Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

to the King,” as in the reign of PEPI II(2246–2152 B.C.E.) ofthe Sixth Dynasty. These titles gave the bearer pres- tige in the c ...

G 143 Gabinius, Aulus(d. 47 B.C.E.) Roman political ally of Pompey the Great His loyalty to POMPEYthe Great made Aulus Gabinus a ...

Egypt to Set after centuries of ruling alone. Geb was wor- shiped in Bata, a shrine in HELIOPOLIS. He was the keeper of the thro ...

Gebel Tingar This is a site on the west bank of the Nile near modern ASWAN, serving as a quartzite quarry during the New Kingdom ...

modern settlement of Nazlet el-Simman. The valley tem- ple had a black-green basalt pavement, 180 feet long, and mud-brick walls ...

mastabas, containing Khufu’s servants, were situated nearby. There was also a harbor, linking the complex to the Nile. This harb ...

DEITIES OF EGYPT 148 gods and goddesses The major deities of Egypt are provided with individual entries because of the complex r ...

gods and goddesses 149 KHONSthe moon deity of the Theban triad, patron of childbirth. MA’AHESa lion god, probably originating in ...

peoples in the region. Through animism, the belief that all objects on earth have consciousness and a personality, the earliest ...

standing. The APISbull, for example, became SERAPISin the Ptolemaic Period (304–30 B.C.E.) and SOKARbecame part of the Ptah-Osir ...

FISH The OXYRRHYNCHUS (2) was reviled because it ate the phallus of the god Osiris after his brother, Set, dismem- bered his bod ...

gious leader. The God’s Wife also held the title of “Chief- tainess of the HAREM,” designating her as the superior of the vast n ...

an excellent training ground for the young princes of each dynasty as it was designed to further the desires of the gods and the ...

CODOMAN. Fresh from the victory on Granicus’s banks, the Greeks attacked Sardis, Miletus, and Halicarnassus, all Persian strongh ...

H 156 Ha He was an ancient deity of fertility, the patron of Egypt’s DESERTregions. In various historical eras, Ha was worshiped ...

The site might be “the High Place of Inhapi” of legend, reportedly a safe haven used originally for the royal mummies in the Dei ...

the Twentieth Dynasty. The conspiracy was recorded in the JUDICIAL PAPYRUS OF TURINand in other papyri. TIYE (2), a minor wife o ...

Egypt’s nomarchs. His rebellion, aided by CHARONNOPHIS, was short-lived and confined to the southern territory. See also REBELS ...

This goddess was associated with the sky and with the DESERT. She also served as “the mother” of the pharaohs in early historic ...

Hatnub A quarry for travertine, called “Egyptian ala- baster,” near ’AMARNAin Upper Egypt. The name meant “House of Gold.” The q ...