Ancient Egypt

Egyptian civilization from the 4th millennium BC

historical state in Mesopotamia

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right|thumb|Example of a mastaba, the Mastabat al-Fir'aun of [[Shepseskaf]] A mastaba ( , or ), also mastabah or mastabat) is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides, constructed out of mudbricks or limestone. These edifices marked the burial sites of many eminent Egyptians during Egypt's Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom. Non-royal use of mastabas continued for over a thousand years.

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thumb|An elderly Bengalis|Bengali man in [[Dhaka with a beard dyed in henna]]

thumb|300px|The Sherden in battle as depicted at Medinet Habu (temple)|Medinet Habu The Sherden (Egyptian: šrdn, šꜣrdꜣnꜣ or šꜣrdynꜣ; Ugaritic: šrdnn(m) and trtn(m); possibly Akkadian: šêrtânnu; also glossed "Shardana" or "Sherdanu") are one of the several ethnic groups the Sea Peoples were said to be composed of, appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records (ancient Egyptian and Ugaritic) from the Eastern Mediterranean in the late 2nd millennium BC.

thumb|upright|Traditional Egyptian fanous lanterns in [[Cairo, Egypt, celebrating Ramadan]]

The tomb-chapel of Nebamun, an ancient Egyptian scribe, located at Thebes

The simsimiyya (Arabic: سمسمية or سنسمية simsimyya/sinsimiyya; pl. simsimiyyāt/sinsimiyyāt, سمسميات) is a box or bowl lyre used in Egypt. Models exist with both circular soundboxes as well as rectangular. In the past, Egyptian models had 5 strings. The strings are held in place by pegs instead of tuning rings. Today, images of the instrument in Egypt may show 12 strings. It has been played since ancient times.

system of measurement used in Ancient Egypt

The shendyt (šnḏyt, Schenti, Schent, Shent, Skent) was a type of loincloth similar to a skirt. It was a kilt-like garment worn in ancient Egypt. It was made of cloth and was worn around the waist, typically extending to above the knees. Shendyts are depicted on pharaohs, deities, and commoners in a variety of situations in Egyptian artwork.

Uronarti is an island and archaeological site in the Nile just south of the Second Cataract in the north of Sudan. The site features a massive ancient fortress that still stands on its northern end. This fortress is one of many constructed along the Nile in Lower Nubia during the Middle Kingdom, beginning under the reign of Senusret I.

question of the race of ancient Egyptians

cemetery in Egypt

18th-dynasty inscriptions at Karnak

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term in antiquity describing a venomous snake in the Nile region

thumb|Pluto holding a bident in a woodcut from the Gods and Goddesses series of Hendrick Goltzius (1588–1589)

cemetery in Egypt

symbolic objects of the royalty of Ancient Egypt

Egyptian harbour

thumb|30th Dynasty mudbricks excavated in [[Luxor. Ancient mudbricks are a common source of sebakh.]] Sebakh (, less commonly transliterated as sebbakh) is an Arabic word that translates to "fertilizer". In English, the term is primarily used to describe decomposed mudbricks from archaeological sites, which is an organic material that can be employed both as an agricultural fertilizer and as a fuel for fires.

campaign coordinated by UNESCO to record and/or save archaeological sites and monuments in Nubia 1960-1980

book by Karl Richard Lepsius; scientific documentation of the Prussian expedition of 1842-1845

Wah-Sut (, meaning Enduring are the places of Khakaure justified in Abydos) is a town located south of Abydos in Middle Egypt. The name of the town indicates that it was originally built as an outlying part of Abydos, set up by the Egyptian state as housing for the people working in and around the funerary complex of pharaoh Senusret III (fl. c. 1850 BCE) of the Twelfth Dynasty, at the peak of the Middle Kingdom.

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a type of sheep in ancient southern Egypt and Nubia

archaeological site in Egypt