Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization along the Lower Nile, reaching from the Nile Delta in the north as far south as Jebel Barkal at the time...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - People And Origins
Archaeological findings show that nomadic hunter-gatherers lived along the Nile during the Pleistocene. Traces of these early peoples app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Culture
The Egyptian religions, embodied in Egyptian mythology, were the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt, until the coming of C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East
The Chronology of the Ancient Near East deals with the notoriously difficult task of assigning dates to various events, rulers and dynast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cleopatra Vii Of Egypt: Encyclopedia - Cleopatra Vii Of Egypt
Cleopatra VII Philopator (January 69 BC – August 12, 30 BC) was queen of ancient Egypt, the last member of the Ptolemaic dynasty and he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians
The racial identity of ancient Egyptians is steeped in controversy. The black presence in Ancient Egypt was generally treated by scholars...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twenty-sixth Dynasty Of Egypt: Encyclopedia - Twenty-sixth Dynasty Of Egypt
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty. Africanus' often accurate version of Manetho's Epitome states that i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twentieth Dynasty Of Egypt: Encyclopedia - Twentieth Dynasty Of Egypt
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twentieth Dynasty. The Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weni: Encyclopedia - Weni
Weni the Elder was a court official of the 6th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He served as a general under Pepi I Meryre and as governor of Up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amenhotep Ii: Encyclopedia - Amenhotep Ii
Aakheperure Amenhotep II (d. 1401/1400 BC) was the seventh Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1427 BC to 1401 BC and is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharaoh: Encyclopedia - Pharaoh
Pharaoh ( Arabic فرعون) is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. Pharaoh - Etymology. The term der...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al Fayyum: Encyclopedia - Al Fayyum
Al Fayyum (Arabic: ألفيوم ) is one of the governorates of Egypt located in the centre of the country. Its capital is a city also ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Gardiner: Encyclopedia - Alan Gardiner
Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner (1879 – 1963) was one of the premier Egyptologists of the early and mid-Twentieth century. Some of his most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuya: Encyclopedia - Yuya
Yuya (sometimes transliterated as Iouiya) was a powerful Egyptian courtier of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (circa 1400 BCE). He served...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sebakh: Encyclopedia - Sebakh
Sebakh (Arabic, (IPA: /sε'bɔk/, and less commonly transliterated as sebbakh) is an Aramaic word which translates to "dry land" in Engli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East - Babylon And Assyria
The Chaldean king Nabonidus (reigned from 556 BC), who was more of an antiquarian than a politician, and spent his time in excavating the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East - Divergent Chronological Views
The divergent chronologies of Babylonia and Assyria can cause confusion for readers with no specialist knowledge. In this section an atte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East - Synchronisms Between Mesopotamia And Egypt
It is possible that mutual influences existed between the Nile Valley and Mesopotamia since very early times. Some authorities believed t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East - Synchronisms Between Assur And Babylon
The chronology of Babylon and Assur can be aligned by the list of wars and treaties between the two cities from the time of king Ashurban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mercenary: Encyclopedia Ii - Mercenary - Mercenary Operations
It is known that mercenaries have been hired to fight in the conflicts in former Yugoslavia. Many of these were ex-Eastern Bloc soldiers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East - Primary Sources
The chronology of this region is based on five sets of primary materials. They are, from the most recent to the earliest: 1. The Canon of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East - Synchronisms Between Mesopotamia And The Hittite Empire
The sack of Babylon by the Hittite king Mursilis I, which ended the reign of Samsu-Ditana, provides an anchor for the earliest dates in H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mercenary: Encyclopedia Ii - Mercenary - Mercenaries And The Laws Of War
See also laws of war. In the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions (GC) of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Vict...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mercenary: Encyclopedia Ii - Mercenary - Mercenaries In Popular Culture
Like piracy, the mercenary ethos resonates with idealized adventure, mystery and danger. Examples of this are: The novel Dogs of War by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Old Kingdom
Egyptologists consider the Old Kingdom as beginning with the Third Dynasty, and around the time of the Fourth Dynasty, the art of embalmi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mercenary: Encyclopedia Ii - Mercenary - Mercenaries In Africa
