[205] Kha-kau-ra, "Glory of the Kas of the Sun," was the principal name that Usertesen III., following the custom of the Pharaohs, adopted on his accession to the throne. "Horus, Divine of Beings," was the separate name for his royal Ka assumed at the same time. The Ka of a person was his ghostly Double, before and after death, and to the Egyptian this shadowy constituent of the whole being had a very distinct existence.
[206] I. e., Upper and Lower Egypt.
[207] To the Egyptian the world was inhabited by nine races of men.
[208] Sekhemt, a goddess represented with the head of a lioness, the embodiment of the devastating power of the Sun and of the wrath of Ra. See p. 5240.
[209] "Pat" seems to be a name for mankind, or perhaps for the inhabitants of Egypt.
[210] We speak of the "head" as the seat of the intellect; to the Egyptians it was the "heart."
[211] Ancestor worship being universal in Egypt, the endowments for funerary services and offerings for the deceased kings must have been very large.
[212] The "Double Crown" was that of Upper and Lower Egypt.
[213] The Reed and the Hornet were the symbols of Upper and Lower Egypt respectively.
[214] The "Black Land" is the alluvial of Egypt, the "Red Land" is its sandy border.