Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

Merysankh (1)(fl. 26th century B.C.E.)Royal woman of the Third Dynasty She was a lesser consort of HUNI(r. 2599–2575 B.C.E.) and ...

HORUS.” The Mesentiu were reportedly skilled in metal- lurgy and battle. mesenty This was an ancient Egyptian term that meant “t ...

were combined to notify the Egyptians that a human form of Horus had risen again in THEBESto protect the nation from all enemies ...

ers as the expansion of trade warranted a military pres- ence in remote regions. These positions appear to have been hereditary, ...

last part of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period, the Nubians had built a relatively strong state in the area. SEN ...

battle of KADESHboth the Egyptians and Hittites escaped disaster narrowly. An alliance was the result of the con- flict, which d ...

London: Sutton Publishing, 2000; Ferrill, Arthur. The Origins of War: From the Stone Age to Alexander the Great (History & W ...

712–698 B.C.E.) and AMASIS(r. 570–526 B.C.E.). This com- plex is west of the remains of an earlier temple dating to the reign of ...

Athyr Khoiak Season of proyetor peret—the sowing—spring Tybi (or Tobe) Mekhir Pnamenoth Parmuthi Season of shemuor shomu—the har ...

and he cleared the Nile of foes all the way to the second cataract on the Nile. One of his chancellors, Khety, took a large flee ...

but in Lower Egypt the people appear to have buried their dead under their houses as well. Cemeteries in the MA’ADI cultural seq ...

the cemeteries around tombs, such as the tomb of MERNEITH(1), an important woman of the First Dynasty (2920–2770 B.C.E.). The cu ...

corpse fragrant. The outer skin of the mummy, hardened by the natron, was massaged with milk, honey, and vari- ous ointments. Th ...

followed on land or on separate barges across the river. The hearse boat used for the crossing had a shrine cabin adorned with f ...

religious doctrines, provided each Egyptian with the nec- essary physical properties to ensure eternal bliss. The funerary ritua ...

The cache contained the coffins and mummies of the official Nebseni, ’Ahmose-In-hapi, Duathathor-HENUT- TAW Y, SETI I,TUTHMOSIS ...

THEBES. Before this union she was believed to have given birth to the deities and to humans with her tears. Mut nurtured the pha ...

River the new Egyptian imperial frontier, Muwatallis was compelled to defend his realm. He fought Ramesses II at KADESH, modern ...

N 260 Nagada (Naqada) This is a site north of THEBES, sometimes called Ombos or Nukt, and a vital resource of the Predynastic Pe ...

providing the required daily offerings and commemora- tions. This task was assumed by the family and fulfilled until the close o ...