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Neferherenptah

The hieroglyphic name of NeferherenptahNeferherenptah was an Official of the Fifth Dynasty, Old Kingdom, c. 2380 BC. Neferherenptah died briefly before the addition of King Unas. He was a Royal...

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El-Khokha

Upper view for KhokhaScene of keeping fish from tomb (TT39)El-Khokha is a site between Sheikh Abd El-Qurna and Deir El-Bahri, functioning as a necropolis on the westward side of the Nile at Thebes....

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Neferherenptah (Priest)

Neferherenptah was addressed Fifi, Priest, Fifth / Sixth Dynasties, Old Kingdom, c. 2345 BC. Neferherenptah was a refining priest and prophet of the mortuary cults of the kings Khafre and Menkaure. He...

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Meketaten

The hieroglyphic name of MeketatenMeketaten or Meket-Aten was the second girl of six born to the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal Wife Nefertiti. She was credibly born in year 4 of...

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Khons

Khons was a priestly official of the Nineteenth Dynasty. He  processed  in  the  reign of Ramesses II (1290-1224 B.C.E.) as the leading priest of the fad of the deified Tuthmosis III. His tomb was saw...

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Khunianupu

Eloquent Peasant, the famous sage of the First Intermediate Period. Khunianupu knew in the rule of Khety II (2100 B.C.E.). accepting endured harsh intervention at the hands of an functionaries son,...

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Amara

Stela at AmaraAmara was a fortified site about Wadi Halfa on the Nile in Nubia, modern  Sudan,  Amara  was  launched  by  Seti I (1306-1290 B.C.E.). There are two settlements involved in Amara,  on...

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Neferheteperes (Princess)

Neferheteperes (c. 2566-2558 BC) princess (Queen?) of Fourth Dynasty, Old Kingdom. Neferheteperes was the girl of King Djedefre, the replacement of King Khnum-Khufu. It has been speculated that she was...

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Meketre

The hieroglyphic of MeketreThe Ancient Egyptian official Meketre was chancellor and high custodian during the rule of Mentuhotep II, Mentuhotep III and maybe Amenemhat I, in the Middle Kingdom.Meketre...

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Khusebek

The Stele of KhusebekKhusebek was a military  official  of the Twelfth Dynasty. He answered Senwosret III (1878-1841 B.C.E.) as a commander of troops. Khusebek kept company Senwosret III on  punitive...

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Amarna Letters

Amarna LettersAmarna Letters, a collecting of agreement spanning the reigns  of  Amenhotep III (1391-1353  B.C.E.), Akhenaten (1353-1335 B.C.E.), and into the first year of Tutankhamuns rule (1333-1323...

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Mekhenet

Mekhenet was the Egyptian address of the solar bark of the God Ra, practiced during his sojourn direct the sky.Recent Posts:·        Meketaten·        Khons·        Khunianupu·        Amara·...

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Khuy

Khuy was the father-in-law of King Pepi I (2289-2255 B.C.E.). Khuy was a Nomarch and the father of Ankhnesmery-Re (1) and (2), who become Pepi I's checks and the mothers of the heritors. His son, Djau,...

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Amduat

The hieroglyphic of AmduatAmduat or Amtuat was a mortuary text depicted on the walls in the tomb of Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 B.C.E.) in the Valley of the kings in Thebes, the  Amduat, Book of  that...

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Kites

Kites were Egyptian women who were hired or pressed into service during funerals to accompany and greet the coffins of the gone when they were taken to the necropolises. Professional mourners, the...

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Mekhtemweskhet I

Mekhtemweskhet I was a royal woman of the Twenty-first Dynasty. She was the wife of Shoshenq, a Libyan military commandant  at  Bubastis, and  the  mother  of  Osochor (984-978  B.C.E.),  Siamun...

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Mekhtemweskhet II

Mekhtemweskhet II was a royal woman of the 26th Dynasty. The  wife of Psamtik I (664-610  B.C.E.),  she was the girl of Harsiese, the high priest of Heliopolis, and was plausibly the mother of Necho II...

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Mekhtemweskhet III

Mekhtemweskhet III was a royal woman of the 26th Dynasty A wife of King Necho II (610-595 B.C.E.), she was credibly the daughter of Psamtik I and Queen Mekhtemweskhet II. This queen was the mother of...

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Kiya

The hieroglyphic name of KiyaKiya was a royal woman of the Eighteenth Dynasty, maybe a Mitanni princess. She was a younger check of Akhenaten (1353-1335 B.C.E.). There is some  indication that her...

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Neferkau

Neferkau was a royal woman of the Eleventh Dynasty. She was plausibly a run of Inyotef II (2118-2069 B.C.E.), who governed only Thebes and Upper Egypt at the time. Neferkaus name was described on a...

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