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Letโ€™s read some hieroglyphs ๐“Šน๐“Œƒ๐“ช! Today ๐“‡๐“‡‹๐“ˆ–๐“‡ณ we are going to be looking at the phrase โ€œPerfect God ๐“Šน๐“„ค.โ€

Letโ€™s break down the word:

๐“Šน โ€“ God (ntr)

๐“„ค โ€“ Perfect, Beautiful (nfr)

The โ€œBeautiful God ๐“Šน๐“„คโ€ or the โ€œPerfect God ๐“Šน๐“„คโ€ is another extremely common phrase you will find in ...

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Letโ€™s read some hieroglyphs ๐“Šน๐“Œƒ๐“ช! Today ๐“‡๐“‡‹๐“ˆ–๐“‡ณ we are going to be looking at the word โ€œLife ๐“‹น๐“ˆ–๐“.โ€

Most are familiar with the โ€œAnkh ๐“‹นโ€ as being both the symbol and the word for life. However, the word โ€œLife ๐“‹น๐“ˆ–๐“โ€ can also be written this way!

Letโ€™s break down the word:

๐“‹น โ€“ หnแธซ (pronounced โ€œankhโ€...

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Letโ€™s read some hieroglyphs ๐“Šน๐“Œƒ๐“ช! Today ๐“‡๐“‡‹๐“ˆ–๐“‡ณ we are going to be looking at the birth name ๐“‚‹๐“ˆ– of the pharaoh ๐“‰๐“‰ป โ€œPepy I ๐“Šช๐“‡‹๐“Šช๐“‡‹.โ€

The cartouche ๐“ ๐“ˆ–๐“ˆ™๐“ท of the 6th Dynasty pharaoh ๐“‰๐“‰ป Pepy I ๐“Šช๐“‡‹๐“Šช๐“‡‹ was one of the first cartouches ๐“ ๐“ˆ–๐“ˆ™๐“ท๐“ฆ I learned to read/recognize because itโ€™s written with only uniliteral hieroglyphs ๐“Šน๐“Œƒ๐“ช! T...

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Letโ€™s read some hieroglyphs ๐“Šน๐“Œƒ๐“ช! Today ๐“‡๐“‡‹๐“ˆ–๐“‡ณ we are going to be looking at a variant of the birth name ๐“‚‹๐“ˆ– of the pharaoh ๐“‰๐“‰ป โ€œHatshepsut ๐“„‚๐“๐“€ผ๐“๐“ช.โ€

While Hatshepsutโ€™s full birth name ๐“‚‹๐“ˆ–(๐“‡‹๐“ ๐“ˆ–๐“Žน๐“๐“„‚๐“€ผ๐“๐“ช) appears frequently in inscriptions ๐“Ÿ๐“›๐“ฅ, many times variants of the name ๐“‚‹๐“ˆ– would appear because her full name was too long...

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Letโ€™s read some hieroglyphs ๐“Šน๐“Œƒ๐“ช! Today ๐“‡๐“‡‹๐“ˆ–๐“‡ณ we are going to be looking at the birth name of the pharaoh ๐“‰๐“‰ป โ€œHatshepsut ๐“‡‹๐“ ๐“ˆ–๐“Žน๐“๐“„‚๐“€ผ๐“๐“ช.โ€

Letโ€™s break down each of the phrases:

๐“‡‹๐“ ๐“ˆ– โ€“ Amun (ฤฑอ—-mn-n)

๐“Žน๐“- United with (แบ–mn-t)

๐“„‚- Foremost (h3t)

๐“€ผ๐“๐“ช โ€“ Nobl...

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