Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

Alexander Helios(fl. first century B.C.E.) Son of Cleopatra VII (51–30 B.C.E.) and Marc Antony Hewas born in 40 B.C.E., the twin ...

Suggested Readings: Empereur, Jean-Yves. Alexandria Rediscovered. Trans. Margaret Moehler. (New York: George Braziller, 1998); F ...

Officials and courtiers lived in the principal districts, and the homes provided for them were large and lavish. Most contained ...

BRÉ, a sister of the slain Apries, as a GOD’S WIFE OF AMUN, or a Divine Adoratrice of Amun. Hebuilt monuments at Sais, BUTO, Mem ...

ships in this armada, and Amenemhet I was displaying the political support of a nome aristocrat alongside mili- tary might. He a ...

Amenemhet II was buried in DASHUR, near MEMPHIS, in a white pyramid originally some 263 feet square, called “The Soul of Amenemh ...

B.C.E.) tomb. He was the son of Tuthmosis IV, but not anheir. Limestone CANOPIC JARS(containers for the vital organs) were found ...

Amenemope (2)(fl. 14th century B.C.E.)A sage of the New Kingdom He lived probably during the reign of AMENHOTEP III(r. 1391–1353 ...

Within Egypt, Amenhotep I initiated building pro- jects at the temple of KARNAKin THEBES. This temple, oneof the most remarkable ...

His tomb in the Valley of the Kings proved to be a treasure house of Egyptian history. The AM DUATprayers are depicted on the wa ...

around 1380 B.C.E., at the age of 80, a funerary chapel was erected for him beside Amenhotep III’s temple. Amenhotep, Son of Hap ...

Amenken(fl. 15th century B.C.E.)Financial official of the Eighteenth Dynasty He served AMENHOTEP II(r. 1427–1401 B.C.E.) as a hi ...

ames The ancient Egyptian name for the SCEPTERin the form of a club or mace that was used as a royal insignia in most eras, the ...

The ANKH,the EYE OF RÉ, the Amulet of the Heart, the PAPYRUS SCEPTER, and images of the vulture were popular among the faithful. ...

BAHRI, having been rewrapped and reburied by priests of the Twentieth Dynasty, when his original tomb was plun- dered. The child ...

Ana(fl. 18th century B.C.E.) Royal woman of the Thir- teenth Dynasty She was a consort of SOBEKHOTEP III(r. c. 1745 B.C.E.). Ana ...

Period (304–30 B.C.E.) and later eras. A catacomb area is also part of this burial site. Anhai Papyrus This is one of the most e ...

AYA(2), a master of the horse in THEBES, was chosen to succeed Tut’ankhamun. As the royal widow, Ank- hesenamon was given to him ...

He built his pyramid nearby, called by that name. The Greeks translated Men-nefer-Maré as Memphis. Ankhtify (fl. c. 2100 B.C.E.) ...

there but was bribed by Antiochus to delay prosecutions. Antony arrived and deposed Antiochus, replacing him with Mithridates II ...