Pharaohpr-ˤ3"Great house"in hieroglyphsnswt-bjt"King of Upper and Lower Egypt"in hieroglyphsThe Pharaoh was the monarch of ancient Egypt. The title came into use from the Eighteenth Dynasty onwards and was subsequently attributed to all the previous kings of Egypt. Before this Pharaoh was a term that meant more of the kings' administration.
Set animalDepictions of the Set animal(Gardiner E20, E21, C7) in hieroglyphsIn ancient Egyptian art, the Set animal, or sha, is the affiliated animal of the god Set. Because Set was identified with the Greek monster Typhon, the animal is also commonly known as the Typhonian animal or Typhonic beast. Unlike other totemic animals, the Set animal is not easily identifiable in the modern animal world.
Egyptian hieroglyphsEgyptian hieroglyphs (, HY-roh-glifs) or hieroglyphics were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined ideographic, logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements, with more than 1,000 distinct characters. Cursive hieroglyphs were used for religious literature on papyrus and wood.
Horus namesrḫserekhfacade (of the palace)Serekh of king Djet with the Horus falcon aboveSerekh of king Peribsen with the image of Set, the god of the desert, and a sun disc aboveSerekh of king Khasekhemwy with both Horus and Set aboveThe Horus name is the oldest known and used crest of ancient Egyptian rulers. It belongs to the "great five names" of an Egyptian pharaoh. However, modern Egyptologists and linguists are starting to prefer the more neutral term "serekh name".
KhasekhemwySecond Horus name: KhasekhemwyḪꜥj-sḫm.wjHorus, he whose two powers has appearedHorus-Seth-nameHor-Set Khasekhemwy(Ḥr -Stẖ) ḫꜥj sḫm.wjHe whose two powers has appearedFull Horus-Seth-nameHor-Set Khasekhemwy Netjerwy Hetepimef(Ḥr -Stẖ) ḫꜥj sḫm.wj ḫtp nṯrwj jm=fHe whose two powers has appeared, The two powers are at peace within himNebty nameSecond Nebty name: Khasekhemwy Nebwkhetsen Nb.tj-ḫꜥj-sḫm.wj-nbw-ḫt-snHe whose two powers has appeared, their bodies are of goldPrenomenAbyd…CartoucheIn Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche ( ) is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the feature did not come into common use until the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu. Cartouchein hieroglyphsAs a hieroglyph, a cartouche can represent the Egyptian-language word for "name".
EgyptCountry in North AfricaEgypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the to the north, Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan and the Sahara to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia.FaçadeA façade or facade () is the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the Frenchfaçade (pronounced), which means "frontage" or "face". In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important aspect from a design standpoint, as it sets the tone for the rest of the building. From the engineering perspective, the façade is also of great importance due to its impact on energy efficiency.
HorusHorus (), also known as Heru, Har, Her, or Hor () in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities. He is known as the Ancient Egyptian god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun, and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt. Different descriptions of Horus are recorded in history, and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists.Vignette (graphic design)A vignette, in graphic design, is a Frenchloanword meaning a unique form for a frame to an image, either illustration or photograph. Rather than the image's edges being rectilinear, it is overlaid with decorative artwork featuring a unique outline. This is similar to the use of the word in photography, where the edges of an image that has been vignetted are non-linear or sometimes softened with a mask – often a darkroom process of introducing a screen.
Floor planIn architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a technical or diagrammatic drawing that illustrates the horizontal relationships of interior spaces or features to one another at one level of a structure. They are typically drawn to-scale and in orthographic projection to represent relationships without distortion. They are usually drawn approximately 4 ft (1.2 m) above the finished floor and indicate the direction of north.
FalconFalcons () are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow wings are called hobbies, and some that hover while hunting are called kestrels. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene. Adult falcons have thin, tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and change direction rapidly.
Naqada IINaqada II refers to the second Pre-dynastic archaeological stage centered around the Naqada region of Upper Egypt. It was formerly also called Gerzeh culture, after discoveries at Gerzeh (also Girza or Jirzah), a small prehistoric Egyptian cemetery located along the west bank of the Nile but much farther north, where Flinders Petrie first characterized this period in the 19th century.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.