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1. Maa Kheru	(another name for Maakheru)	1
2. Maakheru	1 -- Maakheru and Maatkheru (maah and maaht-tcheh-roo') are the male and female terms from K…	1
3. Maat	Maat was a goddess of justice, harmony, law and order. During the weighing of the heart ceremony …	4
4. Maāt	(another name for Maat)	4
5. Maatkheru	(another name for Maakheru)	1
6. Mafdet	In early Egyptian mythology, Mafdet (also spelled Maftet) is depicted as a woman with the head of…	1
7. Mandulis	Manulis was a sun god of Lower (northern) Nubia. He is usually depicted wearing a crown of ram ho…	2
8. Manetho	Manetho was a Graeco-Egyptian priest in the Temple of Heliopolis. He was born in Sebennytos (in t…	2
9. Manu	An Indian sage of old who wrote a work for the guidance of kings in good government. E.g., Cv.lxxx.9…	4
10. Mastaba	Rectangular tomb-chapel belonging to Ancient Egypt, beginning to be constructed from the earliest…	1
11. Mayet	(another name for Maat)	4
12. Mehen	In Ancient Egypt, Mehen is both what appears to be a mythological character snake-god and a game.…	2
13. Meḥt-Urt	A goddess created by Rā.	1
14. Mehyt	Papyrus Clump (Mehyt); The Mehyt, or Papyrus flourished along the banks of the Nile, and it was a…	1
15. Memphis	Memphis was the ancient capital of Aneb-Hetch (Egypt). The city was founded by the pharaoh Menes …	5
16. Menȧt	Menet (Menat, Menit); The Menet was a heavy collared "necklace" worn by the eli…	3
17. Menat	(another name for Menȧt)	3
18. Menat	(another name for Menȧt)	3
19. Menes	(another name for Narmer)	3
20. Menet	(another name for Menȧt)	3
21. Menhit	In Egyptian mythology, Menhit (also spelt Menchit) was originally a foreign war goddess. Her name…	1
22. Menit	(another name for Menȧt)	3
23. Menkaure	Grandson of Khufu.	8
24. Menke	(another name for Menkaure)	8
25. Meretseger	In Egyptian mythology, Meretseger (also spelt Mertseger), meaning 'she who loves silence…	2
26. Mesenet	(another name for Meskhenet)	3
27. Meshkent	(another name for Meskhenet)	3
28. Meskhenet	In Ancient Egyptian mythology, Meskhenet was the goddess of childbirth, and the creator of each c…	3
29. Meskhent	(another name for Meskhenet)	3
30. Metut	The metut (Hieroglypic symbol) of the eye represents both 'law' (maa) and 'love�…	1
31. Monkey	In ancient Egypt, monkeys were a favorite household pet. Paintings in the tombs depicted pet monk…	1
32. Monthu	Monthu was originally a local solar/war god from upper Egypt at Hermonthis (city of the sun). Dur…	1
33. Montu	Montu was a solar hawk god and a god of war. His name is thought to derive from the term for a no…	1
34. Montuhotep	(another name for Montuhotep I)	1
35. Montuhotep	(another name for Montuhotep I)	1
36. Montuhotep I	Montuhotep Tepy-a was a nomarch of Thebes during the Eleventh Dynasty (at the end of the First In…	1
37. Montuhotep I	Montuhotep Tepy-a was a nomarch of Thebes during the Eleventh Dynasty (at the end of the First In…	1
38. Montuhotep I	Montuhotep Tepy-a was a nomarch of Thebes during the Eleventh Dynasty (at the end of the First In…	1
39. Montuhotep I	Montuhotep Tepy-a was a nomarch of Thebes during the Eleventh Dynasty (at the end of the First In…	1
40. Montuhotep II	Montuhotep (Mentuhotep II, Montjuhotep II, Montjuhotpe II, Mentuhotpe II) Nebhepetre (Nebhetepre)…	1
41. Montuhotep II	Montuhotep (Mentuhotep II, Montjuhotep II, Montjuhotpe II, Mentuhotpe II) Nebhepetre (Nebhetepre)…	1
42. Montuhotep II	Montuhotep (Mentuhotep II, Montjuhotep II, Montjuhotpe II, Mentuhotpe II) Nebhepetre (Nebhetepre)…	1
43. Montuhotep II	Montuhotep (Mentuhotep II, Montjuhotep II, Montjuhotpe II, Mentuhotpe II) Nebhepetre (Nebhetepre)…	1
44. Montuhotep Nebhepetre	(another name for Montuhotep II)	1
45. Montuhotep Nebhepetre	(another name for Montuhotep II)	1
46. Montuhotep Tepy A	(another name for Montuhotep I)	1
47. Montuhotep Tepy A	(another name for Montuhotep I)	1
48. Mummification	Although mummification was available to everyone during the New Kingdom from 1539-1070 BCE, it wa…	2
49. Mummy	A mummy was the body of a deceased person that had been preserved by the process of mummification…	1
50. Mummy Mask	A mask portraying the likeness of the dead person so that the "Ba" and &quo…	1
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51. Mut	Mut is the consort of the chief god Amun of Thebes and for that reason she is regarded as the sym…	1
52. Mycerinus	(another name for Menkaure)	8
53. Mykerinos	(another name for Menkaure)	8

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