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Asyut Project coffins
The Asyut Project coffins, or Asyut coffins, are inscribed wooden coffins from the necropolis of Asyut in Middle Egypt, dating from the late 6th Dynasty to the end of the 12th.
Aten
Aten (Egyptian itn) is the ancient Egyptian sun-disk elevated by Akhenaten in the Amarna Period (c. 1350-1325 BC) to sole state god, worshipped in open-air temples at Akhetaten (Amarna) until Tutankhamun restored the traditional pantheon.
Atenism
Atenism, the Aten religion or Amarna religion, was the state cult Akhenaten established in Egypt c. 1353–1336 BCE, worshipping the sun disk alone, suppressing Amun, and collapsing after his death.
Athlophoros of Berenice
The athlophoros of Berenice was an annual eponymous priestly office of the Ptolemaic dynastic cult at Alexandria, serving the deified Queen Berenice II from 211/210 BC.
Athribis Stela
The Athribis Stela is a royal Egyptian inscription from Athribis in the Nile Delta, recording the Libyan attack on Egypt in Merneptah's fifth regnal year.
Aulic titulature
Aulic titulature is the system of court ranks and honorific titles that regulated protocol and precedence among officials and courtiers of Ptolemaic Egypt, with titles like philos and syngenes.
Autobiography of Khnumhotep I
The Autobiography of Khnumhotep I is a Middle Kingdom Egyptian tomb inscription in Tomb 14 at Beni Hassan recording the career of Khnumhotep I, first Twelfth Dynasty governor of the Oryx nome.
Autobiography of Tjetji
The Autobiography of Tjetji is a tomb stela, British Museum EA 614, inscribed for Tjetji, chief treasurer at the Theban court under Intef II and Intef III.
Autobiography of Weni
The Autobiography of Weni, also printed as Uni, is a Sixth Dynasty Egyptian inscription from Abydos recording the official Weni's promotions and five military campaigns.
Ay (pharaoh)
Ay, also known as Itnetjer-ay and by the throne name Kheperkheperure, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty who ruled for about four years, ca. 1327–1323 BC, immediately after Tutankhamun.
Babaef
Babaef, also known as Khnumbaf, was a high official of ancient Egypt at the end of the Fourth Dynasty, serving as vizier and overseer of all royal works.
Badarian culture
The Badarian culture, also known as the Badari culture, was a predynastic culture of Upper Egypt, the oldest known farming tradition in the Nile Valley, dating to about 4400–4000 BC.
Baka (prince)
Baka, also written Bakare, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty and a son of King Djedefre, known from inscribed quartzite statue fragments found at Abu Rawash.
Bakenkhons
Bakenkhons, also written Bakenkhonsu, was High Priest of Amun at Thebes under Ramesses II, serving about 70 years, the last 27 as High Priest; his autobiographical block statues record his career year by year.
Bakenranef
Bakenranef, also known as Bakenrenef or Greek Bocchoris, was the second and last king of Egypt's 24th Dynasty at Sais, son of Tefnakhte, proverbial as a lawgiver.
Bakenrenef (vizier)
Bakenrenef was a vizier of Egypt's 26th Dynasty under Psamtik I and a priest of Ptah and Sokar, known from a rock-cut tomb at Saqqara.
Baketaten
Baketaten, also spelled Beketaten, was an Egyptian princess of the 18th Dynasty, generally identified as the youngest daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, known from reliefs in the tomb of Huya at Amarna.
Baketwernel
Baketwernel was a queen of Egypt's 20th Dynasty, conventionally identified as a Great Royal Wife of Ramesses IX, whose reign is dated around 1128–1110 BC.
Banishment Stela
The Banishment Stela of Menkheperre is a fragmentary 21st Dynasty stela in the Louvre recording Amun's oracle approving the pardon and return of banished men.
Baqet III
Baqet III was a governor of the Oryx nome in Upper Egypt at the end of the Eleventh Dynasty, known from his decorated rock tomb at Beni Hassan.
Basilikos grammateus
The basilikos grammateus (βασιλικὸς γραμματεύς), the royal scribe, was the highest-ranking Egyptian official in each nome of Ptolemaic Egypt, handling records, land surveys, and fiscal transactions from 263 BC into the Roman period.
Bastet
Bastet (Bast), ancient Egyptian cat goddess of Bubastis, daughter of Re, mother of Mihos; originally a fierce lioness of Lower Egypt later gentled into a domestic cat, the benevolent counterpart of Sekhmet.
Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)
The Battle of Alexandria, fought on 1 August 30 BC, was the final land engagement between Octavian and Mark Antony; Antony's defeat ended the war and Ptolemaic Egypt.
Battle of Andros
The Battle of Andros was a naval battle fought off the Cycladic island of Andros around 246 BC, in which Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedon defeated a Ptolemaic fleet during the Third Syrian War.
Battle of Bitter Lakes
The Battle of Bitter Lakes was an engagement on the shore of Kemwer, the Bitter Lakes, fought by the Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I against an unnamed enemy.
Battle of Cos
The Battle of Cos was a naval battle of the Second Syrian War, probably around 258 BC, in which Antigonus II of Macedon defeated Ptolemy II's fleet despite being outnumbered.
Battle of Djahy
The Battle of Djahy was a land battle in which the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III defeated the Sea Peoples in his eighth regnal year, around 1176 BC.
Battle of Eltekeh
The Battle of Eltekeh (Akkadian Altaqu) was an open-field battle fought in 701 BC at Eltekeh in Philistia between Sennacherib of Assyria and an Egyptian-Kushite relief force.
Battle of Ephesus (c. 258 BC)
The Battle of Ephesus (c. 258 BC) was a naval defeat of a Ptolemaic Egyptian fleet by a Rhodian fleet off Ephesus during the Second Syrian War.
Battle of Gaza (312 BC)
The Battle of Gaza (312 BC) was a victory near Gaza in late autumn 312 BC by Ptolemy I of Egypt and Seleucus over Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I.