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Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Ankh-Morpork City Watch: fictional police force in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, led by Sam Vimes, subject of eight novels, the 2021 TV series The Watch, audiobooks, and board games.

Ankhefenkhonsu

Ankhefenkhonsu, also written Ankh-af-na-khonsu, was a Theban priest of the god Montu around 700–675 BCE, known for his Cairo sarcophagus and the Stele of Revealing.

Ankhefenmut

Ankhefenmut was a priest and temple sculptor of the goddess Mut at Thebes during Egypt's 21st Dynasty, known chiefly from his inscribed coffin found at Bab el-Gasus.

Ankhefensekhmet

Ankhefensekhmet was High Priest of Ptah at Memphis at the end of Egypt's Twenty-first Dynasty, around 982–962 BC. He is known almost entirely through his son and successor, the High Priest Shedsunefertem.

Ankhesenamun

Ankhesenamun (Ankhesenpaaten), c. 1350 BCE, third daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti and great royal wife of Tutankhamun; after his 1327 BCE death she wrote to the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I for a husband, the prince was killed, and she vanished from history; her mummy is unconfirmed.

Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit

Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit, meaning "Ankhesenpaaten the Younger", was a princess of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, generally thought to be the daughter of princess Ankhesenpaaten, though her parentage is disputed.

Ankhesenpepi I

Ankhesenpepi I, also written Ankhesenmeryre I, was a Sixth Dynasty Egyptian queen consort of pharaoh Pepi I, commonly credited as the mother of Merenre I.

Ankhesenpepi II

Ankhesenpepi II, also written Ankhenespepi II or Ankhenesmeryre II, was a Sixth Dynasty Egyptian queen, wife of Pepy I and Merenre I, mother of Pepy II, and his regent.

Ankhesenpepi III

Ankhesenpepi III, also written Ânkhnespépy III, was a Sixth Dynasty queen of ancient Egypt, a daughter of Merenre I and wife of Pepi II, buried at South Saqqara.

Ankhesenpepi IV

Ankhesenpepi IV was a queen consort of ancient Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, a wife of King Pepy II and a possible mother of King Neferkare Neby.

Ankhhaf

Ankhhaf was a prince and vizier of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty who served under Khufu and Khafre and owned the largest mastaba in Giza's Eastern Cemetery.

Ankhka

Ankhka, also written Ankh-ka or Anchka, was a high official of Egypt's First Dynasty, the first of three chancellors serving under King Den around 3000 BCE.

Ankhmahor

Ankhmahor, also written Ankhmahor-Sesi, was a vizier under King Teti, first king of Egypt's Dynasty 6, around 2340 BC, buried in a Saqqara mastaba called the Tomb of the Physician for its circumcision relief.

Ankhmare

Ankhmare was a prince and vizier of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a royal son probably of King Khafre, attested in the Giza necropolis by his own mastaba, G 8460.

Ankhnesneferibre

Ankhnesneferibre, also written Ankhenesneferibre, was a 26th Dynasty Egyptian princess, daughter of Psamtik II, who became the last attested God's Wife of Amun at Thebes.

Ankhon Dekhi

Ankhon Dekhi (आंखों देखी) is a 2014 Hindi comedy-drama written and directed by Rajat Kapoor, starring Sanjay Mishra as Old Delhi's Raje Bauji, who believes only what he sees; Drishyam Films' first production, winner of three 2015 Filmfare Awards.

Ankhtifi

Ankhtifi, also written Ankhtify, was a nomarch of Edfu and Hierakonpolis in Egypt's First Intermediate Period around 2100 BC, whose rock-cut tomb at Mo'alla holds one of the era's best-preserved autobiographies.

Ankhu (vizier)

Ankhu was a vizier of ancient Egypt who held the southern half of a divided vizierate, seated at Thebes, during the Thirteenth Dynasty around 1790 BC.

Ankhwa

Ankhwa was an ancient Egyptian official of the Third Dynasty, around 2686–2613 BC, who held the titles royal acquaintance and shipwright, known from a granite statue in the British Museum.

Ankhwennefer (Egyptian rebel ruler)

Ankhwennefer, called Chaonnophris in Greek, was an Egyptian rebel pharaoh of Upper Egypt during the Great Theban Revolt, defeated and executed by Ptolemy V in 186 BC.

Anki (software)

Anki, named after the Japanese word 暗記 meaning memorizing, is a free, open-source flashcard program using spaced repetition, first released in 2006 by Damien Elmes.

Ankit Fadia

Ankit Fadia (born 1985, Ahmedabad) is an Indian author and self-proclaimed ethical hacker famous from his 2001 book An Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking; his hacking claims are widely disputed and his books documented as heavily plagiarized.

Ankit Gera (अंकित गेरा)

Ankit Gera (अंकित गेरा), born 1987 in New Delhi, is an Indian Hindi television actor known for Mayank Garg in Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, Adarsh in Pratigya, Agniphera, and Bigg Boss 9.

Ankit Gupta (अंकित गुप्ता)

Ankit Gupta (अंकित गुप्ता), Indian television actor born 1988 in Meerut, known as Fateh Singh Virk in Udaariyaan, Parth Kashyap in Sadda Haq, and a Bigg Boss 16 contestant.

Ankit Mohan (अंकित मोहन)

Ankit Mohan (अंकित मोहन), born 1988, Indian actor; Ashwathama in Star Plus Mahabharat (2013–14), Digpal Lanjekar Marathi historicals (Farzand, Fatteshikast, Pawankhind), Singham Again and Peddi, married to Ruchi Savarn. Distinguishes him from comedian Mohan Choti.

Ankit Sobti

Ankit Sobti is an Indian software engineer who co-founded Postman, the API platform, and serves as its chief technology officer; he previously worked at Yahoo and Adobe.

Ankit Tiwari

Ankit Tiwari (born 1986, Kanpur) is an Indian playback singer, music director, and composer known for Sunn Raha Hai (Aashiqui 2, 2013) and Galliyan (Ek Villain, 2014), a Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer winner who also runs the label Mist Music.

Ankita Lokhande

Ankita Lokhande (अंकिता लोखंडे), born 1984 in Indore, is an Indian actress famous as Archana in Pavitra Rishta (2009–2014), with films Manikarnika, Baaghi 3, and Swatantrya Veer Savarkar; married to Vicky Jain.

Ankita Raina

Ankita Raina (born 1993, Ahmedabad) is an Indian tennis player, career-high singles 160 and doubles 93, 2018 Asian Games singles bronze medallist, and the fifth Indian woman of the Open era to play a Grand Slam main draw (Australian Open 2021 doubles).

Ankith Koyya

Ankith Koyya (అంకిత్ కొయ్య, born 1995) is an Indian Telugu-film actor; short-film SIIMA winner, feature debut Majili (2019), breakthrough with Aay and Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam (2024), lead in Beauty (2025).