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  1. Ancient Egypt: Ancient Egypt as a general historical term broadly refers to the civilization of the Nile Valley between the First Cataract and the mouths of the Nile Delta, from circa 3300 B.C.E. until the conquest of Alexander the Great ... [100%] 2023-02-03
  2. Ancient Egypt: Ancient Egypt was an historical period in Egypt spanning from about 3100 BCE to 332 BCE, at which point its kings became decidedly Macedonian. During this period, the Nile River Valley became the birthplace and center of one of the ... [100%] 2024-01-22 [Ancient Egypt] [Ancient history]...
  3. Ancient Egypt: Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt. Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BC (according ... (Northeastern African civilization) [100%] 2023-12-26 [Ancient Egypt] [Bronze Age civilizations]...
  4. Ancient Egypt: Ancient Egypt was an historical period in Egypt spanning from about 3100 BCE to 332 BCE, at which point its kings became decidedly Macedonian. During this period, the Nile River Valley became the birthplace and center of one of the ... [100%] 2023-12-19 [Ancient Egypt] [Ancient history]...
  5. Ancient Egypt: Egypt has been inhabited for the past ten thousand years, from prehistoric Egypt, and its ancient culture was one of the most important in antiquity, producing monuments like the Sphinx and pyramids. It was first united around 3200 BCE, by ... [100%] 2023-10-09
  6. Ancient Egypt: Ancient Egypt as a general historical term broadly refers to the civilization of the Nile Valley between the First Cataract and the mouths of the Nile Delta, from circa 3300 B.C.E. until the conquest of Alexander the Great ... [100%] 2023-02-04
  7. Ancient Egypt: The Ancient Egyptian civilisation flourished in the Nile Valley from the late 4th millennium BC, until its absorption into the Roman empire in 30 BC. After this time Ancient Egyptian culture and religion continued to flourish in Egypt until a ... [100%] 2023-02-15 [Ancient Egypt] [Egypt]...
  8. Ancient Egypt: Egypt is a country in North Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea, and is home to one of the oldest civilizations on earth. The name 'Egypt' comes from the Greek Aegyptos which was the Greek pronunciation of the ancient Egyptian name ... [100%] 2009-09-02
  9. Ancient Egypt (magazine): Ancient Egypt is a magazine that deals with the subject of Egyptology. It is published bi-monthly. (Magazine) [81%] 2023-12-18 [2000 establishments in the United Kingdom] [Archaeology magazines]...
  10. Pets in Ancient Egypt: Pets were very important to the ancient Egyptians and considered gifts from the gods to be cared for until their death when they were expected to be returned to the divine realm from which they had come. In life, pets ... [70%] 2016-03-18
  11. Weapons in Ancient Egypt: The ancient Egyptian military is often imagined in modern films and other media as a heavily armed and disciplined fighting force equipped with powerful weapons. This depiction, however, is only true of the Egyptian army of the New Kingdom (c ... [70%] 2017-03-22
  12. Magic in Ancient Egypt: In ancient Egypt, if a woman were having difficulty conceiving a child, she might spend an evening in a Bes Chamber (also known as an incubation chamber) located within a temple. Bes was the god of childbirth, sexuality, fertility, among ... [70%] 2017-02-24
  13. Jobs in Ancient Egypt: In ancient Egypt, the people sustained the government and the government reciprocated. Egypt had no cash economy until the coming of the Persians in 525 BCE. The people worked the land, the government collected the bounty and then distributed it ... [70%] 2017-05-24
  14. Ghosts in Ancient Egypt: A text known as The Lay of the Harper, dating from the Middle Kingdom (2040-1782 BCE) encourages its audience to make the most of the time because death is a certainty:... [70%] 2016-10-30
  15. Trade in Ancient Egypt: Trade has always been a vital aspect of any civilization whether at the local or international level. However many goods one has, whether as an individual, a community, or a country, there will always be something one lacks and will ... [70%] 2017-06-15
  16. Women in Ancient Egypt: One of the central values of ancient Egyptian civilization, arguably the central value, was ma'at - the concept of harmony and balance in all aspects of one's life. This ideal was the most important duty observed by the pharaoh ... [70%] 2016-11-04
  17. Color in Ancient Egypt: The ancient Egyptians had a great appreciation for life which is clearly depicted through their art. Images of people enjoying themselves - whether in this life or the next - are as plentiful as those most often seen of the gods or ... [70%] 2017-01-08
  18. Mummification in Ancient Egypt: The practice of mummifying the dead began in ancient Egypt c. 3500 BCE. The English word mummy comes from the Latin mumia which is derived from the Persian mum meaning 'wax' and refers to an embalmed corpse which was wax ... [70%] 2017-02-14
  19. Festivals in Ancient Egypt: The gods of the ancient Egyptians were always apparent to the people through natural events. The sunrise was Ra emerging from the underworld in his great ship, for example, and the moon was the god Khonsu traveling across the night ... [70%] 2017-03-17
  20. Labor in Ancient Egypt: The status of manual laborers in Ancient Egypt is one of the most commonly misunderstood aspects of Pharaonic society. A prominent feature of the Egyptian labor system was the use of a corvee. [70%] 2023-02-19 [Ancient Egypt]
  21. Gratitude in Ancient Egypt: The central cultural value of ancient Egypt was ma'at – harmony and balance – which maintained the order of the universe and the lives of the people. Keeping balance in one's life encouraged the same in one's family and ... [70%] 2020-05-06
  22. Periodization of Ancient Egypt: The Periodization of Ancient Egypt is the use of periodization to organize the 3,000-year history of Ancient Egypt. The system of 30 dynasties recorded by third-century BC Greek-speaking Egyptian priest Manetho is still in use today ... (History) [70%] 2023-11-24 [Periodization] [Historiography]...
