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  1. Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
    4: ...roughout Egypt. She also began rebuilding Egypt's trade networks which had been disrupted by the [[Hyk...
    10: ... assumed the prestigious title of ''god's wife of Amun'' before either parent died. After the death of h...
    11: ...ly two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Meritre, but managed to father a male heir, [[Thutmose I...
    20: ... ruler's wife of Egypt. Historians who believe in traditional explanation of Hatshepsut believe her mo...
    22: ...ous since the discovery of the burial of [[Tutankhamun]] – began to be collected under Hatshepsut....
  2. History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
    27: ...griculture|agricultural]] [[economy]] and more centralized [[society]] (see [[Nile#History|Nile: Histo...
    29: ...ey were [[herding]] cattle and [[construction|constructing]] large buildings.
    31: .../entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12495079]; reveals also that ''moder...
    33: Traditionally, Egypt was said to have been unified b...
    39: ...ded something more. Thus, the Egyptians began construction of the [[mastaba|mastabas]].
  3. Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
    3: ==Introduction==
    17: ...n Chronology in Relation to the Bronze Age", in Astrom (ed) ''High, Middle or Low'' (Gothengurg, 1987)...
    20: ... developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology].)
    166: *Montuhotep II (Nebhepetre) 1986-1956
    172: *Iyibkhenetre
  4. Abu Simbel (4501 bytes)
    15: ...ter of the King of the [[Hittites]]. The temple entrance leads on to the Great Hall of Pillars, with ...
    17: ...seated statues of [[Ra-Harakhte]], [[Ptah]], [[Ra|Amun-Ra]], and the deified Rameses II. This temple is...
    21: ...tes the esteem in which Nefertari was held. The entrance leads to a hall containing six pillars bearin...
    23: ...eses II striking the enemy before Ra-Harakhte and Amun-Ra. Other wall scenes show Rameses II and Neferta...
    31: ...of the Nile that were about to result from the contruction of the [[Aswan High Dam]].
  5. Karnak (2489 bytes)
    5: Karnak Temple is the leading attraction in ''el-Karnak''. Essentially this ''is'' e...
    20: ...16th century BC. Approximately 30 [[pharaohs]] contributed to the buildings, enabling it to reach a si...
    26: ...m/past/temple_amun_karnak.html Karnak: Temple of Amun] – Bible History Online, 2004.
  6. Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
    2: ...elta|Delta]]. Its archaeological remains offer a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its he...
    4: ...] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]).
    33: *Strudwick, Nigel C., and Helen Strudwick. 1999. ''Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the To...
  7. Luxor (8772 bytes)
    2: ...[Image:Luxor Market Street.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Street market in Luxor]]
    11: ...grandiose plans. Several of them never came to be true, like the golden obelisk of [[Hatshepsut]], but...
    13: ...ge portion of their treasures for their expensive trips in the afterlife.
    16: ...bout the intentions of [[Ay]], the high priest of Amun, since he intended to ascend to the throne of The...
    18: ...ecessary for the construction of the holy boat of Amun, and did not fear, when hearing the name of the p...
  8. Isis (20790 bytes)
    7: ...nt Egypt|Egyptian]] deities she did not have a centralised cult at any point throughout her worship. F...
    14: The true [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] pronunciation is...
    16: ...lyphs for her name are commonly [[transliteration|transliterated]] as ''js.t''. As a convenience, Egyp...
    20: ...wn as the hometowns to their deities. However, no traces of local Isis cults are found; throughout her...
    22: ...t originally from Hathor, she was also made the patron goddess of sailors.
  9. Ra (2793 bytes)
    2: ...[[Thebes, Egypt|Theban]] god [[Amun]] to become ''Amun-Ra'', the foremost deity of the Egyptian [[panthe...
    8: ...n the other side of Horus. Many of the other gods travelled in the boat with them, and [[Set (mytholog...
    10: ...the symbol ⊙ (Circle with a point at its centre). He was also associated with the [[Phoenix]], a...
    12: ...issed her, but she changed into a [[cat]] that destroyed any man or god that approached. Thoth, disgu...
  10. Horus (19927 bytes)
    10: ...cation|mummified]], and four internal organs were transferred to [[canopic jar]]s, and so Horus, embod...
    12: ...erch, known as the ''[[djeba]]'', which literally translates as ''finger'', in order to rest, which co...
    17: ...et]], the patron of Lower Egypt, and Horus, the patron of Upper Egypt, had battled for Egypt brutally,...
    19: ...ated as '''Horus the Elder'''. Meanwhile, in the struggle, Set had lost a [[testicle]], explaining why...
    26: ...nsidered to have been [[gay]], Set is depicted as trying to prove his dominance, by seducing Horus (wi...
  11. Bast goddess (3454 bytes)
    3: ... Dynasty]]. In the late dynasties, the priests of Amun began to call her '''Bastet''', a repetitive and ...
