Egyptian word senses marked with topical category "Ancient Egypt"
Parent categories: Ancient Africa, Ancient Near East, History of Egypt, Ancient history, History of Africa, Ancient Asia, Egypt, History of Asia, History, Africa, Asia, Earth, Eurasia, Nature
Subcategories: Egyptian calendar months, Egyptian mythology, Nomes of Ancient Egypt
Total 14 word senses
- bnw (Noun) the Bennu or phoenix, a divine being and a bird into which the dead could transform.
- bḥdt (Proper name) the 17th nome of Lower Egypt, with its capital at Semabehdet (Tell el-Balamun)
- jj-m-ḥtp (Proper name) Imhotep, a deified administrator and architect
- jmn-ḥtp (Proper name) Amenhotep (son of Hapu), a deified scribe and architect
- jnb-ḥḏ (Proper name) the first nome of Lower Egypt, with its capital at Memphis
- jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj (Proper name) a mythical region of the afterworld
- mwt (Proper name) the primordial waters
- nṯrwj (Proper name) Shu and Tefnut
- nṯrwj (Proper name) the fifth nome of Upper Egypt, centered at Coptos and also containing Dendera and Naqada
- tꜣ-wr (Proper name) Ta-wer, the eighth nome of Upper Egypt, containing the cities of Thinis and Abydos
- wꜣst (Proper name) Thebes (ancient Egyptian city; modern Luxor)
- ḫnsw (Proper name) The month of Pachon
- ṯb-nṯr (Proper name) the twelfth nome of Lower Egypt, of which Sebennytos was the capital
- ꜣḫ-bjt (Proper name) a mythological island, Chemmis, where Horus was said to have been reared in secret, most often identified with a lake site near Buto
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