Tag Archives: Egypt

The Nzemas Settled at The Gold Coast 830 Years Ago

The Nzema people of modern Ghana are part of a very large Akan family who moved from various locations to settle at their present location. They currently live in southwestern of modern Ghana and in the southeast of modern Côte d’Ivoire. The Nzema area is divided into two electoral districts of Nzema East District and […]

Origin of The Wedding Ring and Marriage Vows

The wedding vows as practised in most English-speaking countries derive ultimately from the Sarum rite of medieval England. The first part of the vows of the Sarum rite is given in Latin, but is instructed to be said by the priest “in linguam materna”, i.e. in the “mother tongue” of those present. Marriage vows, as […]

How Ancient Egypt Collapsed

For nearly one million years, Egypt’s early pharaohs presided over a prosperous and wealthy state that built countless temples and palaces, enormous public works, and the famous Giza pyramids. The Nile Valley was first inhabited in the Lower Paleolithic Period around ( 300,000 B.C.–90,000 B.C.). Neolithic people continued to create stone tools, and exploit domesticated […]

Oldest Bible on Earth, Codex Sinaiticus is 1,621 Years Old

The Codex Sinaiticus, or “Sinai Bible”, is one of the four great uncial codices, ancient, handwritten copies of the Christian Bible in Greek 1,621 Years Ago!! The codex is a historical treasure!! It is the oldest Bible in the world. The 4th-century book is considered to be one of the most important texts in existence. […]

The Influence of Ancient Egypt on the Akan of Ghana.

Bowdich suggests that “The Ashantees and their neighbors must have again been disturbed from time to time, by the several emigrations of the nations of the Mediterranean, whom Buache [Boakye?], in his researches for the construction of a map of Africa for Ptolemy, has at once discovered, by the identity of the names, in the […]