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Notes on Terminology
nless otherwise indicated, when I refer to the Bible, I am referring to the English
translation known as the King James Version or KJV. The myths discussed in this
book are all based on that translation.
When writing about ancient Egypt, one is inevitably faced with the problem of
how to transliterate Egyptian names into English. Egyptologists have not agreed upon
a convention for doing so. The chief difficulty is the lack of vowels in ancient Egyptian.
This leads, for instance, to many writers referring to a particular Egyptian deity as
“Amen,” where others use“Amun,” and still others prefer“Amon.”
Then there is the matter of Greek. Many early Egyptologists obtained much of
their information from the classical Greek writers, who transliterated Egyptian names
into their own tongue. Since these were the first versions of the known names, many
Egyptologists continued to use the Greek renditions and still do today. So, for example,
Egypt’s famous Fourth Dynasty pyramid builders, Khufwey, Khafre, and Menkaure,
are better known by their Greek variations, Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus.
For purposes of this manuscript, when engaged in my own commentary, I will
generally adhere to the usage followed by Sir Alan Gardiner in his Egypt of the
Pharaohs. When quoting from the works of another writer, I will retain that
writer’s usage.