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A menat depicting Tefnut and her husband-brother Shu. Tefnut is a daughter of the solar deity Ra-Atum. Married to her twin brother Shu, she is mother of Nut, the sky and Geb, the earth. Tefnut's grandchildren were Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys, and, in some versions, Horus the Elder. She was also the great-grandmother of Horus the Younger.
Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon II was the fifth king [1] of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and the son of King Takelot I and Queen Kapes. He ruled Egypt from approximately 872 BC to 837 BC from Tanis, the capital of that dynasty.
The Triumph of Death appears as a background image for the text intro of the second part of the Monty Python sketch The Spanish Inquisition.. Heavy metal band Black Sabbath released a compilation album titles Black Sabbath Greatest Hits in 1977 which used the painting as the front and back covers.
Sehertawy Intef I was a local nomarch at Thebes during the early First Intermediate Period and the first member of the 11th Dynasty to lay claim to a Horus name. Intef reigned from 4 to 16 years c. 2120 BC or c. 2070 BC [ 2 ] during which time he probably waged war with his northern neighbor, the Coptite nomarch Tjauti.
Dec 2, 2018 · The western side of the temple was dedicated to Haroeris (the ‘Great Horus’, or ‘Horus the Elder’), while its eastern side to Sobek. Each half of the temple consisted of a monumental gateway, a hypostyle forecourt (which are linked), and an inner sanctuary for the deity.
Oct 3, 2023 · Horus’s eye, known as the “Eye of Horus” or “Wadjet,” holds special significance. In myths, Seth damages Horus’s eye during their conflict, but it’s later healed. This healed eye, or “udjat,” becomes a powerful amulet symbolizing protection, health, and rejuvenation.
Cleopatra VII was born in early 69 BC to the ruling Ptolemaic pharaoh Ptolemy XII and an uncertain mother, [32] [33] [note 14] presumably Ptolemy XII's wife Cleopatra V Tryphaena (who may have been the same person as Cleopatra VI Tryphaena), [34] [35] [36] [note 15] [note 3] the mother of Cleopatra's older sister, Berenice IV Epiphaneia.
