Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Third Intermediate Period
The Third Intermediate Period marked the end of the New Kingdom after a suprise invasion from the Sea People. A number of dynasties of Li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Archaic Period
The Archaic period includes the Early Dynastic Period, when Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt were ruled as separate kingdoms, and the First an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Late Period
The Late Period runs from 732 BC to Egypt becoming a province of Rome in 30 BC, and includes periods of rule by Nubians, Persians, and Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Middle Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom is the period from the end of the First Intermediate Period to be beginning of the Second Intermediate Period. In addi...   » 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 - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Old Kingdom
The Old Kingdom is period in the third millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilisational complexity and achie...   » 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 - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - First Intermediate Period
The First Intermediate Period is the period between the end of the Old Kingdom and the advent of the Middle Kingdom. The Old Kingdom rapi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Unsolved Problems In Egyptology: Encyclopedia - List Of Unsolved Problems In Egyptology
The following are unsolved problems in Egyptology and modern knowledge of ancient Egypt. This includes a list of ancient Egypt mysteries....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Second Intermediate Period
The Second Intermediate Period is a period of disarray between the end of the Middle Kingdom, and the start of the New Kingdom. It is bes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Names For The Biblical Nameless: Encyclopedia - List Of Names For The Biblical Nameless
This list of names for the Biblical nameless compiles names given in Jewish or Christian mythology for characters who are unnamed in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imhotep: Encyclopedia - Imhotep
Imhotep (sometimes spelt Immutef, Ȧmhotep, or Ii-em-Hotep, Egyptian ii-m-ḥtp) was a vizier, wizard, and the first architect and physic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Jir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ay: Encyclopedia - Ay
AY can mean: the IATA code for Finnair the DAFIF 0413 / DIA 65-18 / FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code and obsolete NATO digram for Antarctica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 31st Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 31st Century Bc
(32nd century BC – 31st century BC – 30th century BC – other centuries) (5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khafra: Encyclopedia - Khafra
Khafra or Khafre (Greek Chephren) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, with his capital at Memphis. According to some authors h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - New Kingdom
The New Kingdom is the period covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth dynasty of Egypt, from the 16th century BC to the 11th c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Eclipse: Encyclopedia - Solar Eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of the Sun and obscures it totally or partially. This configuration can only occur a...   » 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 - Pepi Ii Neferkare: Encyclopedia Ii - Pepi Ii Neferkare - The Decline Of The Old Kingdom
The decline of the Old Kingdom arguably began before the time of Pepi II, with nomarchs (regional representatives of the king) becoming m...   » 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 - Pepi Ii Neferkare: Encyclopedia Ii - Pepi Ii Neferkare - Successors
There are no official contemporary records or inscriptions of Pepi's immediate successors, and for this reason in many books Pepi II is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hatshepsut: Encyclopedia Ii - Hatshepsut - Her Rule
Upon Thutmose II's death, the throne passed to Thutmose III, and Hatshepsut—as the boy king's aunt and stepmother—was selected to be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pepi Ii Neferkare: Encyclopedia Ii - Pepi Ii Neferkare - Early Years Of His Reign
His mother Ankhnesmerire II most likely ruled as regent in the early years of his reign. An alabaster statuette in the Brooklyn Museum de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pepi Ii Neferkare: Encyclopedia Ii - Pepi Ii Neferkare - Foreign Relations
It is thought that Pepi II carried on in the tradition of his predecessors and continued with existing foreign relations, and possibly ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - Prehistoric And Ancient Period
main article: Ancient Near East Timeline of Middle Eastern History - 9th millennium BC Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Hol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pepi Ii Neferkare: Encyclopedia Ii - Pepi Ii Neferkare - Pyramid Complex
Pepi II's pyramid complex (originally known as Pepi's Life is Enduring) is located in Saqqara, close to many other Old Kingdom pharaohs. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hatshepsut: Encyclopedia Ii - Hatshepsut - Names
