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  1. From @joannechocolat

    #Benerib (c. 3050 BC) was a queen consort of ancient #Egypt from First Dynasty.

    She was a wife of #pharaoh Hor-Aha, but it is unclear which one ("Benerib" means "sweetheart.")

    Either way, she was loved. 🥰

    (Image below is a fragment of an ivory box with the names of Hor-Aha and Benerib, found at #Abydos.)

    Personal note: In researching this, I came across a different ivory panel described as 'serekh of Hor-Aha in the centre, and Benerib's name is only partially visible at the bottom'.

    #TIL from Wiki a 'serekh' is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the Horus falcon, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name.

    The serekh was the earliest convention used to set apart the royal name in ancient Egyptian iconography, predating the later and better known #cartouche by four dynasties and five to seven hundred years.

    (And '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.)

    #CelebratingWomen #HorAha #Hor_Aha #Hieroglyphs

  2. From @joannechocolat

    #Benerib (c. 3050 BC) was a queen consort of ancient #Egypt from First Dynasty.

    She was a wife of #pharaoh Hor-Aha, but it is unclear which one ("Benerib" means "sweetheart.")

    Either way, she was loved. 🥰

    (Image below is a fragment of an ivory box with the names of Hor-Aha and Benerib, found at #Abydos.)

    Personal note: In researching this, I came across a different ivory panel described as 'serekh of Hor-Aha in the centre, and Benerib's name is only partially visible at the bottom'.

    #TIL from Wiki a 'serekh' is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the Horus falcon, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name.

    The serekh was the earliest convention used to set apart the royal name in ancient Egyptian iconography, predating the later and better known #cartouche by four dynasties and five to seven hundred years.

    (And '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.)

    #CelebratingWomen #HorAha #Hor_Aha #Hieroglyphs

  3. From @joannechocolat

    #Benerib (c. 3050 BC) was a queen consort of ancient #Egypt from First Dynasty.

    She was a wife of #pharaoh Hor-Aha, but it is unclear which one ("Benerib" means "sweetheart.")

    Either way, she was loved. 🥰

    (Image below is a fragment of an ivory box with the names of Hor-Aha and Benerib, found at #Abydos.)

    Personal note: In researching this, I came across a different ivory panel described as 'serekh of Hor-Aha in the centre, and Benerib's name is only partially visible at the bottom'.

    #TIL from Wiki a 'serekh' is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the Horus falcon, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name.

    The serekh was the earliest convention used to set apart the royal name in ancient Egyptian iconography, predating the later and better known #cartouche by four dynasties and five to seven hundred years.

    (And '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.)

    #CelebratingWomen #HorAha #Hor_Aha #Hieroglyphs

  4. From @joannechocolat

    #Benerib (c. 3050 BC) was a queen consort of ancient #Egypt from First Dynasty.

    She was a wife of #pharaoh Hor-Aha, but it is unclear which one ("Benerib" means "sweetheart.")

    Either way, she was loved. 🥰

    (Image below is a fragment of an ivory box with the names of Hor-Aha and Benerib, found at #Abydos.)

    Personal note: In researching this, I came across a different ivory panel described as 'serekh of Hor-Aha in the centre, and Benerib's name is only partially visible at the bottom'.

    #TIL from Wiki a 'serekh' is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by (usually) the Horus falcon, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name.

    The serekh was the earliest convention used to set apart the royal name in ancient Egyptian iconography, predating the later and better known #cartouche by four dynasties and five to seven hundred years.

    (And '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.)

    #CelebratingWomen #HorAha #Hor_Aha #Hieroglyphs

  5. #Geschichte und #Kultur
    Spannende Entdeckung in #Abydos:

    Das #Grab des namenlosen #Pharaos
    In der Zweiten Zwischenzeit der ägyptischen Geschichte herrschte in Abydos eine Dynastie, über die kaum etwas bekannt ist. Nun wurde die Grabkammer einer dieser „verlorenen“ Könige gefunden.

    Im März 2024, kurz nachdem die ursprüngliche #Grabstätte von #ThutmosisII. entdeckt worden war, hatte die #ägyptische #Altertumsbehörde erneut den Fund eines etwa 3.600 Jahre alten...

    nationalgeographic.de/geschich

  6. #Geschichte und #Kultur
    Spannende Entdeckung in #Abydos:

    Das #Grab des namenlosen #Pharaos
    In der Zweiten Zwischenzeit der ägyptischen Geschichte herrschte in Abydos eine Dynastie, über die kaum etwas bekannt ist. Nun wurde die Grabkammer einer dieser „verlorenen“ Könige gefunden.

