Egypt
There are 654 items in Egypt:
Synesius, Letter 138
Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…Synesius, Letter 139
Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…Taharqo
Taharqo: name of the last Nubian king ruling over Egypt (c.690-664), defeated by the Assyrian kings Esarhaddon and Aššurbanipal.Relatives Taharqo and…
Taharqo venerating the falcon-god Hemen |
Tanwetamani
Tanwetamani: name of a Nubian king (664- after 656).Relatives Father: Shabaqo Mother: Qalhati Wife: Piankharty Life 664: Succeeds Taharqo Makes a final attempt to recover Egypt, and reaches Memphis (as recorded in the Dream Stela) Retreats to Nubia Buildings Tomb at El-Kurru Literature T.G.H. James, "Egypt. The Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Dynasties"…Temple of Nectanebo
Siwa, temple of Nectanebo: paintings About 400 meters south of the oracle at Siwa, a second temple was built by pharaoh…Teos
Teos (Egyptian: Irmaatenra Dhejo): pharaoh of Egypt, ruled 361/360-359/358. He is also called Tachos.Context Fragment of a cartouche of Teos In the…The Egyptian Prophet
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.The Egyptian prophet (between 52 and 58…
The island Philae |
The Nile |
The Nile |
The fertile Nile |