Bread beer: A thick beer which looked like gruel. Alcohol killed parasites and bacteria
Celestial Lords: The Lords of Karma whom Merit-Aten made a deal with before birth
Choosing: In this matrilineal society—the name and property and throne is passed on through the mother. A daughter is allowed to choose her mate.
Consort: A husband or wife
Co-regents: When the Pharaoh appoints a son or daughter to rule with him in order to educate him/her in-court matters.
Cosmic Sun: The Great Central Sun—home of the Aten
Dazzling Aten: The famous golden barge given as a gift to Queen Ti-Yee
Deben: A measurement of silver
Delphinium: Blue flower
Demesne: (Do.main) Mansion
Denderah: (Den.der.ah) The Temple on the Nile dedicated to Hathor, where the Per Akh birth house is located and home to the Maidens of Amem
Djed: (Jed) Grandfather, or the name of the pillar associated with the backbone symbolizes stability
Djedti: (Jedi) Grandmother
Djeser-Djeseru: (Jes.er.Jes.er.ru) The Holy of Holies or the most sacred spot in the Temple where an object of power is placed
Duat: (Doo.at) The astral or underworld plane one enters upon death before they go to Amentii. The abode of Osiris. Easting: Birthing, or being born and refers to the Sun rising in the East at the beginning of each day
Electrum: Gold and silver mixed with a bit of copper
Ennead: The nine Gods and Goddesses
Faience: (Fay.ence) Glazed ceramic usually a royal blue color
Fanbearer: He Who Has the Ears of the King or Queen Frankincense: (Frank.en.sense) Dried tree sap that comes from trees of the genus Boswellia
Gem-pa-Aten: The great Aten Temple built between Karnak and Luxor, the mudbricks can still be found at Luxor used in the 9th pylon
Grand Elder Tuya: Queen Ti-Yee’s mother and consort to Yuya
Hanuti: (Ha.noot.tea) The elite black sorcerers of the Amun priesthood
Hapi: (Happy) Neter or God of the Nile
Harem: (Hair.em) House or private quarters for the living area of women and children
Hathor: (Hath.or) The Cow-earred Goddess of Denderah, who rules over childbirth and music
Hatshepsut: (Hat.shep.soot) Queen Hatshepsut—wife of Tutmosis II who died and left the throne to his son Tutmosis III. Hatshepsut shared co-regency with stepson Tutmosis III but declared and portrayed herself as a male Pharaoh.
Heka: (Heck.ah) Neter of wisdom and sacred sounds, plural is Hekau, also the sign of the crook
Heka Tekhennu: (Heck.ah Tech.can.noo) The distorted ritual of sacrificing a young child and drinking their blood to ensure abundance
Heliopolis: (He.lee.op.po.lis) The solar cult temple
HeMeti: (Heh.Me.tea) The female head of the household, She Who Has the Last Word. The symbol for Isis is a woman with a throne on her head meaning the woman passes on the throne and should be treated with great respect and given a chair with a stool for her feet.
Hep-Mut: (Hep.Moot) The dwarf nursemaid to Merit-Aten
Heraqhet test: (Hair.auk) Initiation in the crystal chamber to measure one’s ability to hold the light of the Aten
Hieroglyphics: (Hi.ro.glyph.icks) Greek for sacred texts, the carved reliefs on the walls
Hittite: (Hit-tight) The great enemy of Egypt in Hatti, North Syria. They were a mixed race of people who occupied most of Antolia
Holy of Holies: The most sacred inner sanctum called the Djeser-Djeseru
Hoopoe bird: The Hoopoes are a small Old World family of two or three species. All have long, thin, and decurved bills; broad round wings; square tails crossed by a wide white band, and long erectile crests. All species also have dramatic black and white wing patterns.
Horemheb: (Hor.em.heb) The General under Pharaoh Akhenaten, his name translates as Big News of He Who Comes to the Feast, he was a cheese maker’s son from Khepert and later ruled as a Pharaoh
Hwt-Ben Ben: (He.ben.ben) The red granite obelisk which represented a ray of the sun
Ib-Ra: One of Akhenaten’s Council of Twelve
Ichneumon: (Ick.new.mon) A mongoose
Imhotep: (Im.ho.tep) The title of the Master of all Architects
Isis: or Aset: The Goddess of nature and magic and fertility, consort of
Osiris
Ka: The physical or astral projection of the soul which is still attached to the body
Karnak: (Car.nak) The Administrative Temple of Amun set in Thebes where the Amun priesthood, clergy, scribes, stewards and overseers remained
Kheperesh Crown: (Kep.er.resh) The blue crown or war crown made of cloth or leather
Keshtuat: (Kesh.tu.a) The Nubian girl with long braids in the class of initiates, daughter of the Court Costume Maker
Khemit: Khemitian: KMT (Chem.it) Name for Egypt referring to the black alluvial soil
Kheper: (Kef.er) The first stage of the sun when light begins to shine upon the people, also another name for the scarab beetle which pushes a ball of dung
Khepri-Aten: (Kef.free.Ah.ten) Priestess of the Aten Temple Khonsu: (Kon.zoo) The Amun golden idol and moonchild, son of Amun and Lion Goddess Mut. The three are considered to be part of the Theban triad.
