Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

382 social evolution in Egypt A relief depicting the daily labors, recreation, and ceremonial events on the Nile in the Middle K ...

social evolution in Egypt 383 property, and bequeathed their estates. Another queen- pharaoh, Sobekneferu, ended this historical ...

384 social evolution in Egypt pharaohs. Thebes rioted, and nomes withdrew their sup- port in critical ventures. Nubia and the ea ...

solar cult 385 come and go, while the pyramids and the temples sur- vived and flourished. In their own eras, they were the prote ...

386 solar disk (1550–1070 B.C.E.), the Ramessids bore names meaning “Ré fashioned him.” solar disk A sacred symbol of Egypt, rep ...

sphinx 387 soul houses They were elaborate mortuary miniatures placed in the tombs of the Middle Kingdom Period (2040–1640 B.C.E ...

388 “Sponge-cake Shrine” Other noted sphinx figures include the Alabaster Sphinx, said to weigh 80 tons and discovered in the ru ...

Strabo 389 were designed for the tombs of Djoser’s royal family members. Adjoining subterranean passages and chambers were adorn ...

390 Strato Strato(fl. third century B.C.E.)Greek scientist and royal tutor He arrived in Alexandria in the reign of PTOLEMY I SO ...

Syrian Wars 391 Ptolemy II lost Phoenicia and Anatolia to the Seleu- cid king ANTIOCHUS II(THEOS) in a war that was con- ducted ...

392 T Ta’a(fl. 12th century B.C.E.) Courageous official of the Twentieth Dynasty He served RAMESSES III(r. 1194–1163 B.C.E.) as ...

talatat 393 colossal uraeiat Luxor as well and a small shrine of Amun at the third cataract of the Nile. In 680 B.C.E., Essarhad ...

394 Tale of Khufu and the Magicians ’Amarna was abandoned, the talatatblocks were removed from the original site and used by suc ...

Ta’o I 395 Period (1640–1550 B.C.E.) and a shrine on the site con- tains the seals of RAMESSES II(r. 1290–1224 B.C.E.). The grea ...

396 Ta’o II Ta’o II (Sekenenré, Djehuti’o)(d. 1555 B.C.E.) Sec- ond to the last ruler of the Seventeenth Dynasty at Thebes Calle ...

Tell el-Dab’a 397 site was located on the WAY OF HORUS, a military highway used by the Egyptians. Tcharu was renamed Sile by the ...

398 Tell el-Habua Intermediate Period (1640–1550 B.C.E.) and settled as early as the Thirteenth Dynasty by the Asiatics. Hyksos- ...

temples 399 The priests dressed and cleaned the god’s statue and shrine each day. Most statues of the gods were clothed in color ...

400 temples Other vestibules, colonnades, courts, and chambers opened onto the front entrance, usually leading back- ward at a s ...

Teti 401 Suggested Readings:Arnold, Dieter. Temples of Ancient Egypt. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1997; Arnold, Diet ...