As with most pharaohs, Hatshepsut had a number of names. Her birth name, or nomen, was Hatshepsut, to which she suffixed the epithet Khen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hatshepsut: Encyclopedia Ii - Hatshepsut - Changing Image
Hatshepsut - In Egyptology. After her death, many of her monuments were defaced or destroyed. Replacing the names on older monuments w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hatshepsut: Encyclopedia Ii - Hatshepsut - Family And Pre-pharaonic Life
She was the eldest daughter of Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose, both of whom were of fully royal blood. Thutmose I and Ahmose are known to ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Unsolved Problems In Egyptology: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Unsolved Problems In Egyptology - Introduction
There are many open problems concerning Ancient Egypt, including some with no satisfactory solution. Experts may suggest solutions to man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Rulers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Rulers - Kings
See also List of fictional British monarchs List of fictional rulers - Kings of Middle-earth. Kings of Gondor List of rulers of Númen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Rulers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Rulers - Emperors
List of fictional rulers - Discworld. Emperor Cohen of the Agatean Empire - Interesting Times novel Unnamed Agatean Emperor (an ideali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Rulers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Rulers - System Lords Stargate Sg-1
Goa'uld feudal "god"-lords System Lord Anubis; neutralized 2004 AD System Lord Apophis; killed 2001 AD System Lord Baal; exiled 2005 AD S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Names For The Biblical Nameless: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Names For The Biblical Nameless - Hebrew Bible
List of names for the Biblical nameless - Wives of the antediluvian patriarchs. Source: the apocryphal book of Jubilees Appears in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Names For The Biblical Nameless: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Names For The Biblical Nameless - New Testament
List of names for the Biblical nameless - The Magi. Names: Balthasar, Melchior, and Caspar (or Gaspar) Source: European folklore Nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Egyptian Chronology
Egyptian history is broken into several different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling pharaoh. The dating of events in Egyptia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thutmose Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Thutmose Ii - Family
Thutmose II was the son of Thutmose I and a minor wife, Mutnofret. He was, therefore, a lessor son of Thutmose I who chose to marry his f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - The Arab Middle East
Timeline of Middle Eastern History - 1st millennium BC. Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Cyrus the Great conquer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - Turks Crusaders And Mongols
(The dominance of the Arabs came to a sudden end in the mid 11th century with the arrival of the Seljuk Turks) c. 1347, a fleet of Genoe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - The Ottoman Era
(circa since 1453 when Ottoman emirs captured Constantinople) (main article: History of the Ottoman Empire) 1869 - Construction of the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imhotep: Encyclopedia Ii - Imhotep - Modern Cultural Impact
Imhotep is also the name of a fictional character played by Boris Karloff in the 1932 movie The Mummy, and of a similar character played ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Achaemenid Dynasty - System Of Governing
The Achaemenids were enlightened despots who allowed a certain amount of regional autonomy in the form of the satrapy system. A satrapy w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Achaemenid Dynasty - Contributions
An important Achaemenid artifact is the Cyrus Cylinder, a declaration issued by Cyrus the Great, son of the founder of the dynasty. Cyrus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Achaemenid Dynasty - Art
Achaemenid art, like Achaemenid religion, was a blend of many elements. Just as the Achaemenids were tolerant in matters of local governm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Achaemenid Dynasty - History
The founder of this dynasty was supposedly Achaemenes (Old Persian Haxāmaniš "Of Friendly Mind"). He was succeeded by his son Teispes (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Basques: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Basques - Artists
List of Basques - Journalists. Cristina Saralegui, television journalist (born in Cuba) List of Basques - Musicians. Juan Crisóst...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Language
Ancient Egyptian constitutes an independent branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. Its closest relatives are the Berber, Semitic, 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 - List Of Rock And Roll Albums: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rock And Roll Albums - S
Sa-Sl - Sm-St List of rock and roll albums - Sa-Sl. Salif Keita - Folon (15) Sam & Dave - The Best of Sam & Dave (4) Sam Cooke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Histories Herodotus: Encyclopedia Ii - Histories Herodotus - Storyline
