Ancient Egypt
Elements of its Cultural History

  by Sjef Willockx

 
 


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A short quiz
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The spelling of ancient Egyptian names in modern languages
In modern languages, the names of Egyptian kings and gods can be rendered in a variety of ways. Especially for a beginner, this is most confusing, and may cause utter frustration. Amenophis, Amenemmes, Amenemhat, Amenhetep and Amenhotep: please, who-is-who??

Abbreviations
For an overview of the abbreviations, used on this site.

References
Ror a list of the works that are being referred to in articles.

Buying souvenirs in Egypt
A topic that bears absolutely no relation to either Egyptology, or ancient Egypt - no matter what your friendly guide or honest salesman says... Extended and updated: November 2008.

Een Nederlandse vereniging voor Egyptologie
A Dutch Egyptological society.

Links
A very diverse series of web links, related to Egyptology.

 

 

 

 

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