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Amemait
Amemait a violent divine being linked with Egyptian mortuary rites and customs, the creature disciplined the head of a crocodile, the fronts of a large Cat, and the rear of a Hippopotamus. called...
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Lucius Memmius
Lucius Memmius was a roman official and scholar who came in Egypt in 112 B.C.E. His tour of the Nile Valley happened in the joint dominate of Ptolemy IX Soter II (116-107, 88-81 B.C.E.) and Cleopatra...
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Kleomenes
Kleomenes was a Greek glorified to establish the city of Alexandria by Alexander III the Great (332-323 B.C.E.). A companion of Alexander III The Great, Kleomenes was placed with constructing the new...
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Neferkahor
The cartouche of NeferkahorNeferkahor was a King of Eighth Dynasty, First Intermediate Period, c. 2180-2170 BC. Although the central confidence of the kings had passed in the direct wake of the end of...
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Amenemhab
The hieroglyphic name of AmenemhabAmenemhab was a military general of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Amenemhab did Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 B.C.E.) and Amenhotep II (1425-1401 B.C.E.) and had a long and...
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Knots
Knot in hieroglyphyKnots appeared in the statue of Raherka (4th dynasty)Knots saw magical elements by the Egyptians and practiced in specific ways for cultic ceremonies. Amulets used knots as close...
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Memnomium
The Memnomium (The hall of columns)Memnomium was the name given to the cenotaph of Seti I (1306-1290 B.C.E.) or King Ramses II (1290-1224 B.C.E.) by Strabo (Greek historian). This L-shaped tomb was...
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Neferkhewet
Highly skilled artistic official of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He served Hatshepsut (1473-1458 B.C.E.) as royal architect. Her prevail sponsored tremendous construction sees in both the north and the...
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Kohl
Nefertiti Statue showing the eye linerKohl is the Arabic word for the ancient Egyptian cosmetic practiced to adorn eyes. Dried continues of the kohl complex have been described in tombs, attended by...
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Amenemhat (Nobleman)
The hieroglyphic name of AmenemhatAmenemhat was Nobleman of Beni Hasan. He attended his nome Beni Hasan and the state in the reign of Senwosret I (1971-1926 B.C.E.). This noble typifies the nomarchs,...
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Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt
Cosmetics appear in Ancient Egyptian paintingEgypt, one of the earliest civilizations on the earth, was not only remembered today as a cradle of the western cultivated world and direct from witch which...
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Memphis
The hieroglyphic namr of MemphisMemphis described Ankh-tawy (That Which Joins the Two Lands) or Men-nefer (after the name of a near pyramid) in ancient times, Memphis was the capital of Egypt and...
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Kom Aushim
Kom Aushim (Karanis)Kom Aushim, or Karanisis a place in the Faiyum country of the Nile, dating to the Middle Kingdom. The kings of the Twelfth Dynasty (1991-1783 B.C.E.) applied the field for royal...
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Amenemhet (Official)
Amenemhet was an Official of the Twelfth Dynasty. Amenemhet processed Amenemhet III (1844-1797 B.C.E.) as superintendent of repairs transmitted at Wadi Hammamat, an serious trade road from Koptos to...
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Menat
A Menat from the late 18th DynastyMenat was a fetish of manliness, depicted on reliefs and statues of the god Khons and worn by Egyptians to foster fertility and health in women and virility in men....
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Terenuthis
Terenuthis or Kom Abu BillouTerenuthis, or Kom Abu Billo, was a town in Ancient Egypt. Placed roughly on the spot of the modern town of Tarrana, approximately 70 km north of Cairo in the western delta,...
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Amenemhet (Temple official)
Amenemhet was a temple official of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He served Queen Hatshepsut (1473-1458 B.C.E.). Amenemhet was also a priest of the temple of Amun. Once trusted to have been the brother of...
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Kom Dara
In this status, an essential, though rather obscure repository may be significant. In the cemetery of Dara, some 27 km. downriver from Assiut in Middle Egypt, a truly gigantic mud-brick mastaba-tomb,...
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Mendes
The hieroglyphic name of MendesMendes was the Greek address of the Ancient Egyptian city of Djedet, likewise noted in Ancient Egypt as Per-Banebdjedet ("The Domain of the Ram Lord of Djedet") and...
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Nefermaat
The hieroglyphic name of NefermaatNefermaat was a prince of Fourth Dynasty, Old Kingdom, c. 2613-2589 BC. The Egyptian genius for innovation and technical experimentation is well established by the...
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