Histories Herodotus - Book I Clio. The rulers of Lydia (on the west coast of modern Turkey): Candaules, Gyges, Alyattes, Crœsus How G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Rulers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Rulers - Chancellors
List of fictional rulers - Qo'nos Star Trek. Chancellor M'Rek (mid-22nd century) Chancellor Gorkon (died 2293) Chancellor Azetbur (beg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oneiromancy: Encyclopedia Ii - Oneiromancy - Ancient
In the Tanach, Joseph intrepreted the dreams of the Pharaoh of Egypt; Daniel also interpreted dreams. Artemidorus gives a list of authors...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akhenaten: Encyclopedia Ii - Akhenaten - Family
Amenhotep IV was married to Nefertiti at the very beginning of his reign, and the couple had six known daughters. This is a list with sug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tutenstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Tutenstein - Episode List
Season 1 1. The Awakening 2. Curse of the Pharaoh 3. Clash of the Shabtis 4. I Did It My Way 5. The Boat of Millions of Years 6. The Powe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Protodynastic Period
Along the Nile, in the 10th millennium BC, a grain-grinding culture using the earliest type of sickle blades had become replaced by anoth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Early Dynastic Period
The origins of the unified Egyptian state are unclear, and there are no contemporary sources, and later sources are unclear and contradic...   » 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 - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - First Intermediate Period
This era includes the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties and into the First Intermediate Period. The Old Kingdom became weakened by famine and wea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Middle Kingdom
Around 2055 BCE, Mentuhotep II from Thebes ended this period of unrest and united the country again. He installed a new administration an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - New Kingdom
The Eighteenth Dynasty marks the beginning of the New Kingdom. Various pharaohs extended the control of Egypt further than ever before, r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Third Intermediate Period
After the death of Rameses XI, the High Priests of Amun at Thebes, in the person of Piankh, assumed control of Upper Egypt, ruling from T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Late Period
Memphis and the Delta region became the target of many attacks from the Assyrians, until Psammetichus managed to reunite Middle and Lower...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Open Problems
There are several open problems concerning ancient Egyptian history. Conclusions on the origins of the Hyksos and their first leaders are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mail: Encyclopedia Ii - Mail - Early Postal Systems
Communication via written documents which an intermediary carries from one person or place to another almost certainly dates back nearly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moab: Encyclopedia Ii - Moab - History
Moab - Origins. The Moabites were likely pastoral nomads settling in the trans-Jordanian highlands. They may have been among the nomadi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bitches Brew: Encyclopedia Ii - Bitches Brew - Track Listing
Original double album configuration: Side one: "Pharaoh's Dance" (20:06) (Joe Zawinul) Side two: "Bitches Brew" (27:00) (M. Davis) Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Eclipse: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Eclipse - Observing A Solar Eclipse
Looking directly at the photosphere of the Sun (the bright disk of the Sun itself), even for just a few seconds, can cause permanent dama...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Eclipse: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Eclipse - Eclipse Predictions
Solar eclipse - Geometry of an Eclipse. The diagram to the right shows the alignment of the Sun, Moon and Earth at a solar eclipse. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Eclipse: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Eclipse - Historical Solar Eclipses
In the Odyssey, XIV, 151, Homer states that Odysseus will return to his home, and take vengeance on the suitors of Penelope, at the faili...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Eclipse: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Eclipse - Other Observations
During a solar eclipse special observations can be done with the unaided eye. Normally the spots of light which fall through the small op...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Eclipse: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Eclipse - Past And Future Eclipses
Although there is a total eclipse visible somewhere on Earth most years, some are more conveniently observed than others. Eclipses where ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habiru/sources: Encyclopedia Ii - Habiru/sources - Source: Selected Letters From Tell El-amarna Anet 3rd Ed. P486-490
Habiru/Sources - Text. EA, No. 271 [Milkilu, prince of Gezer to the Pharaoh]13 In a list of enemies poised against him, Milkilu writes:...   » 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

Dictionary - Principles: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Principles
Principles A beginning, foundation, source, or essence from which things proceed; principles are thus the fundamental essences out of ...   » Read the article