Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

for mortuary statues and the mummified remains of ani- mals deemed as theophanies or symbols associated with the particular god. ...

Natron Lakes They were series of water deposits in the WADI NATRUN, near modern Cairo. The Wadi Natrun served as a source of NAT ...

was a NOMEaristocrat who was appointed high priest in the seventeenth year of Ramesses’ reign. He was a descen- dant of the KHET ...

Nebt-Tawy (1)(fl. 13th century B.C.E.)Royal woman of the Nineteenth Dynasty A lesser-ranked consort of RAMESSES II (r. 1290–1224 ...

Necho II had military successes until c. 605 B.C.E., when Prince NEBUCHADNEZZER, the heir to the throne of Babylon, defeated the ...

ioned out of granite and quartz. Neferhent was the mother of SIT-HATHOR YUNET. Neferhent (2)(fl. 19th century B.C.E.)Royal woman ...

carved and taken to ABYDOS. Neferhotep I then closed the necropolis to more public burials and erected a STELA declaring his int ...

reign. He also describes himself as a hereditary prince and as a “Sole Companion of the King.” Neferperet was buried in Thebes. ...

paintings are elaborate and beautiful, depicting Nefertari in mortuary rituals and in daily routines of life. The burial chamber ...

sut’s builders opened a passageway to Neferu’s tomb chapel, which was visited by many devout Egyptians of the period. Neferu (2) ...

Nefru-Sobek (2) (fl. 20th century B.C.E.) Royal woman of the Twelfth Dynasty She was a consort of AMENEMHET I(r. 1991–1962 B.C.E ...

bark as the god visited waiting souls and restored the light of day. Nehesy (1)(fl. 16th century B.C.E.)Obscure ruler of the Fou ...

cultic rituals for the deceased pharaohs, often residing in the actual pyramid complex. Neka’ankh’s tomb was dis- covered in SAQ ...

Neper was incorporated into the cult of OSIRISsoon after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. Many Osirian traditions and c ...

Nesnimu (fl. seventh century B.C.E.) Sage and official of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty He served PSAMMETICHUS I(r. 664–610 B.C.E.) a ...

Nile It was the “Gift of the Gods” to Egypt, the world’s longest river and the source of all life and abundance in the ancient N ...

Nile festivals These were the celebrations of the river and the god HAPI(1), its divine manifestation in ancient Egypt, held thr ...

nations already subdued. In one Ramessid (1307–1070 B.C.E.) relief the Nine Bows were portrayed as Libyans, NUBIANS, HITTITES, S ...

introduced into the mortuary rituals in that era. She was discovered in an adzed coffin. Nofret (1) (fl. 26th century B.C.E.) Ro ...

orate tombs and funerary regalia. The A Group were ene- mies of southern Nubians and were colonized by the Egyptians. The C Grou ...