Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt (49 page)

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Authors: Joyce Tyldesley

Tags: #History, #Ancient, #Egypt, #Biography & Autobiography, #Presidents & Heads of State

Hades (Greek god of the underworld)
89
Hadrian, Emperor
90
Hamer, Mary
215
harem wives
26
Harpocrates
89
,
118
Harpre-pekhrat (Horus the Sun, the Child)
118
,
119
,
121
Harpsenesis
248
n
18
Harris Stela
141
Harsiesis
121
Harwennefer, Theban counter-pharaoh (206–200)
227
Hathor (mother goddess)
67
,
68
,
111
,
113
,
114
,
118
,
121–4
,
128
,
129
,
134
,
222
cult of
113
Hatshepsut (queen regent, 1473–1458)
45
,
92
,
121
,
241
n
2
Heliogabalus
197
Heliopolis
113
,
132
cult centre of Re
43
,
67
,
91
,
92
Helios (Greek sun god)
89
,
163
Hellenes
30
Hellenistic Age (336–30)
30
Heptastadion, Alexandria
81
,
212
Hera
25
,
114
,
133
,
195
Heracleopolis
37
,
164
Heracles
12
,
31
,
133
,
146
,
195
Hermitage, St Petersburg
66
Hermonthis
42
,
43
Hermopolis Magna
221
temple of Thoth
129
Herod of Judaea
158
,
162
,
166–7
,
170
,
177
Herodotus of Halicarnassus
2
,
16–18
,
114
Herophilus
82
Hesiod
131
Hiera Nesos, Faiyum
47
Hierakonpolis
251
n
4
hieroglyphic script
20
,
64
,
126
,
228
Homer
2
,
72
,
131
,
226
The Iliad
206
Odyssey
72
,
206
homosexuality
56
Hor of Sebennytos
136
Horace
153
,
197–8
,
208
,
214
,
217
Horus
5
,
43
,
67
,
115
,
117
,
118
,
121
,
122
,
132
,
241–2
n
4

I

Ibn Battuta
81
Ibn-al-As, Amr
211
Ihy/Harsomtus
121
,
122
illegitimacy
27–8
Imhotep
142
incest
24–6
,
39
India
181
,
198
,
221
inflation
38
,
40
,
46
,
140
‘Inimitable Livers, The’ (drinking society)
155
,
182
Iol (modern Cherchell)
200
Iotape
199
Iphigenia
189
Iran
143
see also
Persia
Iraq
143
Iris
25
irrigation
15
Isis Medica
115
Isis (mother goddess)
5
,
24
,
43
,
44
,
58
,
61
,
67
,
68
,
88–91
,
113–18
,
121
,
123
,
124
,
130
,
133
,
134
,
172
,
174
,
183
,
248
n
18
,
251
n
6
cult of
103
,
110
,
114–15
Hor of Sebennytos’s dream
136–7
Cleopatra III becomes her living embodiment
138
as Queen of Heaven
163
Isis Pelagia (Isis of the Sea)
115
Isis Thermoutharion
194
Israel
222
Issus, battle of (333)
221
Itj-Tawi
71

J

James, Sid
258
n
15
Jerusalem
77
,
166
Jewish uprising (AD
116
)
90
Jewish-Roman war (AD
66–73
)
211
Jews
14
,
76–7
,
88
,
97
,
141
,
162
,
176
,
232
,
233
John of Nikiou, Coptic Bishop
212–13
Jordan
222
Josephus
77
,
79
,
110
,
141
,
166–7
,
211
Against Apion
211
Juba I of Numidia
200
Juba II
35
,
104
,
199–202
,
238
Judaea
162
Julia (Caesar’s daughter; wife of Pompey)
47
,
56
,
103
Julia (Octavian’s daughter)
161
,
199
Julian calendar
xiv
Julius Antonius
148
,
199
Julius Caesar
see
Caesar
Jupiter
186
Jupiter Optimus Maximus, temple of, Rome
104

K

ka
(spirit)
122
Karnak temple complex
129
,
134
,
141
,
198
,
259
n
16
Red Chapel
45
,
92
improvements
221
,
223–4
temple of the goddess Mut
223
Opet temple
223–4
gateway to the Ptah temple
244
n
21
Kelly, R.T.:
Egypt
70
Kerkeosiris
248
n
18
Khaemwaset
129
Khentkawes (queen consort)
241
n
2
Khnum, Elephantine temple of
221
Khnum (ram-headed creator god)
76

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