Maxims of Ani

Maxims of Ani

Maxims of Ani is an Egyptian document dating to c. 1000 B.C.E., but credibly in its been form from the Nineteenth Dynasty (1307-1196 B.C.E.). Ani come after the usual  informative form  in  addressing  his son  about  the duties  and  obligations  of  life. The Egyptians august informative texts such as the Maxims of Ani as part of their literature in whole eras of the nations history. A complete reading of the Maxims is in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.

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·        Khakheperresonbes Complaints
·        Nebwenef
·        Mau-Tai
·        Khamaat
·        Aion

Aion

Aion A deity of the Greco-Roman Period in Egypt from 332 B.C.E. to 395 C.E., he was thought to be a personifica tion of Time. A solar  deity, associated  with Serapis and the Roman god Mithras, the god was described in a relief got in Oxyrrhynchus (1) (modern  el-Bahnasa).  The panel  pictures  a  winged  creature with  the  head  of  a  lion, the body of a human, and the legs of a goat. An aura or nimbus surrounds the gods head. He holds keys, a torch, and a dash of lightning. His cult was standard only in local areas.

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·        Khaibit
·        Nebwawi
·        Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
·        Khakheperresonbes Complaints
·        Nebwenef
·        Mau-Tai
·        Khamaat

Khamaat

Khamaat was the princess of the Fifth Dynasty. She was a daughter of Shepseskhaf (2472-2467 B.C.E.) and Queen Khentakawes (1) and is also called Maatkha in some records. Khamaat married  Ptahshepses (1) the higher priest of Memphis, who had been put up and educated in the royal palace as a fellow of Menkaure (Mycerinus; 2490-2472 B.C.E.) and Shepseskhaf.

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·        Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
·        Khaftet-hir-nebes
·        A-Group
·        Khaibit
·        Nebwawi
·        Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
·        Khakheperresonbes Complaints
·        Nebwenef
·        Mau-Tai

Mau-Tai

When Thoth plays the role of the guardian of the Hall of Double Truth, he is knew as Mau-Tai. After the passed has been labeled in the Hall of Double Truth, he is addressed upon to reveal the secret names of the various parts of the door that spreads into the next world. Once the deceased calls out the secret names, Mau-Tai begins his questions: What is my name? The deceased answers, Sa-abu-tchar-khat. Mau-Tai demands, Who is the god that harps in his hour? The passed answers, Mau-Tai. Mau-Tai asks, Who is this? When the gone answers, Mau-Tai is Thoth, he is provided to pass through the door to his eternal life.

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·        Khaftet-hir-nebes
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·        Khaibit
·        Nebwawi
·        Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
·        Khakheperresonbes Complaints
·        Nebwenef

Nebwenef

The hieroglyphic
name of Nebwenef

Fragment of stone showing
the name of Nebwenef

Nebwenef was a priestly formal of the Nineteenth Dynasty. He served in the rule of Ramesses II (1290-1224 B.C.E.). Nebwenef was the higher priest of Amun and the first prophet of Hathor and Anhur, an exalted rank in the temple system. Priests were often required to assume positioning beyond their original offices, particularly if they were efficient. His mortuary temple was built close Seti I, whom he had served at the start of his career. Nebwenefs tomb shown Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari making the proclamation of his appointment as upper priest. Nebwenef retired at an advanced age and was come after in his office in the temple and in the royal court by Nebenteru.

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·        Khaftet-hir-nebes
·        A-Group
·        Khaibit
·        Nebwawi
·        Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
·        Khakheperresonbes Complaints

Khakheperresonbes Complaints

Khakheperresonbes Complaints is a literary work compiled in the Twelfth Dynasty (1991-1783 B.C.E.) or in the Second Intermediate Period (1640-1550  B.C.E.),  the lasting copy, dating to the New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.E.),  is  now  in  the British Museum in  London. Khakheperresonbe was a priest in Heliopolis and wrote on the frequent theme of a nation in suffering. He carries on a conversation with his heart and receives direction for silent  braveness  in  the  face  of  hard knocks. The  Complaints conditions a dolorous cadence and is similar to, or perhaps a version of, the study of a man with his soul. The work gone the staple of schools and gone as a lesson board. Egyptians appreciated clarifying literature as well as poetry and spiritual works.

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·        Agesilaus II
·        Mau Cat
·        Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
·        Khaftet-hir-nebes
·        A-Group
·        Khaibit
·        Nebwawi
·        Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (d. c. 31 B.C.E.) Roman general and help of the various Roman factions in Egypt. Ahenobarbus aided Marc Antony in his effort to become master of the Roman world. The son of a prominent family that wielded much mold in the Roman Senate, he bore the name Ahenobarbus, or red beard, because of the conventional tale that a distant ancestor had his beard turned that color by the gods Castor and Pollux. He was as well noted as the grandfather of the coming emperor Nero.

