Naos in hieroglyphic |
The naos as a small shrine is famous in its typically Egyptian shape since the beginning of Ancient Egyptian history. It eventually came to be presented as an Egyptian hieroglyph.
Some of the oldest lessons are from the judges of the early pharaohs. The Early Dynastic king Narmer is shown on the Narmer Macehead seated in a naos.
The label of king den |
The early Old Kingdom tags, for exercise Pharaoh Den, portrayed him in a side view in his naos enshrine. An exercise of the combined, matched, view with the 2 crowns, is the lintel of Senusret II, 12th dynasty, 19th century BC. It points the naos curved ceilings of each half of the marquee hieroglyph.
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