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Neith with a red crown.. Neith / ˈ n iː. ɪ θ / (Koinē Greek: Νηΐθ, a borrowing of the Demotic form Ancient Egyptian: nt, also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) was an ancient Egyptian deity, possibly of Libyan origin.
Neith is a hypothetical natural satellite of Venus reportedly sighted by Giovanni Cassini in 1672 and by several other astronomers in following years. It was 'observed' up to 30 times by astronomers until 1770, when there were no new sightings and it was not found during the transit of Venus in 1761 and 1769.
Neith is thought to have been a daughter of the king Pepi I and queen Ankhesenpepi I, making her aunt and cousin to king Pepi II. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Neith may be the mother of King Nemtyemsaf II . [ 3 ] There is a legend about Queen Nitocris who, if she indeed existed at all, may have been a daughter of Neith.
Merneith (also written Merit-neith and Meryt-Neith; died c. 2950 BC) was a consort and a regent of Ancient Egypt during the First Dynasty. [2] She may have been a ruler of Egypt in her own right , based on several official records.
Neithhotep or Neith-hotep (fl. c. 3050 BC) was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who lived and ruled during the early First Dynasty.She was once thought to be a male ruler: her outstandingly large mastaba and the royal serekh surrounding her name on several seal impressions previously led Egyptologists and historians to the erroneous belief that she might have been an unknown king. [2]
Neith was created by Abraham Beverley Walker, the first Black Canadian-born lawyer, and published in Saint John, New Brunswick. [3] Throughout its 11-month run, Neith published five issues [4] from February 1903 to January 1904, [2] each being around 60 pages long.
Neith is an Impact crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system. Impact features like Neith have been called " penepalimpsests " by some investigators or " dome craters " by others and are considered to be transitional between craters and palimpsests.
Neith (wife of Pepi II), one of three principal queens of the Old Kingdom pharaoh Pepi II, who ruled (c. 2278 BC–c. 2184 BC) Neith Boyce (1872–1951), American novelist, journalist, and theatre artist; Neith Hunter, American model and actress; Neith Nevelson (born 1946), American artist