between two succeeding pharaohs. The accession to the throne was celebrated in several ceremonies, rites and feasts. The coronation feast was not one event...

to the Nile to relieve himself. Ancient Egypt portal Monarchy portal List of pharaohs Roman pharaoh Coronation of the pharaoh Curse of the pharaohs Egyptian...

returned to the centre of the monarchy where the coronation of the pharaoh was held again in his temple. The Ptolemies continued this tradition, and the high...

The curse of the pharaohs or the mummy's curse is a curse alleged to be cast upon anyone who disturbs the mummy of an ancient Egyptian, especially a pharaoh...

specifically related to the ruling pharaoh who in time came to be regarded as a manifestation of Horus in life and Osiris in death. The most commonly encountered...

historical novel Pharaoh. Moon Knight #1. Marvel Comics. Marvel Spotlight #28. Marvel Comics. "Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #1 – Night of the Jackal. Marvel...

discovered a "porch of drunkenness" built onto the temple by the Pharaoh Hatshepsut during the height of her twenty-year reign. During the Greek dominance...

first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He was the god of the sun, order, kings and the sky. Ra was portrayed as a falcon and shared characteristics with the sky-god...

Gbb Gebeb) was the Egyptian god of the Earth and a mythological member of the Ennead of Heliopolis. He could also be considered a father of snakes. It was...

important. The pharaohs of that new dynasty attributed all of their successes to Amun, and they lavished much of their wealth and captured spoil on the construction...

suckling pharaoh Philip III of Macedon (323–317 BC) who appears as a divine child immediately after his own enthronement, onto an exterior wall of the eighteenth...

the role of the male in childbirth. As a god of male sexual potency, he was honoured during the coronation rites of the New Kingdom, when the Pharaoh...

Khasekhemwy with the "stretching the cord" ritual. As the divine measurer and scribe, Seshat was believed to appear to assist the pharaoh in both of these practises...

Wepwawet was heavily seen in association with royalty and the Pharaoh (My face is that of Upwawet, Pyramid Texts), symbolizing and protecting their rise...

Montu was a falcon-god of war in the ancient Egyptian religion, an embodiment of the conquering vitality of the pharaoh. He was particularly worshipped...

the symbology of Egyptian mortuary texts. In folklore, a boat of this kind is used by the sun god. Thus, as the pharaoh was a representation of the sun...

replace disunity with unity and disorder with order. An Egyptian king (pharaoh) was appointed to "achieve" Ma'at, which means that he had to keep and...

"refreshes and purifies" the pharaoh. Kebechet was thought to give water to the spirits of the dead while they waited for the mummification process to...

Dead is the oldest tradition said to be the work of Thoth himself. There was also an Egyptian pharaoh of the Sixteenth dynasty named Djehuty (Thoth) after...

or Tem, is the primordial God in Egyptian mythology from whom all else arose. He created himself and is the father of Shu and Tefnut, the divine couple...

crocodile-god guardian of the underworld — from the tomb (KV17) of Pharaoh Seti I. The journey of the solar boat of Ra through the gates of the netherworld and...

wearing the Red Crown on wall paintings or on the pharaoh's headdress. In the relief shown in the gallery, which is on the wall of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut...

Pyramid Texts depict Heka as a supernatural energy that the gods possess. The "cannibal pharaoh" must devour other gods to gain this magical power. Eventually...

priestess in the temple rituals. The pharaoh participated also and would become a deity after death. In the case when the pharaoh was female, records of one example...

Dynasty) Ushabti of pharaoh Ramesses IV (20th Dynasty) Ushabti of Nesitanebetashru, daughter of Pinedjem II (end-21st Dynasty) Ushabti of pharaoh Taharqa (25th...

and harmony. Pharaohs are often depicted with the emblems of Maat to emphasise their roles in upholding the laws and righteousness. From the Eighteenth...

a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. He was one of the first...

capable of incinerating the enemies of the pharaoh with her fiery breath. New Kingdom Ramesside Pharaohs, in particular, were enamored of Mother Nephthys...

abyss which existed at the time of creation and from which the creator sun god Ra arose. Nu is one of the eight deities of the Ogdoad representing ancient...

the pharaoh through the New Kingdom and became a goddess of lust in later years. In later periods, she was associated with the cowry, especially the shell...