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The Pharaoh Hound or Kelb tal-Fenek is a Maltese breed of hunting dog. It is traditionally used for rabbit-hunting in the rocky terrain of the islands; the Maltese name means "rabbit dog".
The Egyptian dog Abuwtiyuw, [1] also transcribed as Abutiu (died before 2280 BC), [2] was one of the earliest documented domestic animals whose name is known. He is believed to have been a royal guard dog who lived in the Sixth Dynasty (2345–2181 BC), and received an elaborate ceremonial burial in the Giza Necropolis at the behest of a pharaoh whose name is unknown.
Tesem (Ancient Egyptian: ṯzm, tjezem; ) was the ancient Egyptian name for "hunting dog".In popular literature it denotes the prick-eared, leggy dog with a curled tail from the early Egyptian age, but it was also used with reference to the lop-eared "Saluki/Sloughi" type. [1]
The modern name was invented by Howard Carter, who found one complete gaming set in a Theban tomb from the reign of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat IV that dates to the 12th Dynasty. [1] [2] The latter game set is one of the best preserved examples and is today in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. [3] He called it "Hounds contra ...
The title "pharaoh" is used for those rulers of Ancient Egypt who ruled after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by Narmer during the Early Dynastic Period, approximately 3100 BCE. However, the specific title was not used to address the kings of Egypt by their contemporaries until the New Kingdom 's 18th Dynasty , c. 1400 BCE.
Iry-Hor (or Ro; [2] fl. c. 3170 BC) was a predynastic pharaoh of Upper Egypt during the 32nd century BC. [1] Excavations at Abydos in the 1980s and 1990s [3] [4] [5] and the discovery in 2012 of an inscription of Iry-Hor in Sinai confirmed his existence. [1]
The dog that gained widespread attention after climbing one of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza has successfully descended and is safe again with his fellow four-legged friends. Paramotor ...
Webensenu was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 18th Dynasty. He was a son of Pharaoh Amenhotep II. [35] He is mentioned, along with his brother Nedjem, on a statue of Minmose, overseer of the works in Karnak. [36] He died as a child and was buried in his father's tomb, KV35, where there were found his canopic jars and shabtis. His mummy is ...