  23. Death in Ancient Egypt: To the ancient Egyptians, death was not the end of life but only the beginning of the next phase in an individual's eternal journey. There was no word in ancient Egyptian which corresponds to the concept of "death" as ... [70%] 2017-04-26
  24. Tattoos in Ancient Egypt: Tattoos are an ancient form of art appearing in various cultures throughout history. One of the earliest (and possibly the oldest) pattern of tattoos in the world was discovered on the frozen remains of the man known as Otzi the ... [70%] 2017-01-09
  25. Police in Ancient Egypt: In any society, members of the community recognize they are required to restrain certain impulses in order to participate in the community. Every civilization has had some form of law which makes clear that the benefits of peaceful coexistence with ... [70%] 2017-07-21
  26. Dogs in Ancient Egypt: The dog as "man's best friend" has a long history going back to the ages long before the civilization of ancient Egypt was established but the Egyptians were among the earliest people to recognize the value of the dog ... [70%] 2017-03-13
  27. Beer in Ancient Egypt: Considering the value the ancient Egyptians placed on enjoying life, it is no surprise that they are known as the first civilization to perfect the art of brewing beer. The Egyptians were so well known as brewers, in fact, that ... [70%] 2017-03-16
  28. Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: The popular view of life in ancient Egypt is often that it was a death-obsessed culture in which powerful pharaohs forced the people to labor at constructing pyramids and temples and, at an unspecified time, enslaved the Hebrews for ... [63%] 2016-09-21
  29. Female Physicians in Ancient Egypt: A famous story from Greece relates how a young woman named Agnodice wished to become a doctor in Athens but found this forbidden. In fact, a woman practicing medicine in Athens in the 4th century BCE faced the death penalty ... [63%] 2017-02-22
  30. Tomb Robbing in Ancient Egypt: The tombs of the great kings and nobles of Egypt were built to safeguard the corpse and possessions of the deceased for eternity and yet, while many have endured for thousands of years, their contents often disappeared relatively quickly. Tomb ... [63%] 2017-07-17
  31. Mayet (ancient Egypt): Mayet (also Miiut and Miit, meaning the cat) was an ancient Egyptian girl buried in the mortuary temple of King Mentuhotep II (reigned c. 2061 BC – 2010 BC) at Deir el-Bahari. (Ancient Egypt) [81%] 2023-12-30 [21st-century BC Egyptian people] [21st-century BC women]...
  32. Alexandria, Egypt—Ancient: Historic city situated on the Mediterranean sea; fourteen miles west of the Canopic mouth of the Nile. The history of the Jews of Alexandria dates from the foundation of the city by Alexander the Great, 332 B., at which they ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
  33. Memphis (Ancient Egypt): Memphis was one of the oldest and most important cities in ancient Egypt, located at the entrance to the Nile River Valley near the Giza plateau. It served as the capital of ancient Egypt and an important religious cult center ... [81%] 2016-09-20
  34. Vizier (Ancient Egypt): The vizier (/vɪˈzɪər, ˈvɪz.jər/) was the highest official in ancient Egypt to serve the pharaoh (king) during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. Vizier is the generally accepted rendering of ancient Egyptian tjati, tjaty etc., among Egyptologists. (Social) [81%] 2024-01-11 [Positions of authority]
  35. Reporter (Ancient Egypt): La Coppa Italia 2012-2013 è stata la 44ª edizione della principale coppa nazionale italiana di hockey su pista. La competizione ha avuto dal 19 ottobre al 4 dicembre 2012. (Ancient Egypt) [81%] 2024-02-29 [Ancient Egyptian titles]
  36. Slavery in ancient Egypt: Slavery in ancient Egypt existed at least since the Old Kingdom period. Discussions of slavery in Pharaonic Egypt are complicated by terminology used by the Egyptians to refer to different classes of servitude over the course of dynastic history; interpretation ... (none) [70%] 2023-11-04 [Ancient Egyptian society] [New Kingdom of Egypt]...
  37. Cats in ancient Egypt: In ancient Egypt, cats were represented in social and religious scenes dating as early as 1980 BC. Several ancient Egyptian deities were depicted and sculptured with cat-like heads such as Mafdet, Bastet and Sekhmet, representing justice, fertility, and power ... (Worshipped animals of Egypt) [70%] 2023-12-20 [Ancient Egyptian culture] [Felids and humans]...
  38. History of ancient Egypt: The history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 39 BC. The pharaonic period, the period in which Egypt was ruled by a pharaoh ... (Aspect of history) [70%] 2024-01-12 [Ancient Egypt]
  39. Art of ancient Egypt: Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from Prehistoric Egypt until the Christianization of Roman Egypt. It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories ... (Art produced by the Ancient Egyptian civilization) [70%] 2024-01-12 [Art of ancient Egypt] [Egyptian art]...
  40. Slavery in ancient Egypt: Slavery in ancient Egypt existed at least since the New Kingdom (1550-1175 BC). Discussions of slavery in Pharaonic Egypt are complicated by terminology used by the Egyptians to refer to different classes of servitude over the course of dynastic ... (History) [70%] 2023-10-06 [Classical antiquity]

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