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  Buto (Modern Tell el-Farein) in Egypt
In the North, Nekhen’s counterpart was Buto, which we believe is the area known as Tell el-Farain (meaning "mound of the pharaohs") today (though there is some uncertainty regarding this).
Evidence from Buto suggests that this northern land was first influenced by the style of pottery found in the south, and that later the region was enveloped by southern
Interestingly, while considerable ruins dating to predyanstic Egypt and Egypt's late period exist at Buto, there is little to suggest that Buto was any more then a small village during most of the Old and Middle Kingdom periods.
www.touregypt.net /featurestories/buto.htm   (1225 words)

  
  Buto - Excavation of a settlement mound in the Nile Delta
Buto - Excavation of a settlement mound in the Nile Delta
When the excavations at Buto started, the main goal was to investigate and to clarify the significance of the site in predynastic and early dynastic periods.
Important questions include the relations between Lower and Upper Egyptian predynastic cultures as well as the process of unification of both parts of the country which led to the emergence of the early Pharaonic state.Another crucial point of the current investigations is the development of the city during the last five millennia.
www.dainst.org /index_52_en.html   (1106 words)

  
 Buto . Enpsychlopedia
Buto stood on the Sebennytic arm of the Nile, near its mouth, and on the southern shore of the Butic Lake.
At Buto there was also a sanctuary of Horus (associated by the ancient Greeks with Apollo) and of Bastet (associated with Artemis).
18, 38.) The shrewmouse was worshipped at Buto.
www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Buto   (333 words)

  
 Ancient Egypt: the Mythology - Buto
Buto was a cobra-goddess whose original home and cult center was in the Delta of the Nile at Per-Uatchit.
Buto was a personification of the sun's burning heat and she was called the "Lady of Heaven" and the queen of all of the gods.
Buto was depicted in art as a woman wearing the uraeus or the Red Crown of Lower Egypt.
www.egyptianmyths.net /buto.htm   (300 words)

  
 valkyyria.net - Suomalainen mytologiasivusto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Buto kuvattiin kobran hahmossa, jolla saattoi olla siivet tai kruunu päässään.
Buto esitettiin uhkaavassa asennossa, aivan kuin hän olisi valmiina sylkemään myrkkyä faaraon vihollisen silmiin ja polttamaan nämä tulisella katseellaan.
Buto pystyi ehkäpä myös toimimaan faaraota vastaan, sillä hänen myrkyllinen puremansa saattoi olla Anubiksen apuvälineenä faaraon kuolemanhetkellä.
www.valkyyria.net /egypti/buto.php   (229 words)

  
 Buto
The snake-goddess of the ancient Egyptian oracle in Buto and tutelary goddess of Lower Egypt (the Delta of the Nile).
Buto gave nourishment to both children of Isis.
Article "Buto" created on 05 March 1997; last modified on 22 June 1997 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/b/buto.html   (111 words)

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