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Head of Young Nefertiti
The Head of Young Nefertiti is an unfinished quartzite head of a young queen, usually identified as Nefertiti, carved at Amarna under Akhenaten and held in Berlin's Egyptian Museum.
Hearst Papyrus
The Hearst Papyrus, also called the Hearst Medical Papyrus, is an ancient Egyptian medical papyrus of about 255 prescriptions, found at Deir el-Ballas in 1901.
Hedjetnebu
Hedjetnebu was a princess of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, a daughter of King Djedkare Isesi, known from her mastaba burial in the royal cemetery at Abusir.
Hedju-Hor
Hedju-Hor, also read Hedjw-Hor, is a putative Predynastic ruler of Lower Egypt known only from serekhs incised on pottery jars found in the eastern Nile Delta.
Hedylus
Hedylus, also Hedylos of Samos, was a Hellenistic Greek epigrammatist of the third century BC who wrote at the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria under Ptolemy II; 12 poems survive.
Hekenuhedjet
Hekenuhedjet, also spelled Heknuhedjet, was a queen consort of pharaoh Khafre of Egypt's 4th Dynasty, known from reliefs in her son Sekhemkare's tomb at Giza.
Helenus of Cyrene
Helenus of Cyrene was a Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus who held the island's civil, military, and priestly command in the late second century BC, known from inscriptions.
Helicopter hieroglyphs
The helicopter hieroglyphs are overlapping carvings on a lintel at the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt, formed when Ramesses II's titles were carved over Seti I's, producing shapes resembling a helicopter.
Hemaka
Hemaka was a high official of Egypt's First Dynasty, chancellor under King Den around 3000–2900 BCE, known from his large Saqqara mastaba tomb, which contained the earliest known roll of papyrus.
Hemetre
Hemetre is an ancient Egyptian royal woman of Dynasty 4, probably a daughter of King Khafre, known from mastaba G 8464 in the Central Field at Giza, excavated by Selim Hassan.
Hemiunu
Hemiunu (Hemon) was a prince and vizier of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty serving King Khufu in the early twenty-sixth century BC, traditionally credited as architect of the Great Pyramid.
Hemre Isi
Hemre Isi, also written Hemre Izi, was a provincial governor of the 12th nome of Upper Egypt in Old Kingdom Egypt, buried at Deir el-Gebrawi.
Henenu
Henenu was a high official and chief steward of Eleventh Dynasty Egypt under King Mentuhotep II, known from his large mortuary complex at Deir el-Bahari.
Henhenet
Henhenet, also spelled Henenet, was a minor royal wife and Hathor priestess of Egypt's Mentuhotep II, buried at Deir el-Bahri; her sarcophagus is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Henqu I
Henqu I was an ancient Egyptian provincial governor of the Twelfth Upper Egyptian nome, buried in a rock-cut tomb on the northern cliff of Deir el-Gebrawi.
Henuka
Henuka was an official at the Egyptian royal court of the First Dynasty, documented under kings Semerkhet and Qa'a around 2920 BC and known from year labels.
Henut Taui
Henut Taui, a priestess of Egypt's 21st Dynasty around 1000 BC, is known for her Munich mummy, which a 1992 study found contained cocaine, hashish, and nicotine.
Henut-wedjebu
Henut-wedjebu was an Egyptian noblewoman of the 18th Dynasty, living around 1350 BCE in Thebes, a temple singer of Amun known from her gilded coffin, mummy, and inscribed shabti.
Henutempet
Henutempet was an Egyptian royal woman of the mid-18th Dynasty, known from funerary cones at Dra Abu el-Naga and proposed to be a Mitanni princess married to Thutmose IV.
Henutmehyt
Henutmehyt was a wealthy Egyptian chantress of Amun of the Nineteenth Dynasty, buried at Thebes about 1200 BC; her gilded burial equipment is split between the British Museum and Reading Museum.
Henutmire
Henutmire was an Egyptian queen of the 19th Dynasty, a wife of Ramesses II, buried in tomb QV 75 in the Valley of the Queens.
Henutsen
Henutsen, also spelled Henut-sen, was a queen of ancient Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a wife of King Khufu and owner of the queens' pyramid G I-c at Giza.
Henuttaneb
Henuttaneb, the Egyptian princess and "lady of every land," was the daughter of pharaoh Amenhotep III. She is known from monuments dating to the 14th century BC.
Henuttawy (daughter of Ramesses II)
Henuttawy was a princess of Egypt's 19th Dynasty, a daughter of Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari, known from the Abu Simbel processions and tomb QV 73.
Henuttawy (God's Wife of Amun)
Henuttawy was a 21st Dynasty priestess at Thebes who served as Divine Adoratrice of Amun and is listed as a God's Wife, probably a daughter of Pinedjem II.
Henuttawy C
Henuttawy C was a priestess of Amun in Egypt's 21st Dynasty, daughter of High Priest Menkheperre and probable sister-wife of Smendes II, known from her mummy board.
Henutwati
Henutwati, or Ta-Henutwati, was an ancient Egyptian queen of the Twentieth Dynasty, thought to be the Great Royal Wife of Ramesses V around 1150 BC.
Hepu (vizier)
Hepu was an ancient Egyptian official who served as vizier of Upper Egypt, the southern vizier, under King Thutmose IV of the 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom.
Heqaib III
Heqaib III was a governor of Elephantine in ancient Egypt during the late 12th Dynasty, under Amenemhat III, known from a statue in the sanctuary of Heqaib.
Heqanakht (viceroy of Kush)
Heqanakht, also known as Hekanakht, was a viceroy of Kush, governing Egyptian Nubia under Ramesses II, attested from year 3 of his reign by a stela from Serra in Sudan.