By Ian Shaw
An A-Z better half to old Egyptian civilization, in keeping with the main up to date learn, with six hundred transparent and concise entries. From Abu Gurab to Zawyet el-Aryan, Akhenaten to the X staff, this paintings bargains details on all points of the traditional Egyptian international. 600 cross-referenced and comprehensively-indexed entries supply transparent causes and outlines of the key rules, occasions and personalities that formed 4000 years of civilization within the Nile valley, when entries at the archaeologists who printed Egypt's legacy deliver the tale modern. every one access is by way of a brief bibliography to allow readers to pursue themes in higher element.
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Eroe: lHeroitit ;Ilstnp/;olls (London, 1911), 54-61 [temple of Apedcmak at Naqa]. I'Sufra 112 (Berlin, 1971). L. V. -\I:I"-:\R, J1pcde/l/aJ:: lirl/l god olA1eroe (Warminster, 1975). \V. Y. \IS, NuNa: condor to Ajl-ic(f, 2nd cd. (London and Princeton, 1984),325-7. Apepi (Apophis) The name Apepi (or Apophis), which occurs in MANETHO, was adopted by at least one of the I-lYKSQS pharaohs who ruled a substantial area of Egypt in the Second Intermediate Period (1650-1550 BC). Inscriptions in the temple at Bubastis (TELL BASTA) preserve the name of Aqcnenra Apepi.
R. J. DEi\'1ARI~E, The "I! ih /I R" slc/ac: 1)11 a/h'eS/UJ" Tl)orship ill (llu·jell! Egypt (Leiden, 1983). ED. \'IAN, 'AspcCI"S or domestic life Although she held the beneficent epithets 'mother of all the gods' and 'mistress of the sk yl, she was primarily a goddess of war and was often depicted with shield, axe and lance. The myths surrounding Anat were concerned primarily with her savage exploits, and the Egyptians regarded her as protectress of the king in battle, a role sometimes shared with ASTi\RTE. Although Egyptian texts often used the names of the goddesses Anal' and Astarte virtually interchangeably, their cults were in practice distinct.