Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

lists Djedefptah as succeeding Shepseskhaf and ruling only two years. MANETHOalso credits him with a reign, but no documentation ...

organizations for Egypt and established a palace at MEM- PHIS. He conducted religious celebrations at SAQQARAand visited BUTOand ...

Dra-abu’ el-Naga Theoldest section of the Theban necropolis on the western shore of the Nile opposite the New Kingdom (1550–1070 ...

“Drunkards of Menkauré” The name of the gang of laborers who helped build the pyramids of MENKAURÉ (Mycerinus, r. 2490–2472 B.C. ...

Sixth Dynasty 2323–2150 B.C.E. Teti 2323–2291 Userkaré 2291 Pepi I (Meryré) 2289–2255 Merenré I (Nemtyemzaf) 2255–2246 Pepi II ( ...

Hatshepsut (Q.) (Ma’atkaré) 1473–1458 Amenhotep II (Akhepruré) 1427–1401 Tuthmosis IV (Menkhepruré) 1401–1391 Amenhotep III (Neb ...

Hakoris (Khnemma’atré) 393–380 Nephrites II 380 Thirtieth Dynasty 380–343 B.C.E. Nectanebo I (Kheperkaré) 380–362 Teos (Irma’ate ...

and operated with efficiency. The land was poised to enter one of the truly magnificent periods of Egypt’s his- tory, the Old Ki ...

the northern domains but not the lands south of Abydos. Called the KHETYSorthe Aktoys, their rule was unstable, but some interes ...

eigners from the land. Ta’o II died soon after, the victim of an ambush and hideous head wounds, and the war appeared to be ende ...

as temple roles, defeating rebel groups and exiling the leaders for a time to the western oases. Psusennes I adorned TANISas a c ...

Twenty-seventh Dynasty— The First Persian Period (525–404 B.C.E.) This was not a dynasty of native Egyptians but a period of for ...

E 114 Ebers Papyrus One of the longest papyri from ancient Egypt, dating to the reign of AMENHOTEP I(r. 1525–1504 B.C.E.)of the ...

part of the design, was installed by NECTANEBO II (r. 360–343 B.C.E.). Other sections of the temple include the chamber of linen ...

0 150 Kilometers 0 150 Miles N Geography of ancient Egypt Piramesse Tani s 5thcataract P DeadSea AL ES TI NE LE BA N O N R E D S ...

layers of effluvium and silt. There was continued mois- ture, gentle winds, and a vastness that encouraged agri- culture. Upper ...

fashioned out of schist, and funerary items were pro- duced. Small slates were rising in the Nile Valley, and large and elaborat ...

cation and artistry, with semicircular bowls dominating the styles. Vessels used for daily life were smooth or rough brown. The ...

innovation and competence. The first evidence of the use ofstone in large monuments dates to this period, and the conventions of ...

followed by SOBEKNEFERU, the first woman to appropriate all the royal names of a pharaoh. Her reign lasted only four years, and ...