Mercenary - 20th century. In the 20th century, mercenaries have been mostly involved in conflicts on the continent of Africa. There hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mercenary: Encyclopedia Ii - Mercenary - Mercenaries In European History
Mercenary - Mercenaries in the classic era. Many Greek mercenaries fought for the Persian Empire during the early classic era. For exam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Funerary Traditions
Herodotus noted that cats who died anywhere in Egypt were often taken to Bubastis to be mummified and buried in the great cemetery, but t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Geographic Arguments
Opponents of Afrocentrism often argue that Egyptians belong among the Semitic peoples of the Middle East, pointing to the fact that Egypt...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pharoah: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Pharoah
Pharoah (Egyptian- great house, house of Ra)) One of the kings of ancient Egypt. Its popular use stems from the Bible, but its use as ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pharoah: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Pharoah
Pharoah (Egyptian- great house, house of Ra)) One of the kings of ancient Egypt. Its popular use stems from the Bible, but its use as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharaoh: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharaoh - Regalia And Titles
The king of Egypt wore a double crown, created from the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Crown of Upper Egypt. It was adorned by a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbrella: Encyclopedia Ii - Umbrella - History
Depictions on ancient artifacts provide evidence that umbrellas have existed for over four thousand years. The civilizations of ancient A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Chronology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Chronology - The Attraction Of Alternative Chronologies
Although Professor Heinrich Otten has called called the current scholarly consensus a "rubber chronology" that you can stretch or shrink ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Mathematics - Numerals
Main article: Egyptian numerals The numeral system used in ancient Egypt is a decimal system, written in hieroglyphs and hieratic. Both s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lich: Encyclopedia Ii - Lich - Historical Background
While this usage of the term "lich" is particular to Dungeons & Dragons and other modern fantasy fiction, the underlying idea of elud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cult Of Personality: Encyclopedia Ii - Cult Of Personality - History
Throughout history there have always been leaders who have fostered adulation. For much of premodern times, absolute monarchies were the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cult Of Personality: Encyclopedia Ii - Cult Of Personality - History
Throughout history there have always been leaders who have fostered adulation. Many leaders of the Roman Empire and Hellenistic Greece di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aspirin: Encyclopedia Ii - Aspirin - Discovery
Hippocrates, a Greek physician, wrote in the 5th century BC about a bitter powder extracted from willow bark that could ease aches and pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aspirin: Encyclopedia Ii - Aspirin - Discovery
Hippocrates, a Greek physician, wrote in the 5th century BC about a bitter powder extracted from willow bark that could ease aches and pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valley Of The Kings: Encyclopedia Ii - Valley Of The Kings - Exploration Of The Valley Of The Kings
The Valley of the Kings has been a major area of modern Egyptological exploration for the last two centuries. Before this the area was a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - Ancient Jewish History Through 50 Ce
Jewish history - Ancient Israelites. For the first two periods the history of the Jews is mainly that of Fertile Crescent. It begins am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perfume: Encyclopedia Ii - Perfume - History Of Perfume And Perfumery
Perfumery, or the art of making perfumes, began in ancient Egypt but was developed and further refined by the Romans and the Arabs. Knowl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perfume: Encyclopedia Ii - Perfume - History Of Perfume And Perfumery
Perfumery, or the art of making perfumes, began in ancient Egypt but was developed and further refined by the Romans and the Arabs. Knowl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tutankhamun: Encyclopedia Ii - Tutankhamun - Tutankhamun In Popular Culture
Tutankhamun is the world's best known pharaoh, partly because his tomb is among the best preserved, and his image and associated artifact...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tutankhamun: Encyclopedia Ii - Tutankhamun - Life
Tutankhamun - Family. Tutankamun's parentage is uncertain. An inscription calls him a king's son, but it is debated which king was mean...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Initiates: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Initiates
A Theosophical definition of Initiates :   Initiates Those who have passed at least one initiation and therefore those who unde...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Astronomos: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Astronomos
Astronomos (Ancient Greek). The title given to the Initiate in the Seventh Degree of the reception of the Mysteries. In days of old, A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Music Therapy  : Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Music Therapy  
Music Therapy   Music therapy is a scientific method of effective cures of disease through the power of music. It restores, maint...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Music Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Music Therapy  
