Princess Neferure of Egypt

Geia sas dear readers! Today i saw a documentary on Princess Neferure 'nefer-rou-ray' of Egypt on the Discovery channel. She is the daughter of the Queen Pharaoh Hatshepsut & Thutmose II and the only known child of Hatshepsut. Here is her name in hieroglyphics:

Neferure ,who's name means 'Beauty of Ra', was trained to become Pharaoh after her mother, & though it never happened it was an unheard of thing for a princess to be trained as a Pharaoh. It is thought that she did not out-live her mother Hatshepsut but her cause of death is unknown. They do know her mother died of an infection in her gums that spread; it was previously thought that she was murdered.

Neferue was mostly raised by her tutor and courtier Senemut. There are statues depicting him holding her. They showed her tomb, which was very high up in a steep rock, it had little paintings left and was a very treacherous place with lots of bats.

There are still many more things to uncover about Neferure and how she and her mother lived, but it is incredible that they know as much as they do. I would love to go to Egypt someday and see where they [& many others] lived & ruled.

~SassyAgapi

Once Upon A Time In Egypt

Hey its SassyAgapi with my 1st blog!
Today I just wanted to talk about something I love and a new book I've been reading; ancient Egypt & the book The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran. First I just want to say that I have a great love for all things ancient Egyptian & Greek, so when I heard of this book I was dying to read it! The book is centered on Nefertari, the orphan princess of Egypt & niece of Nefertiti who they call 'the Heretic Queen', because her husband (Pharaoh Ahkenaten) banished all gods except one(Aten) from Egypt. So many in Egypt have built up hate for her & her late family. You might know from history that she marries Ramesses(II) the Great, the book focuses on that a lot also. The only thing I don't like is that she has Ramesses with RED hair!??! Sorry but i cannot picture him without dark hair, but anyway... I'm not going to ruin the book for anyone but if you like Egypt, romance, & a good story I highly recommend The Heretic Queen.
So back to my love of Egyptian & Greek things, well first I am Greek & I love & am proud of my people's culture, history, & beauty, so that's a given. As far as ancient Egypt I have always been drawn to it, it fascinates me so much, just the mystery & adventure of it all. Oh & the clothes, jewelry, make-up, architecture, & decorations! :D Another thing I love about both are the names, here are some of my favorites:

Ramesses -Egyptian[male]
Asha-Egyptian[male]
Demetrius/Dimitrios-Greek[male]

Αlexandros-Greek[male]

Achilles-Greek[male]

Isis-Egyptian-'supreme throned one'
Iset-Egyptian-'(she) of the throne'
Nefertiri-Egyptian-'form of beautiful one'
Nefertari-Egyptian-'most beautiful'
Nefertirian-Egyptian-'another form of beautiful one' {nefer-teer-i-in}
Arsinoe-Greek(Αρσινη) [Egyptian Queen]- {arsin-o-ay}

Selini-Greek-'moon' (Σεληνη)

Briseis-Greek-(Βρισηις)

Eleftheria-Greek-'freedom'- (Ελευθερια)

Deianira-Greek-(Δηανειρα)

That's just a few lol!

*Note I did not add an accent to the Greek text*

But there are so many beautiful names its hard to pick just 1 or 2.

Here are some pictures of Greece & Egypt to end this post:

{Oh &  'Agapi Mou' means 'my love' in Greek, to anyone whos wondering}