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Ancient Khem, also known as Ancient Egypt

A pulp/Lovecraftian setting in Ancient Egypt, populated with hidden histories, buried tombs, mummy's curses, fringe history and archaeology, weird science, and the like.

Supporting Materials (if any)

Character Sheet

• (none at this time; a Dreamlands character sheet would likely work just fine)

Description

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A pulp/Lovecraftian setting in Ancient Egypt, populated with hidden histories, buried tombs, mummy's curses, fringe history and archaeology, weird science, and the like.

History/Background

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Life in Setting

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Valley of Hadoth

The sealed and unknown Valley of Hadoth by the Nile, beneath which were carved the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka.

Rock Tombs of Neb

TO_DO The Rock Tombs of Neb.

Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

Beneath the Valley of Hadoth lay the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka, a Hollow Earth location carved in prehistory from the living rock beneath modern Egypt, "where Nitokris plays". The catacombs one housed a temple of a cult led by the temple's builder, Nephren-Ka, and now house silent legions of reanimated Children of the Sphinx, shuffling endlessly in the darkness, in service to a gigantic tomb of the model of the original Sphinx, the nightmare face of which was stricken from the monument, and later recarved in the likeness of King Khephren. Entrances to the catacombs could be once be found in the Pyramids and in the secret chambers beneath the Sphinx, but the entrances were sealed at different periods in history by Kings Sneferu and Akhenaten.

Valley of Hadoth

The Valley of Hadoth (a "sealed" valley near the Nile, beneath which lie the catacombs of Nephren-Ka)]]

Pyramids

the Great Pyramids, built as tomb monuments for the Kingly Dead.

Sphinx

The monumental Sphinx was a horror with an inhuman face carved in antediluvian history in the likeness of a titanic, long-extinct monster, suspected of being an Avatar of Nyarlathotep. The monument was later "defaced" by Sneferu at the end of the reign of Npehren-Ka, who had unearthed and restored the Sphinx after it spoke to him in a dream. King Khephren would later have the defaced Sphinx's appearance altered to look like himself, as part of his attempt to restore the cult of Nyarlathotep.

Twisted Pyramid

The Twisted Pyramid or Lost Pyramid was Nephren-Ka's monument to himself, within which the Black Pharaoh retreated at the end of his reign and was entombed by Sneferu, the pyramid apparently banished from the Earth or buried by magic since it can no longer be found on Earth; it may be located in the Dreamlands. It is sometimes confused with the Bent Pyramid of Dahshur, which was built by Sneferu, though if these two pyramids are actually the same monument, no remains of Nephren-Ka have been found beneath them, nor any evidence of the prophecies of the future which Nephren-Ka is said to have inscribed upon the walls within while awaiting his fate at the hands of Sneferu and the Black Pharaoh's rebellious subjects; these carvings are said to be a prophecy of a time to come when the crypts of the Twisted Pyramid shall be torn open and the reign of Nephren-Ka would be restored on Earth in the name of Nyralathotep, his Lord, when the mummified armies of the Underworld shamble and shuffle forth to herald the return of their King.

Irem, City of Pillars

See Irem or City of Pillars.

Namess City

See Nameless City or The Nameless City (TO_DO - pick one, fix links, redirect otherwise; alternatively, one should be reserved to the Quake level and the other for the Lovecraftian location; "The Nameless City (fiction)" to be used for the short story.)

Associated Mythos Elements

• races:
  • Cats
  • Typhonian Beast
  • Child of the Sphinx
  • Ghoul
  • Reptile Person
  • Mummy
  • Petesouchi
• deities:
  • Gods of Egypt, especially Bast, Osiris, Anumbis, Thoth, Set, Isis
  • Nyarlathotep
• tomes/artifacts:
  • Scroll of Thoth
  • Egyptian Book of the Dead
• cults/organizations:
  • Cult of Nephren-Ka
  • Brotherhood of the Beast
  • Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh
  • see also: Church of Starry Wisdom
• characters:
  • Nephren-Ka and his reincarnation, Nophru-Ka
  • Kai of Ancient Khem
  • Ardeth Bey, Kharis (famous movie mummies)
  • Nitokris
  • Khephren (a real person)
  • Akhenaten and Seferu (real people with only minor roles in the Mythos)
• Other:
  • ritual: Feast of Nitokris, held beneath the Pyramids
  • artifact Tanis Leaves, used in rituals involving the reanimation of mummies

References

• • "Under the Pyramids (fiction)"
  • "The Outsider (fiction)"
  • "The Haunter of the Dark (fiction)"
• film:
  • The Mummy (1932 film)
  • (TO_DO - there were numerous mummy-themed gothic horror and fantasy films)