Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods offers a new
interpretation of the terms Dt and nHH as fundamental concepts of
Pharaonic ideology. The terms Dt and nHH have often been treated as
synonyms reflecting notions related to the vastness of time.
However, from the study of original source material - the texts and
iconography compiled over some three millennia and authored by
those who surely had complete understanding of their subject matter
- it becomes clear that those modern interpretations are somewhat
questionable. Clues to the connotations which may be ascribed to Dt
and nHH are perhaps most clearly apparent in texts and imagery from
the reign of Tutankhamun - a time of political upheaval during
which it was more than usually important to express traditional
mores with clarity to demonstrate a return to the well-established
ideology underpinning pharaonic culture prior to the Amarna
interlude. Testing those indications against the wider range of
extant literary material confirms that Dt and nHH were neither
synonyms, nor were they entirely temporal in nature, but rather
referenced a duality of ontological conditions which together were
fundamental to the fabric of pharaonic ideology. The reappraisal of
this duality of conditions allows the many texts and iconographic
depictions surviving from dynastic Egypt to be considered from a
new perspective - one providing deeper insight into the character
of pharaonic culture. Moreover, it becomes apparent that the
influences of an ideology which evolved during times pre-dating the
pyramid builders permeated the philosophical and theological
treaties of the scholars of ancient Greece and Rome, and thence
into more recent times. At least two great gods may live on.
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