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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 October 2024. Fourth Dynasty ancient Egyptian pharaoh This article is about the Egyptian pharaoh. For the encryption algorithm, see Khufu and Khafre. "Cheops" redirects here. For other uses, see Cheops (disambiguation). Khufu Cheops, Suphis, Chnoubos, Sofe The Statue of Khufu in the Cairo Museum ...
Diary of Merer. The Diary of Merer (also known as Papyrus Jarf) is the name for papyrus logbooks written over 4,500 years ago by Merer, a middle-ranking official with the title inspector (sḥḏ, sehedj). They are the oldest known papyri with text, dating to the 26th year [ 1 ] of the reign of Pharaoh Khufu (reigned in the early 26th century ...
Akhet (hieroglyph) Akhet (horizon) in hieroglyphs. Akhet (Ancient Egyptian: Ꜣḫt; Gardiner: N27) is an Egyptian hieroglyph that represents the sun rising over a mountain. It is translated as "horizon" or "the place in the sky where the sun rises". [1] Betrò describes it as "Mountain with the Rising Sun" (The hieroglyph for "mountain" is ...
4th Dynasty. Djedefre (also known as Djedefra and Radjedef; died c. 2558 BC) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He is well known by the Hellenized form of his name Rhatoisēs (Ῥατοίσης) by Manetho. Djedefre was the son and immediate throne successor of Khufu, the builder of the Great ...
Dedi in hieroglyphs. Djedi D (j)dj[ 1 ]he who endures[ 2 ] Djedi (also Dedi[ 3 ] or Djedi of Djed-Sneferu[ 4 ]) is the name of a fictional ancient Egyptian magician appearing in the fourth chapter of a story told in the legendary Westcar Papyrus. He is said to have worked wonders during the reign of king (pharaoh) Khufu (4th Dynasty).
The Bible was translated into Arabic from a variety of source languages. These include Coptic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and Syriac. [ 1 ] Judeo-Arabic translations can also exhibit influence of the Aramaic Targums. Especially in the 19th century, Arabic Bible translations start to express regional colloquial dialects.
Westcar Papyrus. The Westcar Papyrus (inventory -designation: P. Berlin 3033) is an ancient Egyptian text containing five stories about miracles performed by priests and magicians. In the papyrus text, each of these tales are told at the royal court of king Khufu (Cheops) (Fourth Dynasty, 26th century BCE) by his sons.
Neues Museum, Berlin. In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche (/ kɑːrˈtuːʃ / kar-TOOSH) is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. [ 1 ] The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the feature did not come into common use until ...