Book1. Death of the Old Pharaoh

By Olga Kryuchkova

Ancient Egypt. XIV century BC. Pharaoh Amenhotep III rules Egypt (Ta-Kemet). Fearing a conspiracy, he decides to move the capital of the kingdom from Memphis (Inebu-Hedj) to Avaris (Hut-Waret). He entrusts the construction of the royal palace in Avaris to his eldest son and heir Thutmose. The young prince finds the ruins of the legendary Behdet, in which the solar-like Ra once ruled. More precisely, he finds the ruins of the Basalt Palace, which was the Abode of the Gods in ancient times.
Thutmose comprehends ancient secrets with the help of the ‘The Book of Gateways’ and he sees the distant past. The priests proclaim him to be the living incarnation of Horus, the God of Light. Thutmose is at the pinnacle of glory. The priests give him the Golden Armor of Horus and the Ark of Might. This is the weapon of the divine Ra, with the help of which Osiris was avenged many centuries ago and the insidious Set was destroyed. The heir to the throne cannot even imagine how much these sacred artifacts can drastically change his life and influence the course of further events.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Olga Kryuchkova
• Release date: Aug 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215383322

Olga Kryuchkova

Olga Kryuchkova began her creative career in 2006. During this time, the author had more than 100 publications and reprints (historical novels, historical adventures, esotericism, art therapy, fantasy). A number of novels were co-written with Elena Kryuchkova.

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Book1

Death of the Old Pharaoh

Heroes of the Novel

Pharaoh's Family:

Thutmose IV is the ruler of Egypt (Ta-Kemet), Nubia, Eritrea and Libya.

Amenhotep III is the successor of Pharaoh Thutmose IV.

Tiye is the Queen, the wife of Amenhotep III.

Thutmose (Thutmose V) is the eldest son of Amenhotep III, erpator (heir to the throne, prince)

Nitopris is the daughter of the first adviser, first wife of Thutmose.

Ehnotep is the youngest son of Amenhotep III, later Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten).

Nefertiti is the first wife of Ehnotep, the daughter of the priest Aye.

Kiya is the second wife of Ehnotep, the daughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep III from a concubine.

Dignitaries, segers (noble subjects of the pharaoh), their wives and children:

Aye is the priest of the temple of Osiris, he is the father of Nefertiti; later he is the high priest of Inebu-Hedj (translated as ‘White Walls’); the city later became known as Memphis.

Khanu is the supreme tjaty (vizier), confidant of the pharaoh.

Raneb is the High Priest of Inebu-Hedj.

Djer is the commander of the palace guards.

Nefruri is Djer's daughter.

Memes is the First Councilor of the pharaoh.

Tauser is the wife of the First Councilor.

Kamose is the son of the First Councilor, the confidante of Thutmose.

Sepati is Kamose's wife.

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Khafre is a priest of the Ra temple in Yamu.

Khaba is the high priestess of the temple of Isis at Inebu-Hedj, the mistress of Raneb.

Miritra is the daughter of the priestess Khaba.

Anedjeti is the nomarch (prefect) of Yamu, the father of Sepati.

Semerkhet is one of the descendants of the god Ptah, the keeper of the Ark of Might (Ark of Divine Power) and the Golden Disc of Ra.

Farbis is the daughter of Semerkhet, who is a priestess of the goddess Wadjet (Wadjet was closely associated in ancient Egyptian religion with the Eye of Ra, a powerful protective deity).

Mut is the wife of Semerkhet, the priestess of the goddess Wadjet.

Nakhmin is the head of the military garrison of Elephantine.

Mermos is the governor of Nubia.

Raffia is the mistress of the pleasure house.

Ennana is a healer.

Itmos is a girl from Tiye's retinue.

Pent is the court physician.

Aso is the concubine of Majesut, king of Nubia; witch.

Hapshet is the daughter of Aso and Majesut, the concubine of Set, the king of Upper Egypt.

Panesius is the nomarch of Waset.

Neferheb is the high priest of the Temple of a Million Years in Abdju (later Abydos), one of the descendants of Shemsu-Horus (the Iron Warrior of the god Horus), the guardian of the divine scepter of Ra (Scepter is an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty).

Biridiya is the ruler of the lands of Per-Atum.

Intemi is the wife of Biridia.

Mizraim is an assistant, confidant of Biridia.

Saraim is a healer.

Aaron is the head of the Levi family.

Elishev is Aaron's wife.

Nadav is the eldest son of Aaron.

Miriam is Aaron's sister.

Hezron is Miriam's husband.

Servants of Art:

Parenefer is an architect.

Yuti is a sculptor.

Sesofris is an artist.

Gods (main pantheon):

Ra is the god of the sun. In accordance with Egyptian mythology, the god Ra gave birth to his children Shu and Tefnut from himself. But, in one version of the myth, Ra descended to Earth on the Golden Disc. It can be assumed that the children arrived with him. The descendants of Geb and Nut, and then the great-grandchildren, most likely, were already born on