1,855 articles
Puyemre
Puyemre, also transcribed Puimre, was a Second Priest of Amun at Thebes in the early Eighteenth Dynasty, serving Hatshepsut and Thutmose III; his rock-cut tomb is TT 39 at el-Khokha.
Pyramid of Djoser
Pyramid of Djoser (Step Pyramid), Saqqara: first Egyptian pyramid and oldest known Egyptian stone structure, built for Third Dynasty king Netjerykhet (Djoser) by architect Imhotep as six stacked mastabas, within a large Sed-festival enclosure with South Tomb.
Pyramid of Khafre
The Pyramid of Khafre, or Chephren, is the second of Giza's great pyramids, built c. 2558–2532 BC for Khufu's son Khafre, whose valley temple and Great Sphinx form a well-preserved complex.
Pyramid of Menkaure
Pyramid of Menkaure: smallest of the three Giza pyramids, tomb of the Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Menkaure (c. 2532–2503 BC), known for its unfinished Aswan granite casing, queens' pyramids, Reisner's statue finds, and the rejected 2024 casing restoration.
Pyramid Texts
Pyramid Texts: Old Kingdom Egyptian funerary corpus inscribed in royal pyramid chambers from Unas's pyramid (c. 2350 BC), earliest substantial religious literature, ancestor of Coffin Texts and Book of the Dead.
Pyramidion
Pyramidion (benbenet): the capstone of an Egyptian pyramid or the pyramid-shaped tip of an obelisk, a miniature of the benben stone of Heliopolis. Surviving examples include the basalt pyramidion of Amenemhat III and Hatshepsut's red granite obelisk tip.
Pyramidion of Amenemhat III
The Pyramidion of Amenemhat III is a dark stone capstone from the king's mudbrick pyramid at Dahshur, Egypt, now displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Qahedjet
Qahedjet, or Horus Qahedjet, is the Horus name of an Egyptian king of the late Third or early Fourth Dynasty, known chiefly from a limestone stela in the Louvre.
Qar (official of Pepi I)
Qar, whose birth name was Meryre-nefer, was a high-ranking Sixth Dynasty Egyptian official who served King Pepi I and oversaw the pyramid cults of Khufu and Menkaure.
Qar (physician)
Qar was a physician and official of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, buried at Saqqara near Cairo, where his undisturbed tomb, mummy, and bronze surgical instruments were found in 2000.
Qar (vizier of Pepi II)
Qar was a vizier of Egypt during the Sixth Dynasty, the second-highest man after the king, buried at south Abusir in a tomb found in 1995.
Qareh
Khawoserre Qareh, or Qareh, was possibly a king of Egypt's 14th Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, dated c. 1770–1760 BC and known only from three scarab seals.
Qen (workman of Deir el-Medina)
Qen was a sculptor in the workmen's community of Deir el-Medina under Ramesses II, known chiefly from his family tomb TT 4 and two funerary stelae.
Qurna Queen
The Qurna Queen is the modern name for an unnamed royal woman of ancient Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, buried around 1600 BC at Qurna on the west bank at Thebes.
Ra
Ra (Re), ancient Egypt's sun god and principal creator deity, whose cult centered on Heliopolis; merged as Ra-Horakhty, Amun-Ra, Atum; attested in Pyramid Texts c. 2400-2300 BCE; honored with 5th Dynasty sun temples.
Raemka
Raemka, also written Raemkai, was a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian prince, called 'king's bodily son', known from a Saqqara tomb chapel he took over from the official Neferiretnes.
Raherka and Meresankh
Raherka and Meresankh is a painted limestone pair statue of an Old Kingdom official, an inspector of scribes, and his wife, held in the Louvre since 1938.
Rahotep
Rahotep, or Sekhemre-Wahkhau Rahotep, was a pharaoh of the Second Intermediate Period, usually assigned to the Theban 17th Dynasty and known chiefly from a stela at Koptos.
Rahotep (prince)
Rahotep was a prince of early Fourth Dynasty Egypt, generally taken as a son of Snofru, known from his Meidum mastaba and his famous painted statues with his wife Nofret.
Ram of Amun protecting Taharqa
The Ram of Amun protecting Taharqa is a granite statue type showing the god Amun-Re as a ram sheltering King Taharqa, carved for Kawa in Nubia about 680 BC.
Ramesses (prince)
Ramesses, also printed Ramessu or Rameses, was a son of the pharaoh Ramesses II of the 19th Dynasty, known from temple son-lists and canopic-jar fragments in the Valley of the Kings tomb KV5.
Ramesses I
Ramesses I (Menpehtyre), founding pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty (c. 1295 BC), non-royal soldier-official bound into the succession by Horemheb; reigned about a year, father of Seti I, grandfather of Ramesses II, buried in KV16.
Ramesses II
Ramesses II (Usermaatre-setepenre), third king of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty, reigned about 1279–1213 BC, fought Kadesh to a draw, signed the earliest known peace treaty, fathered about 100 children, and outbuilt every other pharaoh.
Ramesses II's campaigns in Syria
Ramesses II's campaigns in Syria were Egyptian invasions against the Hittite king Muwatalli II, culminating in the Battle of Kadesh around 1274 BC and ending with an early peace treaty.
Ramesses III
Ramesses III (Usermaatre-meryamun), second king of Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty (c. 1183/82–1152/51 BC), last great warrior pharaoh of the New Kingdom; defeated Libyans and Sea Peoples, built Medinet Habu, died in the harem conspiracy.
Ramesses III prisoner tiles
Ramesses III prisoner tiles are polychrome Egyptian faience tiles depicting bound foreign captives, made under Ramesses III for his ceremonial palace at Medinet Habu, Thebes.
Ramesses III's war against the Meshwesh
Ramesses III's war against the Meshwesh, also called the Second Libyan War, was fought in Egypt's western Delta in Year 11 of his reign, around 1174 BC.
Ramesses IV
Ramesses IV (Heqamaatre Setepenamun), Twentieth Dynasty pharaoh, son of Ramesses III, reigned about six to seven years (c. 1153–1147 BC), built KV2, led Wadi Hammamat expeditions of over 8,000 men.
Ramesses IX
Ramesses IX was the eighth king of Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty, ruling for an estimated 18 years. He is best known for his official investigation of royal tomb robberies at Thebes.
Ramesses V
Ramesses V (Usermaatra Sekheperenra), fourth pharaoh of Egypt's Twentieth Dynasty, son of Ramesses IV, reigned c. 1156–1152 BCE; known for the Wilbour Papyrus land survey, tomb KV9 taken over by Ramesses VI, and a contested smallpox diagnosis.