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The Malqata Menat, late Eighteenth Dynasty An elaborate menat necklace depicted in a relief at the Temple of Hathor at Dendera In ancient Egyptian religion , a menat ( Ancient Egyptian : mnj.t (𓏠𓈖𓇋𓏏𓋧) , Arabic : منات ) was a necklace closely associated with the goddess Hathor .
The term MENAT explicitly includes Turkey, which is usually excluded from some MENA definitions, even though Turkey is almost always considered part of the Middle East proper. Ultimately, MENA can be considered as a grouping scheme that brings together most of the Arab League and variously includes their neighbors, like Iran , Turkey, Israel ...
The menat was generally depicted being used in combination with the sistrum in cultic rites and dances performed by the priestesses of Hathor and other cultic dancers and musicians. The priestesses of Hathor rattled menat necklaces to honor the goddess Hathor. [5] In ancient Egypt music was believed to calm the gods and placate their anger.
Al-ʻUzzā (Arabic: العزى al-ʻUzzā [al ʕuzzaː] or Old Arabic, [al ʕuzzeː]) was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and she was worshipped by the pre-Islamic Arabs along with al-Lāt and Manāt.
A menat is a type of artefact associated with the Egyptian goddess Hathor, sometimes used as an alternative name for the goddess herself. Menat may also refer to: MENAT, the region comprising the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey; Menat, Puy-de-Dôme, a village and commune in France; Menat Abbey, a monastery in Menat, Puy-de-Dôme
Menes (fl. c. 3200–3000 BC; [1] / ˈ m eɪ n eɪ z /; Ancient Egyptian: mnj, probably pronounced * /maˈnij/; [6] Ancient Greek: Μήνης [5] and Μήν [7]) was a pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt, credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt, and as the founder of the First Dynasty.
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In Ancient Egyptian texts, the "Two Ladies" (Ancient Egyptian: nbtj, sometimes anglicized Nebty) was a religious epithet for the goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet, two deities who were patrons of the ancient Egyptians and worshiped by all after the unification of its two parts, Lower Egypt, and Upper Egypt. When the two parts of Egypt were joined ...