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Paleolithic era

Palermo Stone

Palestine

palette, Narmer

Panehsy

papyrus, papyri

Paser

Paweraa

Peleset

Pelusium, Battle of

Peoples of the Sea

Pepi I

Pepi II

Pepinakht

Peribsen

Perring, John

Persia, Persians

Petrie, Sir William Flinders

pharaohs

see also specific pharaohs

Philae

Philistines

Phoenicia

physicians

Piankh

Piankhi. see Piye

Pinudjem

Pithom

Piye

pots, pottery

predynastic cultures

Protodynastic culture

Proverbs

Psamtik I

Psusennes I

Ptah

Ptahhotep, Instructions of

Ptolemaic Period

Ptolemy

Punt

Pyramid Age

pyramid complex pyramid mystics pyramids

see also tombs; specific pyramids and sites

Pyramid Texts

Qa’a

queen, position of queens’ pyramids

Quft

radiocarbon. see carbon

Rahotep

Ramesseum

Ramesside Period

Ramses (city)

Ramses I

Ramses II

Ramses III

Ramses IV–XI

Raneb

Re

Reisner, George

Rekhmire

religion

renaissance

revisionism, historical

Rhomboidal Pyramid

Ribaddi

Roman Period

Rosetta stone

sacrifice, human

Sais

Saite Dynasty

Sakkara

sarcophagus

Sargon II

Satamon

scarabs

sculpture

seals, stamp

Sea Peoples. see Peoples of the Sea

Sebni

Second Dynasty

Second Intermediate Period

Sed festival

Sekenenre

Sekhemib Peribsen

Sekhemkhet

Semainean culture

Semenkhkare

Semna

Senakhtenre

Senenmut

Sennacherib

Senusert I

Senusert II

Senusert III

sequence dating

Serapeum

serekh

Sesostris. see Senusert III

Set

Sethe, Kurt

Seti I

Seti II

Setnakhte

Set the Enemy

Seventeenth Dynasty

Seventh Dynasty

Shabaka

Shabatka

Sharuhen

Sheklesh

Shepherd kings. see Hyksos Sheshonk I

Shishak

Shu

Shubilulliuma

Sicilians

Sidon

silence silver

Simyra

Sinai

Sinuhe, The Story of

Siptah

Sirius

Sit-Hathor-Iunet

Sixteenth Dynasty

Sixth Dynasty

slaves, slavery

Smendes

Smenkhkare

Smith, Sir Grafton Elliot

Snefru

Sobekneferu, Queen

soldiers

Sothis, Sothic cycle

Sphinx

statues. see sculpture

Step Pyramid

stimulus diffusion

Strabo

Sudan

Sumersun

Sutekh

Syria

Taa (the Brave)

Tadukhepa

Taharka

Tanis

Tanutamon

Tasian culture

Tausert

Teaching of Amenemhat, The

Tefnakhte

Tell Asmar

Tell el Amarna

Tell el Dab’a

tells

temples

see also specific site names

Tentamon

Tenth Dynasty

Teti

Teti-en

Tetisheri

Thaneni

Tharu

Thebes

Thinis

Third Dynasty

Third Intermediate Period

Thirteenth Dynasty

Thirtieth Dynasty

Thirty-first Dynasty

Thoth

Thutiy

Thutmose I

Thutmose II

Thutmose III, annals of

Thutmose IV

Thutmose (sculptor)

Thutmose (son of Amenhotep III)

Thutmosid succession

Thuya

Ti

Tiaa

Tigris River

titles, of king titulary

Tiye, Queen

Tomb of Queen Tiyi, The (Davis)

tomb robbers

tombs

see also mastaba, pyramid; specific tomb sites

Tombs. Treasures. Mummies. (Forbes)

treaty

truth. see maat

Tunip

Turin Papyrus

Tursha

Tutankhamon

Tutankhaton. see Tutankhamon

Tutimaois

Twain, Mark

Twelfth Dynasty

Twentieth Dynasty

Twenty-first Dynasty

Twenty-second Dynasty

Twenty-third Dynasty

Twenty-fourth Dynasty

Twenty-fifth Dynasty

Twenty-sixth (Saite) Dynasty

Twenty-seventh Dynasty

Twenty-eighth Dynasty

Twenty-ninth Dynasty

Tyre

Tyrsenoi

UNESCO

Unfinished pyramid

Uni

unification

Unis

Upper Egypt

Ur

Valley of the Kings

Valley Temple

vizier

Völkerwanderungen

Vyse, Richard

Wadi el Hammamat

Wadi Halfa

Wahkare Akhtoy III Walls of the Ruler

War of Liberation Wassukanni

weapons

Weeks, Kent

Wenamon

Wente, Edward

Who Was Who in Egyptology

Williams, Bruce

Winlock, H. E.

wisdom literature

women, Theban importance of

Woolley, Sir Leonard

writing

see also cuneiform; hieroglyphs

Xois

Yam

Yehem

Yuya

Zaghlul, Saad

Zawaiyet el Aryan

ziggurats

Zoser. see Djoser

About the Author

BARBARA MERTZ is a New York Times bestselling author who writes the popular Amelia Peabody mystery series under the pen name Elizabeth Peters and gothic suspense novels as Barbara Michaels. She was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. Named Grand Master at