This old Egyptian word means ‘corn, grain’, and it is also the name of the god personifying grains. He is regarded as the son of the ‘food-snake’ → Renenutet, and offers hope to the dead as ‘he who lives, after he...

A neper (Symbol: Np) is a unit of ratio. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use alongside the SI. It is used to express ratios, such as gain and loss, and relative values. The name is derived from John Napier, the inventor of logarithms. Like the...