Egypt
There are 605 items in Egypt:
Nectanebo II
Nectanebo (Egyptian Nakhthorhebe): last pharaoh of independent Egypt, ruled 359/358-342/341.Coup Nectanebo II In the fifth century BCE, Egypt had been part of…
Nectanebo II |
Neith |
Neithhotep
Queen Neithhotep lived during the final phase of Egypt’s Predynastic age and was presumably the wife of King Narmer, the unifier of the “Two Lands”, which may have taken place in the thirtieth century BCE. …Nepherites I
Nepherites (Egyptian Nef'aurud): first pharaoh of the twenty-ninth, Mendesian dynasty (398-392/391). Map of Lower Egypt (fifth-fourth centuries BCE) In the fifth century…Nepherites II
Nepherites (Egyptian Nef'aurud): last pharaoh of the twenty-ninth, Mendesian dynasty, briefly ruling in 379/378 BCE. Map of Lower Egypt (fifth-fourth centuries…New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of the largest museums in the world, with all kinds of ancient objects. There are 74 items in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art: …Nile
Nile (Egyptian Iteru, Greek Νεῖλος, Latin Nilus): one of the largest rivers of the world, dominant natural feature of Nubia and Egypt, famous for its annual flooding.The river …
Nile, as shown on the World Map of Ptolemy of Alexandria (manuscript from 1467) |
Nile, First Cataract |
King Ninetjer, dressed for the Sed festival |
Nubia
Nubia: name of the country south of Egypt, more or less identical to modern Sudan. In ancient times, there were three Nubian kingdoms, which are named after their capitals: Kerma, Napata, and Meroe. Other names are Kush and Ethiopia. …