Earlier Ahenobarbus backed Brutus and the Liberators  who  had  gone Julius Caesar, calling  for the  continuation  of  the  Roman  Republic.  been  the defeat  of  the  Republicans  after  Caesars  assassination  in 44 B.C.E., Ahenobarbus fled Rome and was forced to survive by working as a pirate in the Mediterranean. In 40 B.C.E., he  was  submitted  with  Marc Antony  (who  had graphic  himself  against  the  Liberators),  serving  him  as the regulator of Anatolia (modern Turkey) until 35 B.C.E. He was a consul of Rome when Marc Antony and Octavian, the  coming Augustus  and  first  emperor  of  Rome, proved  unable  to  stay  semipolitical  allies.  Ahenobarbus went with Antony to Alexandria, Egypt, but presently got Cleopatra VII (51-30 B.C.E.), Antonys noted lover, to be an evil influence. He little that she was opposed to conventional  Roman  values  and,  when  Antony  corrected  to heed  his  counsel,  Ahenobarbus  deserted  Antonys  get just before the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.E. He died presently after, purportedly of remorse, but probably from a terminal illness. His foul temper was legendary.

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·        Nebuchadnezzer II (605-562 BC)
·        Khaemweset II
·        Agesilaus II
·        Mau Cat
·        Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
·        Khaftet-hir-nebes
·        A-Group
·        Khaibit
·        Nebwawi

Nebwawi

Nebwawi was a priestly formal of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Nebwawi  was  the  higher  priest  of Osiris at  Abydos in the reigns of Tuthmosis III (1479-1425  B.C.E.)  and  Amenhotep II (1427-1401 B.C.E.).  He  served Hatshepsut (1473-1458  B.C.E.)  in  several  capacities  but  managed to stay in favor with her successors. On occasion, Nebwawi was summoned to the court to serve as a counsel to the pharaohs, as his advice was valued. His mortuary Stela provides  details  of  his  life,  and  a  statue  was  erected  in Thebes in  his  honor.  Another  stela  honoring  Nebwawi was found in Abydos.

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·        Matit
·        Khaemweset I
·        Nebuchadnezzer II (605-562 BC)
·        Khaemweset II
·        Agesilaus II
·        Mau Cat
·        Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
·        Khaftet-hir-nebes
·        A-Group
·        Khaibit

khaibit

khaibit was the Egyptian word for the shadow of a soul, considered  as the spiritual essence that was released from the restricts of the human body at death. No particular purpose or intent has been clearly defined for the khaibit in been texts, but the Egyptians called the liberation of the shadow beyond the essential.

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·        Khaemweset I
·        Nebuchadnezzer II (605-562 BC)
·        Khaemweset II
·        Agesilaus II
·        Mau Cat
·        Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
·        Khaftet-hir-nebes
·        A-Group

A-Group

Vessels of the A-Group in Uupper Nubia

A-Group An  individual  people in Upper Nubia (modern  Sudan)  from  c.  3100-2800  B.C.E, the  A-Group were likewise  designated  as  being  from  the  "land of the bow". The rulers of these people had considerable local power and resources. Their graves contained gold jewelry and exquisitely made pottery. Egyptian and other foreign items saw in these graves argue a trade system that reached into the Mediterranean. Other groups in the area went enemies  of  the  A-Group,  but  the  B-Group  appears  partially  related.  Egypts pharaohs of the First Dynasty (2920-2770  B.C.E.) annexed  part of  Nubia  and  the  A-Group people formed the new colony.

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·        Matit
·        Khaemweset I
·        Nebuchadnezzer II (605-562 BC)
·        Khaemweset II
·        Agesilaus II
·        Mau Cat
·        Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
·        Khaftet-hir-nebes

Khaftet-hir-nebes

Khaftet-hir-nebes was a goddess of the city of Thebes, serving as a guardian of the local area of the capital. Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 B.C.E.) shown her on a black  granite  tablet described the Hymn of Victory. The tablet was named in Karnak at Thebes.

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·        Mastabat Al-Faraun
·        Khaemhet
·        Agathocles (Court official)
·        Matit
·        Khaemweset I
·        Nebuchadnezzer II (605-562 BC)
·        Khaemweset II
·        Agesilaus II
·        Mau Cat
·        Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Bust of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (d. 12 B.C.E.) Friend and advisor to Octavian (later Augustus). Agrippa was largely true for the military campaign that resulted in the devastating defeat of the one army and  fleet  of  Egypt  under  Marc  Antony and  Queen Cleopatra VII in 31 B.C.E. at the battle of Actium. A commoner born in 63 B.C.E., Agrippa was a straight companion to Octavian, nephew to Julius Caesar and the coming Emperor AUGUSTUS. When Octavian entered into military training in 45 B.C.E., Agrippa accompanied him. He afterwards  stood  at  Octavians  lateral  at  Caesars  funeral  in 44 B.C.E. and was a formidable representative of Octavian in  the  period  after  Caesars  assassination,  during  which his friend came into self-control of extensive wealth and one his political power. Agrippa was as well instrumental in arranging the union of Octavian and Antony in the extinction of the Liberators, Caesars assassins, in particular Brutus.

