Stories, symbols and gift ideas from ancient Egypt — by PharaohCraft, Cairo.
You’ve stood in front of the pyramids, walked through Karnak at sunrise and haggled in Khan el-Khalili. Now you want to bring something home that actually feels like Egypt — not a plastic pyramid that breaks in your suitcase. Here are souvenir and gift ideas that last. Things worth buying in Egypt A cartouche pendant […]
With the head of a black jackal and the body of a man, Anubis is one of the most recognizable gods of ancient Egypt — and one of the most misunderstood. He wasn’t a god of death in the frightening sense. He was its guardian: the one who protected the dead and guided them safely […]
Few symbols have travelled as far as the Eye of Horus. It was painted on coffins, carved into amulets and worn by the living more than four thousand years ago — and today it appears on jewelry, tattoos and streetwear all over the world. Here’s what it actually means. 𓂀 The name: wedjat Egyptians called […]
Every pharaoh had a name sealed inside a cartouche — an oval rope ring that was believed to protect the name within it forever. You can see your own name the same way in a few seconds. Type it below. How the translator works Ancient Egyptian had hundreds of signs, but a small set of […]
