https://urania.institute/en/categories/ancient-egypt/Recent content in Ancient-Egypt on UrániaHugoen-usThu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/hn/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/hn/<p>Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum served at the pharaoh’s court in Ancient Egypt. They held the position of overseers of the royal manicurists. They became famous not for their service, but for the circumstances of their burial: the men were interred together in a single tomb.</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/idet-ruiu/Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/idet-ruiu/<p>This sculpture belongs to Egypt’s New Kingdom, specifically the 18th Dynasty, which flourished roughly between 1480 and 1390 BCE. The New Kingdom was the high point of Egyptian power: the state expanded its borders, erected major temples, and produced vast quantities of art. The period is noted for preserving traditional artistic conventions while paying closer attention to individual features.</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/queerlyphs/Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/queerlyphs/<h3 id="how-to-read-the-ancient-egyptian-language">How to Read the Ancient Egyptian Language</h3> <p>We do not know what Ancient Egyptian truly sounded like. The main reason is simple: writing almost never recorded vowels.</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/horus-and-seth/Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/horus-and-seth/<p>One of the earliest Egyptian myths describes a confrontation between Seth and his nephew Horus. In one episode, Seth attempts to have sexual intercourse with Horus in order to humiliate him and affirm his own superiority. Horus acts differently: he catches Seth&rsquo;s semen in his hand and discards it.</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/nephtys/Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/nephtys/<h3 id="who-is-nephthys">Who Is Nephthys</h3> <p>Nephthys is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who belongs to the so-called Heliopolitan Ennead – a group of nine major gods worshipped in the city of Heliopolis.</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/pepi-ii/Wed, 12 Mar 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/pepi-ii/<p>Ancient Egyptian literature rarely touched on the personal lives of pharaohs. In this respect, Pepi II is an exception. Particularly notable is the homoerotic <em>Tale of King Neferkare and General Sasenet</em>: for its era, narratives of this kind were seldom recorded in writing.</p>https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/ostracon/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 22:45:37 +0700https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/ancient-egypt/ostracon/<h3 id="what-an-ostracon-is">What an Ostracon Is</h3> <p>An ostracon is a potsherd – most often from a clay vessel – or a small piece of stone used in antiquity for writing and drawing. Papyrus was expensive and not always available, so people used whatever was at hand for notes, drafts, and practice exercises. Ostraca are known from Egypt, Ancient Greece, and other parts of the ancient world.</p>