1 Titles

The official titulary of the king by the New Kingdom consisted of five names; for some rulers, we know only one or two of them. In the order of their appearance they are:

• The Horus Name. This is the earliest recorded name, which was created to identify the king with an aspect of the HawkThe term hawk refers to birds of prey in any of three senses: Strictly, to mean any of the species in the genera Accipiter Micronisus Melierax Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis''. The widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, the Sharp-shin-god Horus. It was written inside a serekh .
• The nebty or Two Ladies Name. This name was associated with the goddess of Upper Egypt (the vultureNubian Vulture Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals. Vultures are found in almost every continent. A particular characteristic of many vultures is a bald head, devoid of feathers. This is likely because a feathered-goddess NekhbetIn Egyptian mythology, Nekhbet ("of Nekheb") was a vulture- goddess, patron of the city of Nekheb and later, with Buto, the patron of the pharaohs. She was a goddess of childbirth. Alternative: Nechbet, Nekhebit.), and the goddess of Lower Egypt (the cobraCobra may mean: A cobra a venomous snake. The AH-1 Cobra a U. Army helicp[ter. COBRA a post- World War II European avant-garde movement whose name is derived from the letters of the members' home cities: COpenhagen, BRussels, and Amsterdam. A popular bran-goddess Wadjet).
• The Golden FalconFor other uses of the word falcon see falcon (disambiguation). About 37; see text. A Falcon is any of several species of bird of the genus Falco such as the Peregrine Falcon which are raptors or " birds of prey". Overview Falcons have thin, pointed wings, Name. This name first appeared in the Twelfth Dynasty, and became a part of the official titulary.
• The Prenomen. The throne name, by which he was addressed in diplomatic correspondence. It was the first of the two names written inside a cartouche, and usually accompanied by one of two phrases: either n-sw-bity, "He of the Sedge and the Bee"; or neb tawy, "Lord of the Two Lands".
• The Nomen. This was given to the crown prince at birth; it was his "real" name. The other names were received at his coronation. Beginning with Chephren of the Fourth Dynasty, this name was introduced by the title "son of Ra."

2 Regalia

The king of Egypt wore a double crown, formed from the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Crown of Upper Egypt. It was adorned by a uraeus, which was doubled under the Twenty-fifth Dynasty

3 Bibliography

• Sir Alan Gardiner Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, Third Edition, Revised. London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Excursus A, pp. 71-76.

4 See also

• History of Egypt
• Egyptian chronology
• Conventional Egyptian chronology
• Monarch
• List of Pharaohs

5 External links

• Tutankhamun: Pictures
• Egyptian Royal Genealogy
• Digital Egypt for Universities

Ancient Egypt Torah people

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