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Iushenshen
Iushenshen was an ancient Egyptian town in the Coptic nome in Upper Egypt. It is a few times mentioned in Ancient Egyptian sources. According to the ''Ramesside Onomastica'' the place was located south of Coptos. south of Coptos there is the modern town called Khozam where ancient monuments have been found, and it seems possible that Khozam was ancient Iushenshen. Near Khozam were excavated several cemeteries with some of them dating back to the Badarian Period (about 4000 BC). Near Khozam the false door of the local governor User and the false door of the overseer of Upper Egypt Tjauti were also found, they date to the very end of the Old Kingdom. These high officials were evidently buried here and it seems that the capital of the Coptite nome moved at the end of the Old Kingdom to this place. Iushenshen was destroyed in the First Intermediate Period. A stela of a certain Khenmes reports that he was sent to the town and rebuilt it.Maha Farid Mostafa: ''The Mastaba of SmAj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ancient Egyptian Towns And Cities
This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/. Retrieved on 2016-03-05. The list is for sites intended for permanent settlement and does not include fortresses and other locations of intermittent habitation. Use Ctrl + F and enter the town's name or alternative name for convenience. Lower Egypt Upper Egypt }) , tȝ mȝy Sbk nb Pay pȝ nṯr ʿȝ , , - , Tepihu ( Aphroditopolis) , , , 22nd , (cult center during Greek period) , Atfih , Petpeh , Capital of its ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
User (ancient Egyptian Official)
User was an ancient Egyptian nomarch (governor) of the Eight Dynasty. User is mainly known from a false door found at Khozam (ancient Iushenshen) in 1884. The monument is about one meter high and is made of graywacke. It is today in the Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or the Cairo Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display ... in Cairo.Catalogue Generale 1442 Here User bears a long string of important titles, such as ''Father of the god, beloved of the god'', '' Overseer of Upper Egypt'', ''overseer of the desert lands'' and ''overlord of the Coptite nome''. The latter title is the main title for nomarchs in the late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period. Furthermore he was ''overseer of priests'' and ''overseer of the Eastern and Western Deserts''. The most unusual title for a nomarch is ''king's el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomos Of Harawî
Harawî (also Herui) was a designated nomos in the area around Coptos in Upper Egypt. Harawî was once politically important, but during the 11th Dynasty, it was overshadowed by Thebes in the nomos of Waset. Another important town in the nomos was Ombos, the main cult place of the deity Seth. A third important place was Iushenshen, that became at the very end of the Old Kingdom capital of the nome, at least for a certain period. The Harawî nomos was at the starting point of the two great routes leading to the coast of the Red Sea, the one towards the port Tââou ( Myos Hormos), the other more southerly, towards the port of Shashirît ( Berenice Troglodytica). The nome is first mentioned in the tomb of the king's son Netjeraperef at Dahshur, who dates under Snofru Sneferu (wikt:snfr-wj, snfr-wj "He has perfected me", from ''Ḥr-nb-mꜣꜥt-snfr-wj'' "Horus, Lord of Maat, has perfected me", also read Snefru or Snofru), well known under his Hellenization, Hellenized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjauti
Tjauti was an ancient Egyptian official who lived at the end of the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighth Dynasty, around 2150 BC. He is known from a number of sources providing evidence that he was an important figure in the Nomos of Harawî, Coptic Nome in Upper Egypt. However, the sources are often broken and the figure of Tjauti remains therefore enigmatic. The most important objects naming Tjauti are the fragments of a false door found near Khozam (compare: Iushenshen) where he is called ''overseer of Upper Egypt'', which was one of the most important titles in the Old Kingdom. He is also called ''the one who fills the heart of the king'' showing some close connection to the royal court. A person called Tjauti-iqer also appears in several inscriptions in the Wadi Hammamat, reporting the transport of stones: Tjauti-iqer seems to be a variant of the name. The inscriptions also mentions the ''god's father'' Idy (vizier), Idy, who was the son of Shemay. Shemay lived at the end of the Eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend wikt:downriver, upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south. In ancient Egypt, Upper Egypt was known as ''tꜣ šmꜣw'', literally "the Land of Reeds" or "the Cyperaceae, Sedgeland". It is believed to have been united by the rulers of the supposed Thinite Confederacy who absorbed their rival city states during the Naqada III period (c. 3200–3000 BC), and its subsequent unification with Lower Egypt ushered in the Early Dynastic Period (Egypt), Early Dynastic period. Upper and Lower Egypt became intertwined in the symbolism of Pharaoh, pharaonic sovereignty such as the Pschent double crown. Upper Egypt remained as a historical region even after the classical period. Geography Upper Egypt is between the Cataracts of the Nile beyond modern-day Aswan, downriver (northward) to the area of El-Ayait, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qift
Qift ( arz, قفط ; cop, Ⲕⲉϥⲧ, link=no ''Keft'' or ''Kebto''; Egyptian Gebtu; grc, Κόπτος, link=no ''Coptos'' / ''Koptos''; Roman Justinianopolis) is a small town in the Qena Governorate of Egypt about north of Luxor, situated under 26° north lat., on the east bank of the Nile. In ancient times its proximity to the Red Sea made it an important trading emporium between India, Punt, Felix Arabia and the North. It was important for nearby gold and quartzite mines in the Eastern Desert, and as a starting point for expeditions to Punt (in modern Somalia). History Pharaonic Period In ancient Egypt, Qift, known then as Gebtu, was an important center for administration, religion, and commerce, being the chief city of the fifth Upper Egyptian nome of Harawî (Two Hawks). From Qift and Qus, trading expeditions heading for the Red Sea and many mining expeditions into the Eastern Desert left the Nile Valley. Gebtu was at the starting-point of the two great cara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overseer Of Upper Egypt
The Overseer of Upper Egypt was an important Ancient Egyptian title during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. The title appears first in the early Fifth Dynasty. The first title holder is the vizier Kay, who possibly lived during the reigns of Neferirkare Kakai and Nyuserre Ini. The office is well attested in the following years. Most titles holders had other high titles, many of them were viziers. In the Fifth Dynasty, the Egyptian provinces became more important. The central government installed an office in charge of the provinces. The first title holders were all officials at the royal residence A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which .... In later times also local officials were bearing the title.Juan Carlos Moreno García: ''The territorial Administration of the Kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
