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Joseph Dwelleth in Egypt painted by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, c. 1900. Biblical Egypt (Hebrew: מִצְרַיִם; Mīṣrāyīm), or Mizraim, is a theological term used by historians and scholars to differentiate between Ancient Egypt as it is portrayed in Judeo-Christian texts and what is known about the region based on archaeological evidence.
Nefertiti bust, from the 18th dynasty, New kingdom Egyptian death mask from the 18th dynasty. Louvre, Paris portrait of Meritamun, 19th dynasty of Egypt. Portraiture in ancient Egypt forms a conceptual attempt to portray "the subject from its own perspective rather than the viewpoint of the artist ... to communicate essential information about the object itself". [1]
Hermanubis – A Greco-Egyptian god who was a syncretism from Hermes and Anubis [97] Hermes Trismegistus – A Greco-Egyptian god who was a syncretism from Hermes and Thoth [98] Heru-Khu – A god in the fifth division of Duat [38] Hery-sha-duat – A Duat god in charge of the fields of Duat [38] Heryshaf – Ram god worshiped at Herakleopolis ...
The Babylonian King List B, The Babylonian King List A, A Seleucid King List: 1.135: Assyrian King Lists: 564–566: The Assyrian King List: Babylonian Chronicles: 1.137: Babylonian Chronicle: 301–307: The Neo-Babylonian Empire and its Successors: 1.143: An Assurbanipal Hymn for Shamash: 386–387: Prayer of Ashurbanipal to the Sun-God: Adad ...
Coptic icons have their origin in the Greco-Roman art of Egypt's Late Antiquity, as exemplified by the Fayum mummy portraits. [4] The faces of El Fayum are examples of the Coptic art in the 2nd century AD showing the Greek and Roman influence on the Coptic art but with some distinctive features related to Egyptian art.
A number of explanations have been proposed: one being that the title of king in the Biblical text refers to his future royal title, when at the time of this account he was likely only a military commander serving under Shabaka. [47] Necho II (610–595 BC): Necho is mentioned in several books of the Bible (2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Jeremiah).
Egyptian texts list the names of many deities whose nature is unknown, and make vague, indirect references to other gods who are not even named. [2] The Egyptologist James P. Allen estimates that more than 1,400 deities are named in Egyptian texts, [3] whereas his colleague Christian Leitz says there are "thousands upon thousands" of gods. [4]
Egyptian religion produced the temples and tombs which are ancient Egypt's most enduring monuments, but it also influenced other cultures. In pharaonic times many of its symbols, such as the sphinx and winged solar disk , were adopted by other cultures across the Mediterranean and Near East, as were some of its deities, such as Bes .