Military Terms (modernized):
Team: 3 men.
Squad: 6–10 men.
Platoon: 30–50 men.
Company: 200–300 men.
Battalion: 900–1,200 men.
Division: 8,000–10,000 men.
Squadron: 10–50 chariots.
Egyptian Gods, Concepts, and Misc. Terms:
Ammit: Known as the “Devourer,” the personification of divine retribution and justice. The evil have their souls eaten by this hybrid demon of a lion, a hippo, and a crocodile.
Anubis: The god of death and dying, a major figure of the underworld.
Ba: The birdlike form that a person’s soul takes.
Hapi: A form of the river goddess, usually associated with a hippo.
Horus: The falcon-headed god of warriors, occasionally desert wind and storms, symbolizing power and authority.
Isis: The goddess of fertility and magic.
Khamsin: A massive dust storm that rolls across deserts and can last for days.
Nekhbet: Vulture god, a scavenger and poorly esteemed.
Osiris: Lord of the underworld.
Ra (Amon Re): The sun god, also known as the Chief of the Gods. His name changed variously through the ages when the Egyptian religion shifted, based on which line of pharaohs ruled.
Seth: The god of war, but negatively associated as such. Barbarism, chaos, and destruction. Frequently viewed as the chief antagonist of the other gods and of mankind.
Sobek: Crocodile god.
The Duat: The River of Night, where the sun god Ra takes his nightly journey, and where the dead journey.
Wadi: A creek or small streambed.