    7: ... was sometimes depicted holding a ceremonial [[sistrum]] in one hand and an [[aegis]] in the other –...
    12: ...ness) deity, Bastet was strongly revered as the patron of cats, and thus it was in the temple at Per-B...
    16: ...et]]) for Upper Egypt. Bastet was the daughter of Amun Ra.
  12. Hathor (11883 bytes)
    6: ...''The Great Cow Who Protects Her Child'' and ''Mistress of the Sanctuary of Women''. Because of the as...
    8: ...oduction|sexual]] manner), gaining the title ''Mistress of Heaven''. Having been identified as Ra's wi...
    14: ... variations on emphasising certain features, were treated seperately, and 7 of them, any 7, which was ...
    18: ...a goddess of beauty, and fertility, thus also a patron goddess for lovers.
    20: ...d so Hathor went to him and started to dance and stripped naked, showing him her [[genitals]], which c...
  13. Sobek (2106 bytes)
    7: ...egarded as a manifestation of the universal god [[Amun]].
    12: ...to protect the deceased, and had a role in the destruction of [[Set (god)|Set]]. Other mythological s...
  14. Mut (3472 bytes)
    2: ...e [[Amaunet]], who was simply a female version of Amun, was replaced with a more substantial mother-godd...
    6: ...heon of Thebes. This choice of completion for the triad should have proved popular, but, because the s...
    8: ... [[Upper Egypt|upper]] Egypt both already had a patron deity – [[Wadjet]] and [[Sekhmet]] respec...
    10: ...important of the females in the Ennead, and the patron of the queen. The Ennead proved to be a much mo...
  15. Egyptian mythology (14567 bytes)
    8: *the [[Chnum]]-[[Satet]]-[[Anuket]] triad of [[Elephantine]], where the chief god was Ch...
    9: ...[[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], where the chief god was Amun
    10: ...sual in that the gods were unconnected before the triad was formalised, where the chief god was Ptah
    16: ...the 13th century, [[Akhnaten]] had attempted to introduce the monotheistic worship of [[Aten]], the su...
    19: ...[natron]], then the exterior body was buried in natron as well. Since it was a stoneable offence to ha...
  16. Min (god) (6198 bytes)
    2: ...ed]] as [[Chem]]) was a [[god]] and the patron of traveling [[Convoy|caravan]]s, in [[Egyptian mytholo...
    4: ...''Kamutef'', meaning ''Bull of his mother''. As ''Amun-Min'', he was often found depicted on the walls o...
    6: ...meaning ''city of Pan''). He was also associated strongly with the city of [[Coptos]]. In both locatio...
    8: ...uggestions that the Pharaoh was expected to demonstrate that he could [[ejaculation|ejaculate]] — an...
    10: ...n [[aphrodisiac]], as Egyptian lettuce was tall, straight, and released a milk-like substance when rub...
  17. Hyksos (23575 bytes)
    4: ... from the [[Phoenicia|Phoenicians]]. The Hyksos introduced new tools of warfare into Egypt, most notab...
    24: ... difficult to reject the accepted view that the patriarch Jacob is commemorated" in this name. Popula...
    29: ...who met little resistance and who subdued the country by military force. It has been claimed that new...
    31: ... their own hands, attacked and overran the administrative capital at Memphis, and proceeded to make th...
    33: ...as indicators of direct political and military control.
  18. Nefertari (2646 bytes)
    3: ... Great). She carried the title of God's Wife of [[Amun]], which conferred on her great independent [[wea...
    5: ...had at least three sons and two daughters, Prince Amun-her-khepseshef, Prince Prehirwonmef, Prince Amonh...
    7: ...around some kind of emotional attachment. Also poetry written by Ramesses about his dead wife is featu...
    11: ...s entourage, even during important voyages like a trip to [[Nubia]] in order to commission a new templ...
  19. Bast (goddess) (4923 bytes)
    1: ...d, her name means ''(female) devourer''. As protectress, she was seen as defender of the [[pharaoh]], ...
    8: ...n lion) deity, Bast was strongly revered as the patron of cats, and thus it was in the temple at Per-B...
    12: ...t]], whose cult had risen to power with that of [[Amun]], and eventually being absorbed into her as ''Mu...
    14: ...dea of her as a lunar goddess (more properly an attribute of Mut). Indeed, much of this confusion occu...
  20. Ramesses II (3861 bytes)
    4: ...n as '''Ramesses the Great''' and alternatively [[transcribed]] as '''Ramses''' and '''Rameses''') was...
    5: ...ishments to the semi-mythical [[Senusret III|Sesostris]].
    9: ...silis III]], the earliest known surviving [[peace treaty]], believed to have been drawn up in 1271 BC.
    11: ...e [[Aswan|first cataract]] into [[Nubia]]. He constructed many impressive monuments, and more statues ...
    17: ...d [[Ra]], chosen of Ra, Ra bore him, beloved of [[Amun]]'.

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