Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

of the court. AMUN, the god of Thebes, honored by the Montuhoteps of the Eleventh Dynasty, became the supreme deity of Egypt and ...

the power of the ruler even before the death of RAMESSES XI(r. 1100–1070 B.C.E.). These priests acknowledged the Twenty-first Dy ...

conscripts raided the lands and the natural resources of much of southern Palestine. During the First Intermediate Period (2134– ...

they controlled city-states and kingdoms from the Zagros Mountains to Lake Van and even to Assur, proving to be loyal allies of ...

own. The SEA PEOPLES, the SHERDEN PIRATES, and others were challenging the might and will of these great empires. Men like WENAM ...

achievements. The political and military gains made dur- ing the reigns of these pharaohs were never equaled. The Nubians south ...

Egypt. Electrum was mined in Nubia and was also used to plate obelisks. Faiencea decorative material fashioned out of fired quar ...

0 150 Kilometers 0 150 Miles N Natural Resources of Ancient Egypt Pi ra messe Tan is 5thcataract P DeadSea A LE ST IN E LE BA N ...

mined the substance in the eastern deserts and at Aswan and in the Sinai. Jaspera quartz (silicon dioxide), available in green, ...

the same capacity in the region. The Elephantine Island was always considered militarily strategic. A small pyramid dating to th ...

officials would not aid him. Taken before a special regional court, Khunianupu pleaded eloquently, using traditional moral value ...

erpati hati’o The ancient Egyptian term for the nobil- ity of the NOMESor provinces of the nation, in some eras women inherited ...

providing them with a certain exuberance for life, unmatched anywhere in the ancient world. Euclid(fl. third century B.C.E.) “Fa ...

F 135 Fag el-Gamous A necropolis site in the FAIYUM, used from 300 B.C.E., the start of the Ptolemaic Period (304–30 B.C.E.)to 4 ...

agricultural site. In the Ptolemaic Period (304–30 B.C.E.) therulers developed the region and made it a major agri- cultural and ...

festivals 137 Wall paintings portraying Egyptians enjoying one of the many religious festivals held throughout each year.(Hulton ...

associated with the lunar CALENDAR. The seventh and 23rd days had similar significance each month. The festi- val of the first d ...

periods there were viziers for both the Upper and Lower Kingdoms as well as Kush, or NUBIA(modern Sudan). flagstaffs The symboli ...

Barley and emmer were the earliest cereal crops har- vested in Egypt. Emmer was used to make bread, and barley was the basis for ...

instant they saw large groups of Nubians in the vicinity. The watchers were provided shelters, and several men remained on duty ...