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In Ancient Egyptian, Lower Egypt was known as mḥw which means "north". [2] Later on, during Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Greeks and Romans called it Κάτω Αἴγυπτος or Aegyptus Inferior both meaning "Lower Egypt", but Copts carried on using the old name related to the north – Tsakhet (Coptic: ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ) or Psanemhit (Coptic: ⲡⲥⲁⲛⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ) meaning the ...
Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from Prehistoric Egypt until the Christianization of Roman Egypt. It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories, architecture, and other art media. It was a conservative tradition whose ...
Wadjet (/ ˈ w æ dʒ ə t /; Ancient Egyptian: wꜢḏyt "Green One"), [1] known to the Greek world as Uto (/ ˈ j uː t oʊ /; Koinē Greek: Οὐτώ) or Buto (/ ˈ b j uː t oʊ /; Βουτώ) among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, [2] was originally the ancient Egyptian local goddess of the city of Dep or Buto in Lower ...
In Egyptian history, the Upper and Lower Egypt period (also known as The Two Lands) was the final stage of prehistoric Egypt and directly preceded the unification of the realm. The conception of Egypt as the Two Lands was an example of the dualism in ancient Egyptian culture and frequently appeared in texts and imagery, including in the titles ...
Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate (CaCuSi 4 O 10 or CaOCuO(SiO 2) 4 (calcium copper tetrasilicate)) or cuprorivaite, [1] is a pigment that was used in ancient Egypt for thousands of years. It is considered to be the first synthetic pigment. [2] It was known to the Romans by the name caeruleum.
Meidum, Maydum or Maidum (Arabic: ميدوم, Ancient Egyptian: Mr(y)-Jtmw, lit. 'beloved of Atum', Ancient Greek: Μοι(ε)θυμις) [1] is an archaeological site in Lower Egypt. It contains a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas. The pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided one, but it partially collapsed in ancient times. [2]
The Turin Papyrus Map is an ancient Egyptian map, generally considered the oldest surviving map of topographical interest from the ancient world.It is drawn on a papyrus reportedly discovered at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, collected by Bernardino Drovetti (known as Napoleon's Proconsul) in Egypt sometime before 1824 and now preserved in Turin's Museo Egizio.
Narmer Macehead (drawing). The design shows captives being presented to Pharaoh Narmer enthroned in a naos. [5] The scene depicts a ceremony in which captives and plunder are presented to King Narmer, who is enthroned beneath a canopy on a stepped platform. He wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, holds a flail, and is wrapped in a long cloak.