Beliefs connected to the sun formed a significant part of the ancient Egyptian religion. Even in the Old Kingdom there were a number of gods with solar aspects: Re, Khepri, Atum, Horus, Sokar, Akhti, Nemti, Nefertem, Weneg, or Shu. Their characteristics are mainly studied on the basis of religious texts, but theophoric anthroponyms may provide some additional insights. This study summarizes the personal names mentioning one of these divinities and attempts to investigate solar beliefs on the basis of this perspective. The analysis demonstrates that the majority of these gods were used as an element in the anthroponyms. On the other hand, some of them are not attested in the personal names at all: Khepri, Atum, Weneg, Shu. It seems that the reason for this lay in the fact that the ancient people perhaps needed deities who were able to help them in many matters of their lives. That is why they chose powerful and protective deities, whereas the more abstract served the theologians and royal sphere.
This article summarises the excavations of tomb AS 91, uncovered during the autumn season of 2016 at AbusirSouth. The mastaba was highly damaged and its superstructure had almost completely disappeared. Three shafts were detected in the mastaba core. Shafts 1 and 2 were rather shallow, but to the contrary, Shaft 3 was considerably deeper, and at its bottom, an unfinished burial chamber was hewn. The burial had been looted, but a few fragmentarily preserved human bones, a fairly high number of animal remains, and even two Barn Owl skeletons were collected there. The archaeological report is supported by an archaeozoological analysis of the animal remains and by an anthropological study of the fragmentary human bones.
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