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Victory stele of Esarhaddon
The Victory stele of Esarhaddon, also known as the Zincirli Stele, is a Neo-Assyrian monument commemorating his 671 BCE conquest of Egypt, now in Berlin.
Wadi el-Hudi inscriptions
The Wadi el-Hudi inscriptions are the stelae and rock-cut texts left by Middle Kingdom amethyst-mining expeditions at Wadi el-Hudi, in Egypt's Eastern Desert near Aswan.
Wadi Hammamat inscriptions
The Wadi Hammamat inscriptions (Hammamat inscriptions) are hundreds of rock inscriptions and graffiti at Egypt's Eastern Desert greywacke quarries, carved from the Old Kingdom into the Roman Period.
Wadjet
Wadjet (Wadjit, Uto, Buto) is the ancient Egyptian cobra goddess, protective deity of Lower Egypt and one of the Two Ladies with Nekhbet. Her uraeus adorned the king's brow; her cult center was Buto (Per-Wadjet) in the Delta.
Wadjkare
Wadjkare, meaning "Fresh Is Ka of Re," is the throne name of a poorly attested Egyptian king traditionally assigned to the 8th Dynasty, known mainly from three inscriptions.
Wadjmose
Wadjmose was a prince of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, a son of King Thutmose I who died during his father's reign without reaching the throne, and is known from the El Kab tomb of his tutor Paheri.
Wah (estate manager of Meketre)
Wah was an ancient Egyptian official of the early Middle Kingdom who served as estate manager on chancellor Meketre's Theban estate, buried nearby in Western Thebes.
Wahibre Ibiau
Wahibre Ibiau, also known as Ibiau, was a pharaoh of the Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt who reigned about 10 years, 8 months, and 28 days, around 1712-1701 BC.
Wahka I
Wahka I was a mayor and overseer of priests of the Antaeopolis region during Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, buried in rock-cut tomb 7 at Qaw el-Kebir.
Wahka II
Wahka II was a Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian nomarch, or provincial governor, at Qau el-Kebir, owner of tomb 18, the largest private funerary complex of the Middle Kingdom.
Wahka III
Wahka III is the conventional name for a third official named Wahka at Qaw el-Kebir, the cemetery of ancient Antaeopolis, toward the end of the Twelfth Dynasty.
Wahkare Khety
Wahkare Khety, also known as Khety III or Wahkare Akhtoy, was a pharaoh of the Heracleopolitan Tenth Dynasty around 2100–2050 BC, father and predecessor of Merikare.
Wahneferhotep
Wahneferhotep was a royal prince, titled "king's son", of Egypt's late Middle Kingdom, known from a shabti and miniature coffin held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Wahtye
Wahtye was a royal purification priest of King Neferirkare Kakai in Fifth Dynasty Egypt, known from his painted rock-cut tomb at Saqqara, discovered by an Egyptian mission in November 2018.
War of the High Priest
The War of the High Priest, also called the War of the High Priest of Amun, was Panehsy's suppression of High Priest Amenhotep at Thebes around 1089 BCE.
War of the High Priest of Amun against the viceroy of Kush
A conflict at Thebes in the last years of Ramesses XI, around 1089 BCE, when Panehsy, viceroy of Kush, moved against Amenhotep, High Priest of Amun.
Wars of Intef the Great
The Wars of Intef the Great were the campaigns of the Theban king Intef II against the Herakleopolitan kingdom, winning Thebes all of southern Egypt.
Washptah
Washptah, also written Weshptah, was a vizier, chief judge, and chief architect under Fifth Dynasty King Neferirkare Kakai, whose tomb biography records his death at court.
Wazad
Wazad was a king of Egypt's Fourteenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, ruling from Avaris in the eastern Nile Delta; his place in the dynasty is uncertain.
Webensenu
Webensenu, also written Websenu, was a prince of Egypt's Dynasty 18 and a son of the pharaoh Amenhotep II, known from funerary equipment in tomb KV35.
Wegaf
Wegaf, also written Ugaf, whose throne name was Khutawyre, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's 13th Dynasty, usually placed as its first king, with a reign of a little over two years.
Wendjebauendjed
Wendjebauendjed, also written Wendjebaendjedet, was a general and high priest under Pharaoh Psusennes I, buried with a gold mask in the king's tomb at Tanis.
Weneg (pharaoh)
Weneg, also known as Wadjnes and Manetho's Tlas, was an obscure pharaoh of Egypt's Second Dynasty, placed around the 28th century BC as a successor of Ninetjer.
Wenennefer (High Priest of Osiris)
Wenennefer was High Priest of Osiris at Abydos, Egypt, under Ramesses II, holding the office for about 35 years; his family held it for five to six generations.
Weni's appointment as Governor of Upper Egypt
Weni's appointment as Governor of Upper Egypt was the Sixth Dynasty king Merenre's promotion of the official Weni, the first commoner known to hold the post.
Weni's Nubian campaign
Weni's Nubian campaign was a series of missions by the Egyptian official Weni to Nubia under King Merenre in the late Sixth Dynasty, around the 23rd century BC.
Wennefer
Wennefer, also known as Unnefer or Onnophris, was High Priest of Osiris at Abydos under Ramesses II, serving roughly 35 years before his son Hori succeeded him.
Wentawat (Viceroy of Kush)
Wentawat was an Egyptian official of the late 20th Dynasty who served as Viceroy of Kush, called King's Son of Kush, and also held priestly titles at the Ramesseum.
Wepemnofret
Wepemnofret, also written Wepemnefret, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty and a son of King Khufu, known from a limestone slab stela excavated at Giza in 1903.
Wepwawet
Wepwawet, also called Upuaut or Ophois, is an ancient Egyptian jackal god, "Opener of the Ways," whose standard led processions and who was worshiped chiefly at Asyut.