Khyphi: (Kef.ee) A heavy incense used to fumigate the temples
Kiya: The Royal Harpist and mother to Smenkhkare
KMT: (Chem.it) The black land of Egypt, famous for the alluvial soil washed down from the Nile flood
Kohl: The eyeliner commonly used to shield the eyes from the harsh sunlight
Lotus: A perennial plant in the monogeneric family Nelumbonaceae
Lustration of the Rites of Osiris: Last rites said to the deceased to rectify his ka
Luxor: (Loox.or) The modern name for the Southern Ipet whose later Arabic title of el-Aksur meant the castles. Set on the Nile banks.
Ma’at: Truth and justice
Maet kheru: (Ma.et Care.oo) Justified or rectified meaning Osirified
Maidens of Amem: The beautiful women who teach the Ritual of Love for the Potentiation of souls at Denderah Temple
Malachite: (Mal.la.kite) Emerald green stone
Malkata Palace: (Mal.ka.ta) The mudbrick palace of Pharaoh Amunhotep III and Queen Ti-Yee located in Thebes
Mandragore: (Man.dra.gor) The root of a nightshade which contains deliriant hallucinogenics used in magic rituals
Maru: The Egyptian word for lake in front of the Luxor Temple
Meket-Aten: (Meke.taten) The second frail daughter of Queen Nefertiti and Pharaoh Akhenaten, Merit-Aten’s younger sister
Merit-Aten: (Mery.taten) First born daughter of Per Aat Nefertiti and Pharaoh Akhenaten
Mery-Ptah: (Mery.Pa.tah) The Amun High Priest and boyfriend to Sit-Amun
Messeh: (Mess.eh) The Khemitian word for anointment
Meti: (Met.tea) Merit-Aten’s pet name for mother, short for HeMeti
Mitanni: (Mit.tan.ni) A feudal state established by the Hurrians located around Naharin between the Upper Tigris and the Euphrates
Mudbrick: The clay bricks made for homes and palaces, anything that wasn’t meant to be permanent and could be washed away
Mutemwia: (Mu.tem.wee.ah) A minor wife to King Tuthmosis IV. She supposedly conceived a child with the God Amun-Ra and their son, Amunhotep III, became Pharaoh. Merit-Aten’s great grandmother.
Mutnodjmet: (Moot.nah.ja.met) The younger sister of Nefertiti
Mycenae: (My.sin.nay.ah) Greece
Myrrh: (Murr) The dried oleo gum resin of a number of Commiphora or dhidin species of trees
Nakht: (Knock) Vizier at Armana
Naos: (Nay.oos) Covered shelter in the middle of the boat
Nefertiti: (Nef.er.tea.tea) She Who Walks In Harmony—the Per Aat of Egypt and wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten
NefernefruRa: (Nef.er.nay.fru.Ra) and Nefernefru: (Nef.er.knee.fru) the Younger—the two twin daughters of Nefertiti and Akhenaten
Nekhbet: (Neck.bet) The Vulture Goddess
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Neter: (Net.er) A god or goddess. Also a neter is one of the senses. Ancient belief is that we used to have 360 senses awakened within us but devolved to having only five. An interdemensional gateway.
Netri: (Net.tree) Merit-Aten’s pet name for her father, Akhenaten Nubia: (Neb.yah) The Precious Land—known for gold, silver and copper mines
Oon: The third stage of the sun in early afternoon
Opet Festival: A yearly Festival where the king renews his powers through the god Amun
Orama: (Or.am.a) Title of the Chief High Priest of Heliopolis
Oseirion: (Oh.sear.e.an) An ancient temple to Osiris built at Abydos
Osiris: (Oh.sigh.rus) One of the ancient gods who was married to Isis and later killed and dismembered by his jealous brother Set
Palanquin: (Pal.an.quinn) A vehicle or chair lifted by four carriers to transport Royalty or the elite.
Pa-Nesy: Chief Servitor at Amarna—One of the Council of Twelve
Papyrus: (Pa.pie.rus) A thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant. Cyperus papyrus is a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile.
