Sattar, Shouikar Salama

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)This paper aims to publish three fragments preserved in the archaeological store at Atfiyah and belong to three mastaba tombs at Giza; two of them were mostly collapsed. The importance of this paper is due to that two fragments of those in question only contain the names of their owners (the second and the third fragments), while the first one bears some titles without its owner name. Although two fragments bear the names of their owners, these names were frequently repeated in the Old Kingdom which makes it more difficult to determine their identity. So, identifying the persons who …


A Female Scribe In The Twenty Sixth Dynasty [Iretrau], Heba Maher Nov 2021

A Female Scribe In The Twenty Sixth Dynasty [Iretrau], Heba Maher

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)

This research studies Iretrau’s sS-sHm.t’, which was mentioned several times in her tomb. This is a clear reference to literacy. It is notable that Iretrau and her position as a scribe is one of the most complicated issues, due to the lack of texts written by her as a male scribe, as well as the absence of writing tools in her tomb. However, there are many other reasons for looking at Iretrau as a literate woman who held a scribal position with actual duties according to previous indications. The fact that Iretrau used the very plain …


Six Unusual Boats From Tell Awlad Dawood In The Nile Delta, Ehab Gamil Abd El-Krim, Ahmed Said Nassef Nov 2021

Six Unusual Boats From Tell Awlad Dawood In The Nile Delta, Ehab Gamil Abd El-Krim, Ahmed Said Nassef

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)

Tell Awlad Dawood is a Predynastic and Early Dynastic settlement located in Sharqiya Province. The site is a small Tell. It has been occupied from the beginning of the 4th millennium BC to the Late Period, but its main occupation took place during the Predynastic and Early Dynastic times. The site of Tell Awlad Dawood in the eastern Nile Delta has been the focus of excavation since 1978. Until 1997, the main discoveries made at the site were: some buildings, bowls, platters and vats, ovoid and globular pots, large pots with a wide opening, jars, some lithic industry, and …


Microstructure And Damage Assessment Of Some Ptolemaic Pottery Objects At Tell Abu Yasin In Sharkia, Egypt: Case Study, Walid ᾿El-Ghareb ᾿El-Ghareb Mar 2021

Microstructure And Damage Assessment Of Some Ptolemaic Pottery Objects At Tell Abu Yasin In Sharkia, Egypt: Case Study, Walid ᾿El-Ghareb ᾿El-Ghareb

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)

Tell Abu Yasin is one of the most important sites in Sharkia governorate and dates back to Ptolemaic age. Many tests and analyses were performed to diagnose damage manifestations of some pottery pieces. The research has proven that the clay used in that pottery is Nile Clay, while tempers are sand, grog, and limestone powder. The used shaping technology was potter wheel, surface treatment is slip layer, and the burning atmosphere inside the kiln was reduced for the first pot and oxidized to the second and third piece. Pottery objects suffer from physiochemical damage by soil sediments, in addition …


Analytical Study Of The Archaeological Leather Document Preserved In Egyptian Museum And New Proposal For Museum Exhibition, ʾElsayda-Nafesa ʾEl-Shamy, MoʾAmen Othman Mar 2021

Analytical Study Of The Archaeological Leather Document Preserved In Egyptian Museum And New Proposal For Museum Exhibition, ʾElsayda-Nafesa ʾEl-Shamy, MoʾAmen Othman

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)

This study was done on an archaeological leather document preserved in Egyptian Museum storeroom under N°. JE90809 SR 5/13677, excavated in 1966. The leather document showed different aspects of deterioration types. Different analytical methods were used for identifying the components of the leather document to explain its mechanism of deterioration process. Analytical methods used were: visual assessment, documentation process by high resolution camera and scanner in multispectral imaging (MSI), diagnostic examinations using Multi Spectral Imaging (VIS-UV-IR), isolation and identification of different types of fungi, investigation of the surface morphology and animal type using digital light microscope (Dino light), stereo …