Music Therapy   Music therapy is a scientific method of effective cures of disease through the power of music. It restores, maint...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Womb: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Womb
Womb The productive and reproductive powers of nature have often been symbolized by peoples in world history; and as production or rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Kemet -- Black Land
Among Afrocentrist authors, it is common to refer to Egypt as "Kemet," the indigenous term for the country, which means "black land." Tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Cultural And Religious Arguments
The following article excerpted from the Encyclopaedia Britannica illustrates some elements of the cultural argument, pro and con. Encycl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garlic: Encyclopedia Ii - Garlic - History
From the earliest times garlic has been used as an article of diet. It formed part of the food of the Israelites in Egypt (Numb. xi. 5) a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Science In Early Cultures: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Science In Early Cultures - Egyptian
Significant advances in Ancient Egypt include astronomy, mathematics and medicine. Their invention of geometry was a necessary outgrowth ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoroastrianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoroastrianism - History
Zoroastrianism was the favored religion of the two great dynasties of ancient Persia, the Achaemenids and Sassanids. However, because we ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoroastrianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoroastrianism - History
Zoroastrianism was the favored religion of the two great dynasties of ancient Persia, the Achaemenids and Sassanids. However, because we ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ethiopia - Earliest History
Ethiopia has seen human habitation for longer than almost anywhere else in the world, with modern homo sapiens perhaps evolving there. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Common Cold: Encyclopedia Ii - Common Cold - History
Colds were known in ancient Egypt; there were hieroglyphs for cough and for the common cold. The Greek Hippocrates gave a description of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Common Cold: Encyclopedia Ii - Common Cold - History
Colds were known in ancient Egypt; there were hieroglyphs for cough and for the common cold. The Greek Hippocrates gave a description of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - Jews In The Middle Ages 50 Ce Through 1700 Ce
The experience of Jews varied from country to country and region to region. See the main articles Jews in the Middle Ages in Europe and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - The European Enlightenment And Haskalah 1700-1800s
During the period of the European Renaissance and Enlightenment, significant changes were happening within the Jewish community. The Hask...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - 1800s
Though persecution still existed, emanicipation spread throughout Europe in the 1800s. Napoleon invited Jews to leave the Jewish ghettos ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - Jewish History By Country Or Region
The experience of the Jews varied from country to country and from time to time. Extensive main articles exist about many areas of Jewish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - Jewish History By Country Or Region
The experience of the Jews varied from country to country and from time to time. Extensive main articles exist about many areas of Jewish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - Jewish History By Country Or Region
The experience of the Jews varied from country to country and from time to time. Extensive main articles exist about many areas of Jewish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Turkey: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Turkey - 1500-1600
The Jews introduced various arts and industries into the country. They distinguished themselves also as physicians and were used as inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ovadia Yosef: Encyclopedia Ii - Ovadia Yosef - Biography
Yosef was born in Baghdad, Iraq, part of the ancient community of Iraqi Jews, but moved to Jerusalem with his family when he was four yea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Chemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Chemistry - Early Developments
History of chemistry - Origins. Although the chemistry comes from the ancient Babylon, Egypt and especially Persia after Islam but, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mathematics - 18th Century
As we have seen, knowledge of the natural numbers, 1, 2, 3,..., as preserved in monolithic structures, is older then any surviving writte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tutankhamun: Encyclopedia Ii - Tutankhamun - Cause Of Death
For a long time the cause of Tutankhamun's death was unknown, and was the root of much speculation. How old was the king when he died? Di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tutankhamun: Encyclopedia Ii - Tutankhamun - Tutankhamun In Popular Culture
Tutankhamun is the world's best known pharaoh, partly because his tomb is among the best preserved, and his image and associated artifac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - British Empire And Commonwealth
In the British Empire a governor was originally an official appointed by the British monarch to oversee one of his colonies. Generally of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Origins
