Many Domestic Cult and Magic Priests , aimed  in large part on protecting the home and its inhabitants from harm,  required  literate  or  ...

Although stelae and tomb scenes usually show burial offerings being brought by family  members, professional mortuary priests are documente...

These are a key feature of the commercial, market economy. The ancient Egyptian economy ,  based on redistribution and reciprocity, set pri...

Canaan , a geographical term (Eg., kn'n; Akk., ki-na-ah-nu; Heb.,  kn'n) for the area broadly encompassing the Eastern Mediterranea...

Bird-shaped vase, late predynastic period (Naqada III) Naqada III culture (c.3200-3050 BCE) was characterized by the abandonment or r...

Calendar in Ancient Egypt or the pharaonic Egypt's calendrical syste  was both straightforward  and  simple.  From  the  first dynasty...

Alabaster perfume jars from the tomb of Tutankhamun, (d. 1323 BC) Egyptologists today correctly use the term calcite when  referring to...

Female figure with bird traits. Naqada II period, 3500-3400 BCE. Brooklyn Museum The most important sites are Hierakonpolis, Naqada, el...