The name of the Cheops pyramid, Akhet Khufu, is generally translated as the Khufu's horizon. It is necessary to stress that Akhet, in the name of Khufu s pyramid, is written with the hieroglyph of the crested ibis Akh, G25 of Gardiner s list, which means spirit. It is not written with the symbol of the sun on horizon, N27 of Gardiner s list. This is clearly shown by the papyri discovered in 2013 at Wady al-Jarf. These papyri are contemporary of Khufu s reign. Even after the evidence of these papyri, Akhet Khufu continues to be rendered as Khufu s horizon. Other interpretations of the term Akhet exist. For instance, the use of Akhet written with the crested ibis is attested in a King Pepi II letter to his vizier Herkhuf, three centuries after Khufu, to indicate the land of the Horizon Dwellers. Schiaparelli, 1892, translated as the land of the Spiriti Beati. We will show further examples of the use of the crested ibis Akh, beyond the name of Khufu s pyramid and the land mentioned by Pepi II. We will consider also the name of Akhenaton, where the crested ibis persists to indicate the glory. The presence of this word is shown by Schiaparelli in Pepi II’s letter. In the name of Akhetaten, the city of Akhenaton, we find a true horizon, that of the Sun Disk, the sun as a physical object. This work is proposed as a supplement to my https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20407, published in arXiv, due to presence, in the e-print archive, of papers regarding the Cheops (Khufu) pyramid, where Akhet is linked with the wrong sign N27.
The Egyptian Hieroglyph of the Crested Ibis, from the Cheops' pyramid (Akhet Khufu) to the Akhenaten's Glory of Aten / Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina. - ELETTRONICO. - (2025). [10.5281/zenodo.14587114]
The Egyptian Hieroglyph of the Crested Ibis, from the Cheops' pyramid (Akhet Khufu) to the Akhenaten's Glory of Aten
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
2025
Abstract
The name of the Cheops pyramid, Akhet Khufu, is generally translated as the Khufu's horizon. It is necessary to stress that Akhet, in the name of Khufu s pyramid, is written with the hieroglyph of the crested ibis Akh, G25 of Gardiner s list, which means spirit. It is not written with the symbol of the sun on horizon, N27 of Gardiner s list. This is clearly shown by the papyri discovered in 2013 at Wady al-Jarf. These papyri are contemporary of Khufu s reign. Even after the evidence of these papyri, Akhet Khufu continues to be rendered as Khufu s horizon. Other interpretations of the term Akhet exist. For instance, the use of Akhet written with the crested ibis is attested in a King Pepi II letter to his vizier Herkhuf, three centuries after Khufu, to indicate the land of the Horizon Dwellers. Schiaparelli, 1892, translated as the land of the Spiriti Beati. We will show further examples of the use of the crested ibis Akh, beyond the name of Khufu s pyramid and the land mentioned by Pepi II. We will consider also the name of Akhenaton, where the crested ibis persists to indicate the glory. The presence of this word is shown by Schiaparelli in Pepi II’s letter. In the name of Akhetaten, the city of Akhenaton, we find a true horizon, that of the Sun Disk, the sun as a physical object. This work is proposed as a supplement to my https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20407, published in arXiv, due to presence, in the e-print archive, of papers regarding the Cheops (Khufu) pyramid, where Akhet is linked with the wrong sign N27.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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