God's land

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God's land in hieroglyphics
R8 N16
N25

ta-netjer
t3-nṯr
God's land

In ancient Egypt , the term God's land denoted geographical regions east of the country, especially the Arabian desert and Punt . It has appeared since the 11th dynasty . From the 18th dynasty it is also used for Lebanon and Sinai . Frequent trade products in the land of God are incense , resins , gold and woods . The main gods are Hathor and Horus .

literature

  • Hans Goedicke : God's Earth . In: Göttinger Miszellen (GM) . tape 166 , 1998, ISSN  0344-385X , p. 23-28 .
  • Alessandra Nibbi: Ancient Egypt and some eastern neighbors . Noyes Press, Park Ridge 1981, ISBN 0-8155-5062-6 .
  • Alessandra Nibbi: Punt within the Land of the God . In: Discussions in egyptology (DE) . tape 52 . National Westminster Bank, 2002, ISSN  0268-3083 , pp. 57-81 .
  • Jürgen Osing: God's land . In: Wolfgang Helck (Ed.): Lexicon of Egyptology . tape II . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-447-01876-3 , p. 815-816 .
  • Abdel-Aziz Saleh: Notes on the ancient Egyptian ta-netjer "God's Land" . In: Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (BIFAO) . tape 81 , 1981, ISSN  0255-0962 , pp. 107-117 .