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| − | * Aah, Iah - Moon sacred to Osiris, Djehuty (Thoth) and Khonsu
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| − | * Akh (Ax) - at times translated as 'soul', cf. Body and Soul
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| − | * Akhu, akhet (Ax.t): The blessed dead, ancestors
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| − | * Amen, Ammon, Amon, Amun, Amoun, Amun-Re or Amen-Re - Main God during the New Kingdom, identified with Zeus by the Greeks
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| − | * Amenirdis - Wife of the God (High priestess of Amen)
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| − | * Amenti - Realm of the Dead, cf Duat
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| − | * Ammit, Ammut - Chimaera, destroyer of the hearts of dead who were not justified
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| − | * Amulet - charm or talisman
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| − | * Anch, ankh (anx) - Symbol of enduring life
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| − | * Anubis, Anpu, Khenty-Imentiu, Hermanubis - God, conductor of souls
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| − | * Apis, Serapis, Osiris-Apis - Bull symbolizing fertility venerated at Memphis
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| − | * Apophis, Apopis, Apep - The serpent of Chaos, sometimes equated with Seth
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| − | * Apotropaic (from Greek) - Having the power to avert evil
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| − | * Atef - Crown worn by Osiris
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| − | * Aten, Aton - The sun disk, unique god of Akhenaten
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| − | ==B==
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| − | * Ba (bA)
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| − | The "soul"
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| − | Spiritual force such as an anonymous divinity
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| − | Manifestation of a god
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| − | The king's power to rule
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| − | The eternal forces of a human, depicted in tombs as a bird with a human head.
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| − | * Ba'ah, Seba-djai - The planet Venus
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| − | * Bast, Bastet, Ubasti, Pasht - Goddess of the home, Artemis to the Greeks. Her cultural centre was at Bubastis
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| − | * Bat - Goddess with the form of a cow, from the Middle Kingdom on merged with Hathor
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| − | * Bau - Messenger or appearance of a deity
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| − | * Benben
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| − | 1) The first land to rise from the primordial waters.
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| − | 2) Pyramid shaped sacred stone at Heliopolis
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| − | * Bes, Bisu - Dwarf god
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| − | * Book of the Dead - Better The Book of Going Forth by Day. A collection of magical writings placed in tombs since the New Kingdom with the intention of helping the deceased in the after-life.
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| − | * Canopic jars (from Latin, Greek) - Vessels containing the inner organs of the deceased, generally four, in the form of the sons of Horus (from Canopus, see above)
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| − | * Cartonnage (French) - Expression used by Egyptologists for the masks and coffins made of cardboard like materials.
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| − | * Cartouche (French) - The name of a pharaoh in hieroglyphs surrounded by an oval band denoting eternity
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| − | ==D ==
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| − | * Decans (from Latin decem, ten) - 36 star constellations, each rising above the horizon at sunrise during ten days every year, used by the ancient Egyptian calendar
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| − | * Djehuti, Thoth - God of knowledge and wisdom, moon god, identified with Hermes Trismegistus by the Greeks;
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| − | * Djet (Dt) - Eternity, continuous and linear as opposed to neheh
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| − | * Duat (dwA.t)
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| − | Originally the starry sky.
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| − | ==E==
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| − | The Realm of the Dead, populated by the deceased who have become stars. Often somewhat misleadingly referred to as Underworld or Netherworld.
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| − | * Ennead (from Greek enneas, nine)
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| − | A group of nine deities, such as the Ennead of Heliopolis
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| − | All the gods of a locality
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| − | ==F==
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| − | * False door - symbolic door for the ka, painted or carved on a tomb wall
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