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First Asiatic campaign of Amenhotep II
The first Asiatic campaign of Amenhotep II was an Egyptian expedition into Syria-Palestine, directed mainly against Takhsy near Kadesh, recorded on the Memphis stele in his Year 3.
First Dynasty of Egypt
First Dynasty of Egypt (c. 3100-2890 BC): first dynasty of unified Egypt, founded by Narmer or Aha, whom Manetho called Menes; capital Memphis, royal tombs at Abydos, Den first with dual-crown title.
First Intermediate Period of Egypt
The First Intermediate Period of Egypt was an era of political fragmentation between the Old and Middle Kingdoms, when Memphis, Herakleopolis, and Thebes competed for power.
First Libyan campaign of Seti I
The First Libyan campaign of Seti I was a Year 3 battle by Egyptian pharaoh Seti I against Libyan Tehenu groups on Egypt's western frontier, known from Karnak reliefs.
First Libyan War of Ramesses III
The First Libyan War of Ramesses III was a defensive campaign in Year 5 of his reign, against Libyan tribes trying to settle in the western Nile Delta.
First Syrian War
The First Syrian War was a 270s BC conflict between Ptolemy II of Egypt and Antiochus I of the Seleucid Empire, fought chiefly over Coele Syria.
Foundation of Akhetaten
The foundation of Akhetaten was the creation, in year 5 of Akhenaten's reign around 1347 BCE, of a purpose-built royal capital in Middle Egypt, the modern Amarna.
Foundation of Alexandria
The foundation of Alexandria, also called the founding of Alexandria, was Alexander the Great's establishment of the city in 331 BC, which became the Ptolemaic capital.
Founding of Naucratis
The founding of Naucratis was the establishment of the earliest Greek trading settlement in Egypt, in the Nile Delta in the late 7th century BC under Psamtek I.
Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt
The Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt was a Second Intermediate Period kingdom in the Nile Delta, seated at Avaris and ruled by kings of mostly Semitic origin.
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt: Old Kingdom ruling house (c. 2650–2200 BC era) whose kings built the Giza pyramids; the vizier became head of administration, and the centralized state and eastern Mediterranean engagement peaked.
Funerary chapel of Amenirdis I
The funerary chapel of Amenirdis I is a stone tomb chapel at Medinet Habu in Thebes, built c. 716–702 BC for the God's Wife of Amun Amenirdis I.
Gabiniani
The Gabiniani were Roman soldiers left in Egypt by Aulus Gabinius in 55 BC as a garrison for Ptolemy XII, serving the Ptolemaic court until 47 BC.
Ganymedes
Ganymedes was a eunuch at the Ptolemaic court and tutor of Arsinoe IV who took command of the Egyptian army against Julius Caesar in 48 BC.
Gautseshen
Gautseshen, also written Gatseshen, was a daughter of the Theban High Priest of Amun Menkheperre in Egypt's 21st Dynasty, known above all from an exceptionally long Book of the Dead papyrus.
Geb
Geb, Egyptian earth god of the Heliopolitan Ennead, son of Shu and Tefnut, husband of Nut, father of Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys; linked to kingship, the Throne of Geb, snakes, and the goose hieroglyph.
Gebel Barkal Stela of Thutmose III
A granite stela of Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III, dedicated to Amun-Re about 1432 BC at Gebel Barkal in Sudan, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Gebel el-Arak knife
The Gebel el-Arak knife, also known as the Gebel al-Arak knife, is a Predynastic Egyptian flint knife with a carved ivory handle, held in the Louvre since 1914.
Gebel Sheikh Suleiman inscription
The Gebel Sheikh Suleiman inscription is an Early Dynastic Egyptian rock relief at the Second Cataract of the Nile in Lower Nubia, recording a king's victory over Nubians.
Gebelein Papyri
The Gebelein Papyri are eleven complete administrative scrolls of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, found in a tomb at Gebelein in 1935 and now held in Turin's Museo Egizio.
Gebelein predynastic mummies
The Gebelein predynastic mummies are seven naturally mummified bodies from Predynastic Egypt in the British Museum, including "Ginger," whose bearers carry the world's earliest known figural tattoos.
Gebu (high steward)
Gebu was a high steward of Egypt during the late Middle Kingdom, an official managing the provisions, granaries, and herds that sustained the royal house.
Gemenefhorbak
Gemenefhorbak was an ancient Egyptian Vizier of the North, responsible for Lower Egypt during the 26th (Saite) Dynasty, known from his sarcophagus now in Turin.
Genealogy of the Ankhefensekhmet
The Genealogy of the Ankhefensekhmet, also known as the Stela of Ankhefensekhmet, is a late 22nd Dynasty limestone relief from Memphis recording over 50 generations of a priest's ancestors.
Giza writing board
The Giza writing board is a plastered wooden writing board excavated by George Andrew Reisner at Giza in 1904, inscribed with a list beginning with names of Dynasty 5 kings.
God's Wife of Amun
The God's Wife of Amun (hmt ntr) was the highest-ranking priestess of ancient Egypt, an office centered at Thebes from about 1550 BC until its abolition under Persian rule.
Governor of Upper Egypt
The Governor of Upper Egypt, or Overseer of Upper Egypt (jmj-r Šmʿw), was an ancient Egyptian office created around 2400 BC to administer Upper Egypt as a whole region.
Graffito of Esmet-Akhom
The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom is a bilingual hieroglyphic and Demotic inscription carved at Philae on 24 August 394 AD, regarded as the last securely dated hieroglyphic inscription.
Great Chief of the Ma
Great Chief of the Ma, or Great Chief of the Meshwesh, was a hereditary title of Libyan chiefs in Egypt; its best-known holder founded the 22nd Dynasty as Shoshenq I.
Great Edict of Horemheb
The Great Edict of Horemheb, also called the Decree of Horemheb, is a sandstone stela at Karnak inscribed with laws against official corruption and extortion, discovered in 1882.