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Along with the title pharaoh for later rulers, there was an Ancient Egyptian royal titulary used by Egyptian kings which remained relatively constant during the course of Ancient Egyptian history, initially featuring a Horus name, a Sedge and Bee (nswt-bjtj) name and a Two Ladies (nbtj) name, with the additional Golden Horus, nomen and prenomen ...
The oldest layer of the Egyptian naming tradition is native Egyptian names. These can be either traced back to pre-Coptic stage of the language, attested in Hieroglyphic, Hieratic or Demotic texts (i.e. ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ Amoun, ⲛⲁⲃⲉⲣϩⲟ Naberho, ϩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱϫ Herwōč, ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲓ Taēsi) or be first attested in Coptic texts and derived from purely Coptic lemmas (i.e ...
The list covers key ancient Egyptian individuals from the start of the first dynasty until the end of the ancient Egyptian nation in 343 BC. Note that the dates given are approximate. The list that is presented below is based on the conventional chronology of Ancient Egypt , mostly based on the Digital Egypt for Universities database developed ...
Pages in category "Ancient Egyptian given names" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ahhotep;
Pages in category "Nomes of ancient Egypt" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Abydos King List, also known as the Abydos Table, is a list of the names of 76 kings of ancient Egypt, found on a wall of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt. It consists of three rows of 38 cartouches (borders enclosing the name of a king) in each row.
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Upper Egypt nomes Middle Egypt nomes. Upper Egypt was divided into 22 nomes. The first of these was centered on Elephantine close to Egypt's border with Nubia at the First Cataract – the area of modern-day Aswan. From there the numbering progressed downriver in an orderly fashion along the narrow fertile strip of land that was the Nile valley.