Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

has been made. It is believed that Hatshepsut’s corpse was hidden from the Tuthmossid allies, and her mummified liver was found ...

heart The physical organ called hatas a material bodily entity and abas a spiritual body. The heart was consid- ered the seat of ...

Hekaib(fl. 22nd century B.C.E.)Official of the Sixth Dynasty and a commander of Egyptian military forces He served PEPI II (r. 2 ...

Hemetch A serpent demon concerned with the deceased in their journey through the TUAT, or Under- world. Hemetch was depicted in ...

the heir, Khafre (Chephren). She was buried in a small pyramid beside Khufu’s Great PYRAMIDat GIZA. Her tomb was listed in the I ...

Herit(fl. 16th century B.C.E.) Royal woman of the Fif- teenth Dynasty, the Great Hyksos royal line She was the daughter of APOPH ...

that allowed human dissection. His awareness of the workings of the human brain and his careful accounts of his studies of vario ...

B.C.E.), and inscriptions of the Twenty-first Dynasty (1070–945 B.C.E.) high priests of Amun, PINUDJEM(1) and MENKHEPERRESENEB(2 ...

Black Sea to the Caucasus, this group arrived in central Anatolia c. 1840 B.C.E., destroying a native culture of the region, Kar ...

Restoring Egypt’s military, Horemhab once again nur- tured vassal states and received delegates and tributes. He moved Egypt’s c ...

The Egyptian adaptation of the animal, and the for- mation of the dreaded cavalry units of the Nile forces, enabled the pharaohs ...

vived to attack Set in vengeance for the death of Osiris. Victorious at last, having suffered the loss of one eye in combat with ...

Hudet A winged form of the god RÉ, called “the Splen- dor,” the Hudet was also part of the cultic rituals in EDFU, associated wi ...

rian MANETHOas having suddenly appeared in the Nile Valley. He wrote that they rode their horse-drawn chari- ots to establish a ...

hypostyle hall A Greek term for a room or chamber that has many columns. The architectural innovation developed gradually in Egy ...

I 177 Ibhet A site near the second cataract of the Nile, located in NUBIA (modern Sudan), Ibhet contains a QUARRYof black granit ...

Idut See SESHESHET. Ihy (fl. 20th century B.C.E.) Innovative courtier of the Twelfth Dynasty He served AMENEMHET I(r. 1991–1962 ...

A temple that was dedicated to the cults of the deities SEKHMETand HATHORwas erected at Imu by SENWOSRET I (r. 1971–1926 B.C.E.) ...

office, and the vizier had to be responsive to requests and the needs of individual citizens. Instructions for Merikaré A didact ...

Inuet A minor goddess of Egypt, considered a consort of the deity MONTUof ERMENT. A statue of Inuet is on dis- play in modern Lu ...