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman Coin

After the defeat of the Liberators, Agrippa was Octavians chief lieutenant, defeating Antonys brother, Lucius, in the Perusine War in 40 B.C.E. and suppressing a revolt in Gaul. Returning in exult to Rome, Agrippa was electoral  consul  and  then,  in  37,  was  addressed  admiral. He  spent  the  next  six  years  detergent  parts  of  the Mediterranean  of  pirates,  taking  Sextus  Pompey,  the son of Pompey the essential, who had been subdued to pirating after the overcome of his father by Julius Caesar. In  31  B.C.E., Agrippa  joined  Octavian  at  Actium where the Romans faced the fleet and army of Cleopatra and Marc Antony. Agrippa overlooked the left wing, but just as significant as his tactical acquisition was his invention of the  harpax, a grappling  hook  fired  by  a  catapult  at  an enemy vessel, which then permitted the vessels capture by the superior Roman marines. The harpax was pivotal to the success of the Romans at Actium and the defeat of both the express and the aspirations of Cleopatra VII and her lover, Marc Antony.

When  Octavian  got  Augustus,  Agrippa  taken a census of the states, from 29 to 28 B.C.E. He saw life in Rome, with its intrigue and contention for the  favor  of  Augustus,  not  to  his  taste,  however.  At  his invite, he was posted to the east provinces. There he added to his reputation for administrative talent. Recalled to Rome, he rebuilt much of the Eternal City, taking on the  Panthera,  and  founded  colonies  in  Phoenicia  (modern Lebanon).

He wed Caecillia, the daughter of Pomponius Atticus, splitting up her to marry Marcella, the wealthy niece of Augustus. That marriage resulted in the birth of Vipsania Agrippina, the first wife of Emperor Tiberius. In 21 B.C.E., when he was Remembered to Rome, he married Julia, Augustuss  girl.  She  bore  him  three  sons  and a daughter.

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·        Matit
·        Khaemweset I
·        Nebuchadnezzer II (605-562 BC)
·        Khaemweset II
·        Agesilaus II
·        Mau Cat

Mau Cat

Egyptian Mau Cat

Mau Cat, or Maau Cat, was the Egyptian cat, addressed maau when heavy in form. Sacred cats were worshipped and maintained in splendor in Bubastis and in Sais.

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·        Khabrias
·        Mastabat Al-Faraun
·        Khaemhet
·        Agathocles (Court official)
·        Matit
·        Khaemweset I
·        Nebuchadnezzer II (605-562 BC)
·        Khaemweset II
·        Agesilaus II

Agesilaus II

Agesilaus II King of Sparta

Agesilaus II (d. 360 B.C.E.) King of Sparta in Greece Agesilaus was critically involved in Egyptian occasions in the rule of Teos (365-360 B.C.E.) of the Thirtieth Dynasty. The son of Archidamus and half brother of Agis II, Agesilaus was a important military commander and a master of the siege.  He  had  a  various  military  career,  advertising throughout his reign despite ill health. He was eventually humiliated militarily and affected to add to state gross by  hiring out  as  a  mercenary  for  other  rulers,  such  as Teos.

The Egyptians, concerned in a campaign against Palestine, asked Agesilaus to aid in invasion plans. The Spartans sailed to Palestine to join the Egyptians there. Teos was start a series of expansion campaigns, hoping to take  Syria  and  match  Persia on  whole  fronts.  Having  the veteran Spartans in his service promised success. Agesilaus, however, got Teos to be militarily simple and quarrelsome. The two argued about troop placements, making the practiced Spartan warrior uneasy at the thought of continuing  the  alliance.  When  he  received  word  that  Teos was  heavy  the  temples  of  Egypt  to  pay  for  his  military chances,  Agesilaus  realized  that  the  Egyptian  ruler would be passing on the throne. The Spartans certain to  abandon  Teos,  an  act  that  greatly  handicapped  the Egyptians and made the campaign extremely suspicious.

Agesilaus  given  to  Sparta. There  he  received  the Egyptian  assigns  of  Nectanebo II (360-343  B.C.E.), who  was  a  nephew  of  Teos.  Agesilaus  agreed  that  Teos would not remain on the throne because of his unadvised policies and his unfit disposition. In order to hold on to  their  power,  Teoss  relatives  offered  to  depose  him. Agesilaus united to the overthrow and helped Nectanebos cause,  standing  at  his  lateral  at  his  coronation. Agesilaus died  at  the  age  of  84  while  traveling  home  to  Sparta from the enthronization.

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·        Agathocles (Prince of Thales)
·        Mastaba
·        Khabrias
·        Mastabat Al-Faraun
·        Khaemhet
·        Agathocles (Court official)
·        Matit
·        Khaemweset I
·        Nebuchadnezzer II (605-562 BC)
·        Khaemweset II