Look up: Akhet

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   Akhet
   This was the horizon from which the sun emerged and disappeared. The horizon thus embodied the idea of both sunrise and sunset. It is similar to the two peaks of the Djew or mountain symbol with a solar disk in the center. Both the beginning and the end of each day was guarded by Aker, a double lion god. In the New Kingdom, Harmakhet ('Horus in the Horizon') became the god of the rising and setting sun. He was pictured as a falcon, or as a sphinx with the body of a lion. The Great Sphinx of Giza is an example of 'Horus in the Horizon'.
   Found on http://www.egyptartsite.com/glossary.htm
   
   
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   Akhet
   `Akhet` has several meanings: * An album by Belgian industrial music band Klinik; see Akhet (album). * In Ancient Egyptian, the place where the sun rises and sets; often translated as `horizon` or `mountain of light`. It is included in names like `Akhet Khufu` (Ancient Egyptian name for the Great Pyramid) and Akhetaten. * The first of three seasons of the ancient Egyptian calendar--the inundation season. This was the time of the Egyptian calenda...
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   akhet
   (from the article `Egypt`) ...the Nile rested the prosperity, the very continuity, of the land. The three seasons of the Egyptian year were even named after the land conditions ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/35