Akhet

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Akhet (horizon)
in hieroglyphs
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Akhet (season)
in hieroglyphs
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Akhet has several meanings:

  • An album by Belgian industrial music band Klinik; see Akhet (album).
  • In Ancient Egyptian, the place where the sun rises and sets; often translated as "horizon" or "mountain of light". It is included in names like "Akhet Khufu" (Ancient Egyptian name for the Great Pyramid) and Akhetaten.
  • The first of three seasons of the ancient Egyptian calendar--the inundation season. This was the time of the Egyptian calendar year when the Nile waters flooded farmland and brought much nutrients to the tilled soil. The Akhet season ran approximately from mid-July to mid-November in Ancient Egypt, and was followed by Peret and Shemu.[1]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ David P. Silverman, Ancient Egypt, Duncan Baird Publishers, London 1997. p.93
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