Silk Road - Cross-continental travel. As accomplished waterway shipping and domestication of efficient pack animals both increased the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Hellenistic Conquests
The first major step in opening the Silk Road between the East and the West came with the expansion of Alexander the Great deep into Cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - The Roman Empire And Silk
Soon after the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BCE, regular communications and trade between India, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, China, the M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Legacy And Division Of The Empire
After Alexander's death, his empire was divided among his officers, mostly with the pretense of first preserving a united kingdom. Later,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Origins
Silk Road - Cross-continental travel. As accomplished waterway shipping and domestication of efficient pack animals both increased the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Hellenistic Conquests
The first major step in opening the Silk Road between the East and the West came with the expansion of Alexander the Great deep into Cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - The Roman Empire And Silk
Soon after the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BCE, regular communications and trade between India, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, China, the M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events - 19th Century
Timeline of fictional historical events - 1800s. Early 1800s June - Bernardo Leonardo buys the town from the Indians for $14,800,000....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conventional Egyptian Chronology: Encyclopedia Ii - Conventional Egyptian Chronology - Introduction
This conventional chronology of the rulers of ancient Egypt, taking into account well accepted developments during the 20th century but n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ebers Papyrus: Encyclopedia Ii - Ebers Papyrus - Medical Knowledge
The Ebers papyrus is written in hieratic script and preserves for us the most voluminous record of ancient Egyptian medicine known. The 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuya: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuya - Yuya And Joseph
Yuya's facial features, as observed on his mummy, have led some archaeologists to postulate that he was actually Asiatic in origin. Some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Roman Egypt
In 30 BC, following the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire as the province Aegyptus, governed by a prefect selecte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giza Pyramid Complex: Encyclopedia Ii - Giza Pyramid Complex - The Site
This Ancient Egyptian necropolis consists of the Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops), the somewh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African Art: Encyclopedia Ii - African Art - By Country
African art - Côte d'Ivoire. The Baoulé, the Senoufo and the Yacouba peoples are skilled at carving wood and each culture produces wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Judah - The Kings Of Judah
For this period, most historians follow the chronology established by William F. Albright, by Edwin R. Thiele, or by Gershon Galil, all o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demotic Egyptian: Encyclopedia Ii - Demotic Egyptian - Script
The Demotic script (formerly referred to as Enchorial Egyptian) was used for more than a thousand years, and during that time a number of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Achievements
See Predynastic Egypt for inventions and other significant achievements in the Sahara region before the Protodynastic Period. The art and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Achievements
See Predynastic Egypt for inventions and other significant achievements in the Sahara region before the Protodynastic Period. The art and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - History
It is particularly noteworthy that the basic elements of Egyptian culture were remarkably stable and changed little over a period of near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - History
The ancient Egyptians themselves traced their origin to a land they called Punt, or "Ta Nteru" ("Land of the Gods"). Once commonly though...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - People
A recent genetic study links the maternal lineage of a traditional population from Upper Egypt to Eastern Africa [1]. A separate study fu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Geography
Most of Egypt is in North Africa; though the Sinai Peninsula is in Southwest Asia. The country has shorelines on the Mediterranean Sea an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Culture
The Egyptian religions, embodied in Egyptian mythology, were the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt, until the coming of C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Geography
Egypt is a transcontinental nation located mostly in North Africa, with the Sinai peninsula lying in Asia. The country has shorelines on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Language
The ancient Egyptians spoke an Afro-Asiatic language related to Chadic, Berber and Semitic languages. Records of the ancient Egyptian lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Language
Ancient Egyptian constitutes an independent branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. Its closest relatives are the Berber, Semitic, an...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - A
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - A . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article