    Im März 2024, kurz nachdem die ursprüngliche #Grabstätte von #ThutmosisII. entdeckt worden war, hatte die #ägyptische #Altertumsbehörde erneut den Fund eines etwa 3.600 Jahre alten...

    nationalgeographic.de/geschich

  7. Unknown Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb uncovered in Abydos

    Archaeologists have unearthed a Second Intermediate Period royal tomb (c. 1640–1540 BCE) in the Mount Anubis necropolis of Abydos in Egypt. The discovery, by an Egyptian-American team directed by Professor Josef Wegner of the University of Pennsylvania, is an advancement in studies on the so-called Abydos Dynasty...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/03/unk

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #ancientegypt #egyptology #Abydos #pharaohs

  8. #Archäologie : #Grabkammer eines unbekannten #altägyptischen #Pharaos entdeckt.

    In der Nähe der Stadt #Abydos haben #Archäologen eine große #Kalksteingrabkammer gefunden. Offenbar wurde die Kammer bereits in der Antike geplündert.

    Sieben Meter unter der Erde hat ein Team aus Archäologen die Grabkammer eines unbekannten Pharaos gefunden.

    zeit.de/wissen/geschichte/2025

  9. #Archäologie : #Grabkammer eines unbekannten #altägyptischen #Pharaos entdeckt.

    In der Nähe der Stadt #Abydos haben #Archäologen eine große #Kalksteingrabkammer gefunden. Offenbar wurde die Kammer bereits in der Antike geplündert.

    Sieben Meter unter der Erde hat ein Team aus Archäologen die Grabkammer eines unbekannten Pharaos gefunden.

    zeit.de/wissen/geschichte/2025

  10. For our December meeting (1st December, ONLINE via Zoom), Professor Rosalie David will join us to give a talk on "Religious Ritual in the Temple of Seti I at Abydos".

    Guest places for this talk are already sold out - but if you are an EEG member, you will have already received a link to access the meeting. (1/4)

    #ancientEgypt #egyptology #abydos #temple #history

  11. At our April meeting (Sunday 7th April, ONLINE via Zoom) Dr. Nora Shalaby will give a talk on "The Abydos Temple Paper Archive Project"

    The Abydos Temple Paper Archive Project is an international mission working on a recently discovered historical archive of documents from the Egyptian Antiquities’ Service related to the heritage management of Abydos and surrounding areas, from approx. 1850 to the 1960s. (1/4)

    #ancientEgypt #egypt #egyptology #archaeology #abydos

  12. A triplicity of battlefleets for #DYSTOPIAN WARS - the Esoteric Order of Gamers checks out the #ScionsofJutland mercenary fleet for the Imperium, the #Abydos skimmer fleet for the Sultanate, and the #Couronne fleet for the Alliance!
    youtu.be/u4IqGtQkSig

  13. Alter #Wein in … na gut, alten Krügen.

    Aber war #MeretNeith, in deren monumentaler Grabanlage in #Abydos er mit herausragenden Beigaben gefunden wurde, tatsächlich auch erste Pharaonin #Ägypten​s?

    @[email protected]:innen machen gute Gründe geltend:

    medienportal.univie.ac.at/medi

  14. Alter #Wein in … na gut, alten Krügen.

    Aber war #MeretNeith, in deren monumentaler Grabanlage in #Abydos er mit herausragenden Beigaben gefunden wurde, tatsächlich auch erste Pharaonin #Ägypten​s?

    @[email protected]:innen machen gute Gründe geltend:

    medienportal.univie.ac.at/medi

  15. Alter #Wein in … na gut, alten Krügen.

    Aber war #MeretNeith, in deren monumentaler Grabanlage in #Abydos er mit herausragenden Beigaben gefunden wurde, tatsächlich auch erste Pharaonin #Ägypten​s?

    @[email protected]:innen machen gute Gründe geltend:

    medienportal.univie.ac.at/medi

  16. Alter #Wein in … na gut, alten Krügen.

    Aber war #MeretNeith, in deren monumentaler Grabanlage in #Abydos er mit herausragenden Beigaben gefunden wurde, tatsächlich auch erste Pharaonin #Ägypten​s?

    @[email protected]:innen machen gute Gründe geltend:

    medienportal.univie.ac.at/medi

  17. Alter #Wein in … na gut, alten Krügen.

    Aber war #MeretNeith, in deren monumentaler Grabanlage in #Abydos er mit herausragenden Beigaben gefunden wurde, tatsächlich auch erste Pharaonin #Ägypten​s?

    @[email protected]:innen machen gute Gründe geltend:

    medienportal.univie.ac.at/medi

  18. Auch lange nach seinem Tod verehrten die alten Ägypter den berühmten Pharao Ramses II. In der Kultstätte Abydos opferte man dem König mumifizierte Widderköpfe. Hunderte davon.#Ramses #RamsesII #Abydos #Osiris #Archäologe #Grabung #Tempel #Totentempel #Seti #Pharao #Äypten #Nil #Kult #Nekropole #König #Dynastie #NeuesReich #AltesReich #Ptolemäer #ptolemäisch #Kultur
    Altes Ägypten: Widderköpfe für Ramses