Parrenefer: (Pair.a.nef.er) Royal Cupbearer—one of the Council of Twelve and a trusted official of Akhenaten
Pentu: (Pen.too) Chief Royal Physician for Queen Ti-Yee and Akhenaten and his family
Per Aat: (Per.ah) The Queen of Egypt, the Greek translation means High House or Royal Palace and is the origin of the word Pharaoh
Per Aat-in-waiting: The next in line to be the Queen of Egypt
Per-Akh: A birthing house or House of Children
Per-Ba: House of the Soul or Temple such as Luxor or Karnak
Per-Hay: House of Rejoicing or Palace such as the Malkata Palace
Per-Ka: House of Burial for the Astral body or spirit—a tomb or crypt for the Khat (body) to be placed
Per-Nefer: House of Beauty or charnal house—where embalming took place
Per-Neter: A pyramid, House of Energy or Nature, a pyramid to transform, transmit, utilize or transmit energy
Per-Wir: Wise man and the site of the mystery schools
Peshent Crown: (Pesh.ent) The peaked white oval headpiece of Upper Khemit, inside is a red chair symbolizing Lower Khemit
Pharaoh: (Fair.o) The male King of Egypt and the origin of the word High House or Per Aat
Ptah: (Pa.tah) God of Memphis
Ptah-Mose: (Pa.tah Moez) The Vizier of Egypt, High Official of the Amun Priesthood
Ra: The God of the Sun, the second stage of the sun at noon
Ra-Awab: (Ra.A.wab) The son of the shipbuilder and the Chief of Imports and one of the class of initiates
Ra-Nefer: The Overseer of new initiates at Heliopolis
Ra-Mesu: (Ra.Mee.su) The General under Queen Ti-Yee and Amunhotep III
Rennutet: (Ren.u.tet) The frail Babylonian girl in the class of initiates Royal Ornaments: The derogatory term for the other foreign wives of Amunhotep III
Sarawat: (Sar.ah.wa) The girl who honked like a goose and one of the initiates, daughter of the Royal Wigmaker
Scarab: (Scare.ab) The black beetle that pushes the dung ball
Scrying: (Scree.ing) The art of seeing the future by using a reflective image such as a mirror, water or black obsidian
Sekhmet: (Sec.met) The Lion Headed Goddess of Memphis whose wrath and fury made people fear her. She is also the other half of Hathor, the Daughter of Ra and consort to Ptah.
Sesh: Meaning the people of Khemit or a clay vessel. The 12 tribes that were part of the original 42 tribes are known as the Sesh.
Set: The brother of Osiris who killed and dismembered him
Set-te-pent: The mother of Rennutet
Set-te-pen-Ra: The youngest daughter of Nefertiti
Shemati: (Shem.ma.tea) The Radiant One, a term of endearment for Pharaoh Akhenaten
Shemtiu Ma’ati: (Shem.too Ma.aht.tea) Golden cobra meaning the alignment of the adornment of the rays on the Garment of Light
Shenti: (Shen.tea) The Spiritual Mysteries and path to understanding the Trinity and the creation of the universe
Sistra: (Sis.tra) A singular copper musical device with small cymbals to rattle in praise of the Aten. Plural Sistrum.
Sit-Amun: (Sit.Ah.moon) The sister of Pharaoh Amunhotep III who became his Royal Chief Wife—aunt to Akhenaten
Skhet-Aaru: (Sec.ket Ar.roo) The realm of Supreme Peace and abode of Osiris
Smenkhkare: (Smen.car.ray) The Harpist’s son and son of Amunhotep III, one of the class of initiates
Solar Disk: The symbol for the Aten with hands extending in ankhs
Solar Temple: A temple in alignment with the solar configurations such as Heliopolis
Soul Reflection: Where an initiate views their own death
Spikenard oil: (Spike.nard) The (underground stems) or rhizomes can be crushed and distilled into an intensely aromatic, thick amber-colored essential oil
Stellar Temple: A temple in alignment with the stellar configurations such as Sirius and Pleiades
Tadukhepa: (Ta.du.kep.a) Daughter of a Mitannian King given to Amunhotep III as a Lesser Wife
Tadushet: (Tad.u.shea) One of the class initiates in the Mystery School
Tefnut: (Tef.noot) Aten Priestess of the Aten Temple
Thebes: (Theebs) Capitol city of Amun in Upper Egypt
Tithe: (Tie.the) A monthly fee collected by the Amun priesthood from the Egyptian citizens
Titi: (Tea Tea) Egyptian word for baby steps
Tiy: (Tea) The consort of Ay and Nefertiti’s step-mother
Ti-Yee: (Tye.yee) Translates to She Is The One—Queen of Egypt, Second Chief Wife of Amunhotep III, mother to Akhenaten
Tripartite wig: (Try.part.tight) A wig divided into three parts. Two parts extended behind the ears and down the sides of the face to the front of the body as far as the breasts. A third part went down the back as far as the shoulder blades.
Tushratta: (Toosh.ra.ta) King of Mitanni
Tutankhaten: (Toot.ankh.e.naten) His given name when he was born in Amarna, later became Pharaoh Tut-ankh-Amun
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