Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

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Aa 1
A’ah 1
A’ahset 1
a’akh1–2
A’ametju 2
A’amu 2
A’a Nefer 2
A’aru 2
A’at 2
A’ata 2–3
Abar 3
Abaton 3
Abbott Papyrus 3
Abdiashirta 3
Abdi-Milkuti 3
Abdu Heba 3–4
Abgig 4
Abibaal 4
Abisko 4
Abu Gerida 4
Abu Ghurob 4
Abu Hamed 4
Abu Rowash 4
Abu Simbel 4–6,5, 52
Abusir 6, 6
Abydos 6–8, 7
Abydos Fleet 8
Achaean League 8
Achaemenes 8
Achaemenians 8
Achillas 8
Achoris 8
Actium 8–9
Adda Stone 9
Adea-Eurydice 9
Adicran 9
‘Adjib 9
Admonitions of Ipuwer 9
Adule 9
afnet 9
agate 9
Agatharchides 10
Agathocles (1) (fl. third century
B.C.E.) 10
Agathocles (2) (d. c. 205 B.C.E.) 10
Agesilaus 10
agriculture 10–13, 11
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius 13
A-Group 13
Aha 14
Ahenobarbus, Gnaeus Domitius 14

Ah’hotep (1) (consort of Ta’o II)

14–15

Ah’hotep (2) (consort of

Amenhotep I) 15

‘Ahmose 15–16

‘Ahmose, son of Ebana 17–18

‘Ahmose (1) (Royal woman of

Eighteenth Dynasty) 16

‘Ahmose (2) (Prince of Eighteenth

Dynasty) 16

‘Ahmose-ankh 16

‘Ahmose-Hetempet 16

‘Ahmose-Hettinehu 16

‘Ahmose-In-Hapi 16

‘Ahmose-Merytamon 16

‘Ahmose (Nebpehtiré) 15–16

‘Ahmose-Nefertari 16–17

‘Ahmose-Pen Nekhebet 17

‘Ahmose-Sipair 17

‘Ahmose-Sitayet 17

‘Ahmose Tumerisy 18

Aigyptos 18

Aion 18

Aker 18

Akhenaten 18–19

akhet(1) (season) 19

Akhethotep 20

Akhlane 20

Akhmin 20

Akkadians 20

Alara 20

alchemy 20

Alexander Aetolus 21

Alexander Balas 21

Alexander Helios 22

Alexander (III) the Great 20–21

Alexander IV 21

Alexandria 22,22–23, 23 m

Battle of 23

Library of 212–213

Lighthouse of 214

altar 23

Amada 23

Amara 23

‘Amarna, el- 23–24

architecture 52

art 51

‘Amarna Letters 24

Amasis 24–25

Amaunet 25

Am Duat 25

Amemait 25

Amenemhab 25

Amenemhet (1) (fl. 14th century

B.C.E.)27–28

Amenemhet (2) (fl. 20th century

B.C.E.) 28

Amenemhet (3) (fl. 19th century

B.C.E.) 28

Amenemhet (4) (fl. 15th century

B.C.E.) 28

Amenemhet I 25–26

Amenemhet II 26–27

Amenemhet III 26, 27

Amenemhet IV 27

Amenemhet V 27

Amenemhet VI 27

Amenemhet VII 27

Amenemnisu 28

Amenemope 28

Amenemope (1) (fl. 12th century

B.C.E.) 28

Amenemope (2) (fl. 14th century

B.C.E.) 29

Amenemopet 29

Amenhirkopshef (1) (fl. 12th cen-

turyB.C.E.) 29

Amenhirkopshef (2) (fl. 13th cen-

turyB.C.E.) 29

Amenhotep, Son of Hapu 31–32,

32

Amenhotep I 29–30

Amenhotep II 30–31

Amenhotep III 31

Amenia 32

Ameni-A’amu 32

Amenirdis (1) (fl. 8th century

B.C.E.) 32

Amenirdis (2) (fl. 7th century

B.C.E.) 32

Amenken 33

Amenmesses 33

Amenmose 33

Amennakht 33

Amenpanefer 33

Amenti 33

Amenwah 33

ames 34

Amestris 34

amethyst 34

Amherst Papyrus 34

Ami-ut 34

Amorites 34

Amratian 34

Amtes 34

amulet 34–35

ankh 38

Girdle of Isis 145

knots 205

menat(1) 236

menat(2) 236

neb(2) 263

Nefer(2) 266

papyrus scepter 296

pillow amulet 307

rising sun 345

sa 349

sema 360

serpent’s head 365

shebyu 370

sma 377

steps 389

sun’s eye 390

thet 404

Two Fingers 418

uatcht 419

wadjet 429

Amun 35

Amun’s Bark 35–36, 65

God’s Wife of 152–153

Amun-dyek’het 35

Amunemhet (1) (fl. 16th century

B.C.E.) 35

Amunemhet (2) (fl. 15th century

B.C.E.) 36

Amunet 36

Amunnakhte’s Instructions 36

Amun’s Wives 36

Amun-wosret 36

Amyrtaios (1) (fl. fifth century

B.C.E.) 36

Amyrtaios (2) (d. 393 B.C.E.) 36

Amytis 36

Ana (1) (fl. 18th century B.C.E.)

37

Anastasi Papyri 37

Anath 37

Anather 37

Anatolians 37

ancestor cult letters 37

ancestor worship 37

Andjeti 37

Andreas 37

Anen 37

Anfushi 37–38

Anhai Papyrus 38

Anhur 38

Ani 38

Ani, Maxims of 228

Aniba 38

animals, mythical 152

Ami-ut 34

Anubis 42–43

griffin 155

Hemetch 165

kenken-ur 197

Mafdet 223

Nehah-ré 272

Sefer-t 358

Tschesertep 412

Typhonean Animal 418

INDEX

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