The Reporter (or often translated as Herald) (Ancient Egyptian: wḥm.w) was an Ancient Egyptian title. The literal meaning of wḥmw translates to 'one who...
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in ancient Egypt to serve the pharaoh (king) during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. Vizier is the generally accepted rendering of ancient Egyptian tjati...
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protocol is the standard naming convention taken by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. It symbolised worldly power and holy might, also acting as a sort of...
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The Treasurer (or often also translated as Chancellor) in Ancient Egypt is the modern translation of the title imi-r ḫtmt (word by word: Overseer of the...
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clergy of ancient Egypt was made up of a multitude of priests and priestesses who worshipped the many gods of the Egyptian religion. In Egyptian thought...
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Nomarch (category Nomes of ancient Egypt)
A nomarch (Ancient Greek: νομάρχης, Ancient Egyptian: ḥrj tp ꜥꜣ Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into 42 provinces...
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Pharaoh (redirect from Phoarohs of egypt)
roʊ/; Egyptian: pr ꜥꜣ; Coptic: ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ, romanized: Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: פַּרְעֹה Parʿō) is the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt...
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Great Royal Wife (category Ancient Egypt-related lists)
King's Wife (Ancient Egyptian: ḥmt nswt wrt) is the title that was used to refer to the principal wife of the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who served many...
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seal-bearer, (Ancient Egyptian: ḫtmty-bỉty) was an Ancient Egyptian official position and title. The name literally means "sealer of the king of Lower Egypt," but...
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civilisation, Ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central government. Egypt was an...
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or great overseer of the house; Egyptian: imi-r pr wr) was an important official at the royal court in Ancient Egypt in the Middle Kingdom and in the...
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Two Ladies (category Articles containing Ancient Egyptian-language text)
In Ancient Egyptian texts, the "Two Ladies" (Ancient Egyptian: nbtj, sometimes anglicized Nebty) was a religious epithet for the goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet...
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Overseer of cattle (category Articles containing Ancient Egyptian-language text)
The Overseer of cattle (Ancient Egyptian: jmy-r jḥw) was an Ancient Egyptian official position, during the New Kingdom. The Onomasticon of Amenope, which...
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archaeology of Ancient Egypt is the study of the archaeology of Egypt, stretching from prehistory through three millennia of documented history. Egyptian archaeology...
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Gods of Egypt is a 2016 fantasy action film directed by Alex Proyas based on a fantastical version of ancient Egyptian deities. It stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau...
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Horus name (category Ancient Egyptian titles)
is the oldest known and used crest of ancient Egyptian rulers. It belongs to the "great five names" of an Egyptian pharaoh. However, modern Egyptologists...
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High Priest of Amun (category Ancient Egypt-related lists)
priest in the priesthood of the ancient Egyptian god Amun. The first high priests of Amun appear in the New Kingdom of Egypt, at the beginning of the Eighteenth...
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High Priest of Ra (category Ancient Egyptian priests)
Ra or of Re was known in Egyptian as the wr-mꜢw, which translates as Greatest of Seers. The main cult of Ra was in ancient Heliopolis, northeast of present-day...
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Story of Sinuhe (category Novels set in ancient Egypt)
Story of Sinuhe (also referred to as Sanehat or Sanhath) is a work of ancient Egyptian literature. It was likely composed in the beginning of the Twelfth...
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Stolist (category Ancient Egypt stubs)
In ancient Egypt, a stolist was a person who held the rank of priest and is now understood to have been an adorner of divine images. At some time, stolists...
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God's Wife of Amun (category Ancient Egyptian priestesses)
of Amun (Egyptian: ḥm.t nṯr n ỉmn) was the highest-ranking priestess of the Amun cult, an important religious institution in ancient Egypt. The cult...
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Lector priest (category Ancient Egypt stubs)
A lector priest was a priest in ancient Egypt who recited spells and hymns during temple rituals and official ceremonies. Such priests also sold their...
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Rosetta Stone (category Ancient Egyptian stelas)
during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and Demotic...
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Alexandria (redirect from Alexandria, Egypt)
lucrative trade in Egyptian cotton. Alexandria was located on the earlier Egyptian settlement, which was called Rhacotis (Ancient Greek: Ῥακῶτις, romanized: Rhakôtis)...
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Iry-pat (category Articles containing Ancient Egyptian-language text)
Iry-pat (Ancient Egyptian: jrj-pꜥt "member of the elite") was an ancient Egyptian ranking title, that is a title announcing a high position in the hierarchy...
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The Overseer of Upper Egypt was an important Ancient Egyptian title during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. The title appears first in the early Fifth...
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Viceroy of Kush (redirect from List of Egyptian viceroys of Kush)
The former Kingdom of Kerma in Nubia, was a province of ancient Egypt from the 16th century BCE to eleventh century BCE. During this period, the polity...
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Priestess of Hathor (category Ancient Egyptian priestesses)
Hathor in the Temple of Dendera in Ancient Egypt. The title is known to be given during the Old Kingdom of Egypt, and was at that point very powerful...
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The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (also known as The Period of Reunification) is the period in the history of ancient Egypt following a period of political...
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Divine Adoratrice of Amun (category Ancient Egyptian priestesses)
of Amun (Egyptian: dwꜣt nṯr n jmn) was a second title – after God's Wife of Amun – created for the chief priestess of the ancient Egyptian deity Amun...
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