5,147 articles
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire (néo-babylonien), 626–539 BC, last native Mesopotamian empire with capital at Babylon; founded by Nabopolassar, expanded by Nebuchadnezzar II, ended by Cyrus the Great of Persia.
Neo-Elamite tablets from Susa
The Neo-Elamite tablets from Susa, known as the Susa Acropole tablets, are an archive of 299 Elamite administrative tablets excavated at Susa, Iran, and dated around 590–555 BCE.
Neo-Punic inscriptions
Neo-Punic inscriptions are Punic-language texts in the Neo-Punic script, used in the western Mediterranean after Carthage's destruction in 146 BC and attested into the 3rd century AD.
Nephthys
Nephthys (Nebt-het, "Lady of the House") is an ancient Egyptian funerary goddess, sister of Isis, Osiris, and Seth, wife of Seth, mourner of the dead, and protectress of the canopic deity Hapi.
Nergal-ereš (governor of Rasappa)
Nergal-ereš, also read Pālil-ereš, was governor of the Assyrian province of Raṣappa for at least 29 years from 803 BC, taking the eponym office twice under Adad-nērārī III.
Nergal-ila'i
Nergal-ila'i, also Nergal-ilaya, was an Assyrian commander-in-chief (turtanu) and eponym of the year 808 BC under King Adad-nerari III, known from the Assyrian Eponym List and credited with one royal-type inscription.
Nergal-sharezer (rab-mag)
Nergal-sharezer, a Babylonian officer with the title rab-mag, took part in Nebuchadnezzar II's conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC and appears in the Book of Jeremiah.
Nergal-ushezib
Nergal-ushezib, also written Nergal-ušēzib, was king of Babylon in 693 BC, placed on the throne by the Elamite king Hallušu-Inšušinak and taken prisoner by Assyria after a reign of one year and six months.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar, also known as Nergal-shar-usur or Nergalsharezer, was the fourth king of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, reigning from 559 to 556 BC after seizing the throne by killing Amēl-Marduk.
Nerik restoration under Hattusili III
The Nerik restoration under Hattusili III was the Hittite recovery of the sacred city of Nerik from Kaška tribes in the later 13th century BC, recorded in edict CTH 90.
Nerikare
Nerikare was a king of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty during the late Middle Kingdom, known today only through an entry in the Turin King-list, with no surviving monuments.
Nero's expedition up the Nile
Nero's expedition up the Nile, also called the Nero expedition to Meroe, was a Roman reconnaissance sent by Nero around AD 60–63, stopped by the Sudd swamps.
Nesamun (priest of Amun)
Nesamun was a Second Prophet of Amun at Thebes at the end of the 20th Dynasty, son of the High Priest Ramessesnakht, attested under Ramesses IX and Ramesses XI.
Neserkauhor
Neserkauhor was a prince of ancient Egypt's Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom, reported as a son of King Djedkare Isesi and buried in the royal necropolis at Abusir.
Neshor
Neshor, also written Nesuhor, was a general and administrator of Egypt's 26th Dynasty under Psamtik II and Apries, appointed governor of the Door of the Southern Countries at Elephantine.
Nesiarchos
Nesiarchos, or nesiarch (Greek νησίαρχος), was the civilian head of the League of the Islanders, a Cycladic federation under Ptolemaic patronage in the early 3rd century BC.
Nesisti-Pedubast
Nesisti-Pedubast was a High Priest of Ptah at Memphis in Ptolemaic Egypt, appointed in 263/2 BC; he is the earliest high priest known from the Ptolemaic era.
Nesitanebetashru
Nesitanebetashru is the name of two Egyptian women of the late 21st Dynasty, 10th century BC, one buried in the Royal Cache at Deir el-Bahari.
Nesitaudjatakhet
Nesitaudjatakhet is an obscurely attested royal woman of ancient Egypt's 22nd Dynasty, a family of Libyan descent that ruled the eastern Delta from Tanis and Bubastis from 945 BC.
Neskhons
Neskhons, also known as Nesykhonsu, was a principal wife of the High Priest of Amun Pinedjem II at Thebes during Egypt's 21st Dynasty, around 988–966 BC.
Nespamedu
Nespamedu was a southern (Theban) vizier of the late 25th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, known from a granite statue found at Karnak and as the father of the vizier Nespaqashuty.
Nespaqashuty (vizier)
Nespaqashuty, also written Nespakashuty, was a vizier and Overseer of Upper Egypt under Pharaoh Psamtik I, attested in 651 BC and buried in tomb TT 312 at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes.
Nespaqashuty C
Nespaqashuty C was an ancient Egyptian of the 25th Dynasty, father of the vizier Nespamedu and grandfather of the vizier Nespaqashuty D, who lived in Tanis and was buried at Abydos.
Nesptah
Nesptah, also rendered Nes-Ptah, was the name of two related Theban officials of the late 25th and early 26th Dynasties, around 650 BC: Montuemhat's father and his eldest son.
Nesyamun
Nesyamun was a scribe and priest of Amun at Karnak, Thebes, who died under Ramesses XI; his mummy and coffin are displayed at Leeds City Museum.
Neterkheperre Meryptah called Pipi II
Neterkheperre Meryptah, called Pipi II, was High Priest of Ptah at Memphis in the 21st Dynasty, a contemporary of the kings Psusennes I through Siamun.
Nethinim
The Nethinim, also called Nathinites, were a class of temple servants in post-exilic Jerusalem, named from Hebrew for "given ones" and ranked below priests and Levites.
Netjerkare Siptah
Netjerkare Siptah, also known as Neitiqerty Siptah, is the conventional name of an Egyptian pharaoh placed at the end of the Sixth Dynasty, around 2184–2181 BC.
Netjernakht
Netjernakht, also written Netjer-nakht, was a Middle Kingdom official of Egypt's 16th Upper Egyptian nome who held the title overseer of the Eastern Desert and was buried in tomb BH 23 at Beni Hassan.
New Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt (c. 1550–1069 BC), the Egyptian Empire period of Dynasties 18–20, founded by Ahmose I after expelling the Hyksos; rulers included Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaten, and Ramesses II.