Types And Forms Of «Polychrome Marble Ware» From The Ottoman Fortress Of Azak In Southern Russia (Ceramological Study), Irina Rudolfovna Gusach, Walid Khalil Mar 2021

Types And Forms Of «Polychrome Marble Ware» From The Ottoman Fortress Of Azak In Southern Russia (Ceramological Study), Irina Rudolfovna Gusach, Walid Khalil

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)

This сeramological research is devoted to a very rare type of marble-like decorated glazed pottery – «Polychrome Marble Ware» – that was discovered during archaeological excavations between 1961 and 2015 in the Ottoman fortress of Azak in the North-East Azov region, Southern Russia. This provided the first possibility to identify and study fragments of this tableware, which are now stored in the stock collections of Azov History, Archaeology and Paleontology Museum-Reserve. The authors of this ceramological research set themselves the following tasks: to study the history of the origin of the Ottoman «Polychrome Marble Ware»; …


Deisis In The Paintings Of Christian Egypt A Depiction Of The Intercessory Supplication, Manal Abdelhamid Mar 2021

Deisis In The Paintings Of Christian Egypt A Depiction Of The Intercessory Supplication, Manal Abdelhamid

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En) The concept of intercession is deeply embedded in Eastern Orthodoxy through the reciting of the Intercession Prayer, addressing the Christ, as the main intercessor, and other holy figures, including the Virgin, the saints, the martyrs and even angels, to intercede on behalf of the faithful and deliver their prayers to God. Deisis is one of the intercession themes that is widely illustrated in murals and icons of Christian Egypt. It is represented in different compositions, but mainly consists of three main figures: the Christ Pantocrator flanked by the two main intercessors, the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. Many …


The Seven Spirits (Axw-Sfxw) In The Ancient Egyptian Religion, Radwan Abdel-Rady Sayed Ahmed Mar 2021

The Seven Spirits (Axw-Sfxw) In The Ancient Egyptian Religion, Radwan Abdel-Rady Sayed Ahmed

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)

This paper tackles an important topic in ancient Egyptian religion; the «Seven Spirits». This term is repeatedly mentioned in multiple written forms in religious texts from the Middle Kingdom, the New Kingdom, and the Saite and Late Periods. It seems that these seven deities as creatures or jinn were very important in the doctrine of the dead and for their fate in the other world, as evidenced by their frequent mention in religious texts. These deities are named in association with a number of major deities, such as Ra, Osiris, Anubis, Thoth and the four sons of Horus, and …


Four Greek Ostraca In The Egyptian Museum In Cairo, Magdy Aly Mar 2021

Four Greek Ostraca In The Egyptian Museum In Cairo, Magdy Aly

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En)

The paper is an edition of four unpublished Greek documentary ostraca that form part of a larger collection in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. This group of four is divided into two sub-groups, which are housed on the third floor of the Egyptian Museum, in room D3East. The ostraca were brought to the museum on January 25th 1955 from the region of Thebes, and specifically from either Elephantine or Syene, sites mentioned in some of the ostraca, including O. N°. 20b discussed here. The four ostraca presented here have the same inventory number, S.R.18953. The editor has assigned a …


The Funerary Stela Of Ptahmes From The Ramesside Period In Heliopolis, Gehan Roshdy, Khaled Mohamed Abou ᾿Al-Elia Mar 2021

The Funerary Stela Of Ptahmes From The Ramesside Period In Heliopolis, Gehan Roshdy, Khaled Mohamed Abou ᾿Al-Elia

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

(En) This paper is concerned with the study and publication of a funerary stela of a man named Ptahmes, which was discovered in Heliopolis, and specifically in the eastern area of Ain Shams. It is currently preserved in the magazine of cArab al-Hisn at Matariya under registration N°. 235. It is made of limestone without any traces of color. Despite being in a good condition, some parts of the upper half of the pyramidion and the lower right corner of the stela are missing, and there are some abrasions in the upper register. The stela exhibits average quality of workmanship. …