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- Abu Simbel (4501 bytes)
1: [[Image:Abu_Simbel_3.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Abu Simbel Image provided by [ht...
2: [[Image:Abu_Simbel_2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A bay of Lake Nasser and the te...
3: [[Image:Lake_Nasser.jpg|thumb|200px|Abu Simbel Image provided by [http://...
4: ...prises two massive rock [[temple]]s in southern [[Egypt]], built on the western bank of the [[Nile|River ...
30: [[Image:Abu_simbel6.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The temples of Abu Simbel.Image... - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
1: [[image:Papyrus.jpg|thumb|right|Blank papyrus. Close-up of the surfac...
2: ...] (at least as far back as the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First dynasty]]), but it was also widely used thr...
7: ...y, Greek ''papuros'' has no known relation to any Egyptian word or phrase.
11: ....Papyrus.01.jpg|thumb|left|350px|A section of the Egyptian [[Book of the Dead]] written on papyrus]]
15: ...eyond repair, but papyri are still being found in Egypt; extraordinary examples include the [[Elephantine... - Cyperus papyrus (4281 bytes)
2: ...{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Cyperus papyrus6.jpg|200px|Cyperus papyrus]] | caption = ''Cyperus pap...
32: ...ge|English]] is widely believed to have come from Egyptian, but this is likely a [[folk etymology]]. ''Cy...
34: ... actually have been involved in the multiple uses Egyptians found for the plant. Its flowering heads were... - Senet (1763 bytes)
1: ...rd game|board game]] from [[Ancient Egypt|ancient Egypt]].
7: ...ecause of the element of luck in the game and the Egyptian belief in determinism, it was believed that a ... - Boat (6417 bytes)
7: |[[Image:Boats.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Indonesian transport on Seram, ...
9: |[[Image:Greece-boat.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Tourist schooner in Greece]...
11: |[[Image:Halong bay boat 841.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Fishing Boat, Halong Bay Vietna...
77: [[image:badewannenrennen.jpg|thumbnail|190px|right|Bathtub racing on a pond in...
103: Image:Barge_holland_ack.jpg - Pyramid of Djoser (952 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|left|Ancient Egypt Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart...
3: [[Image:Pyramid of djozer 01.jpg|248px|none|]]<small>''The Step Pyramid''</small>
6: ...opolis to the northwest of the city of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]].
8: This first [[History of Egypt|Egyptian]] pyramid consisted of six [[mastaba]]s (of de... - Egyptian pyramids (20601 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://cla...
3: ... bank of the river, the land where the Sun rises. Egyptians built the pyramids on the west bank of the Ri...
7: [[Image:PyramidDatePalms.JPG|left|222px|thumb|The Great Pyramid of Giza in a 1...
10: By the time of the early Dynastic period of Egyptian history, those with sufficient means were buri...
11: ... pyramids were built as "tombs and tombs only" as Egyptologists believe it would be necessary for one pha... - Karnak (2489 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://cla...
2: '''El-Karnak''' is a small village in [[Egypt]], located on the banks of the [[River Nile]] som...
7: ... probably the second most visited ancient site in Egypt, second only to the [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Giza ...
20: ...Karnak and most of the other temples and sites in Egypt is the length of time over which it was developed...
21: {{Egypt_pictures2}} - Egyptian hieroglyph (6639 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg||thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroo...
2: ...g|thumb|250px|right|Hieroglyphs at the [[Memphis,_Egypt|Memphis]] museum with [[Ramses II]] statue on the...
4: ...are a system of [[writing]] used by the [[Ancient Egypt]]ians, using a combination of [[logograph]]ic, [[...
8: ...German archeological team excavating at [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] (modern [[Umm el-Qa'ab]]) uncovered tomb...
12: ...ng developed and became more widespread among the Egyptian people, simplified letter forms developed, res... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://cla...
2: ...haeological remains offer a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.
4: ...n language]] from the end of the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]] as ''niwt-imn'', "The City of [[Amu...
6: ..., however, is likely a graecising form of ancient Egyptian ''t3 ipt-swt'' (lit. "The Most-select of Place...
25: {{Egypt_pictures2}} - Luxor (8772 bytes)
1: [[Image:Egypt.LuxorTemple.River.01.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The River Nile at Luxor]]
2: [[Image:Luxor Market Street.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Street market in Luxor]]
5: '''Luxor''' is a city in Upper (southern) [[Egypt]]. It has often been called the "world's greatest...
7: .... It is the site of the ancient city of [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], and has a population of approximately 1...
11: ...reek]] visitors into ''Thebai'', whence [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]] — enjoyed unprecedented high plac... - Abydos, Egypt (9715 bytes)
1: ...ydos|2=<hiero>Ab-b-Dw:O49</hiero>|align=right|era=egypt}}
2: ...]] at latitude 26? 10' N. The [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] name was Abdju (technically, ''3b<u>d</u>w''...
6: ...III]]. [[Seti I]], in the [[Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt|19th dynasty]], founded a great new temple to the...
10: ...s, rises to importance in the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]] and then vanishes in the 18th. T...
14: ...was thickened about the 2nd or [[Third dynasty of Egypt|3rd dynasty]]. The old temple entirely vanished ... - Memphis, Egypt (1908 bytes)
1: ...s the ancient capital of the [[Old Kingdom]] of [[Egypt]] from its foundation until around [[1300s BC|130...
3: [[Image:Egypt-Hieroglyphs.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hieroglyph]]s in Memphis with a sta...
5: ...st important city. It remained the second city of Egypt until the establishment of [[Fostat|Al Fustat]] (... - Isis (20790 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://cla...
3: ...'Isis''' is a goddess in the [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian belief]]. She was most prominent mythologicall...
7: ...y other goddesses. It eventually spread outside [[Egypt]] throughout the [[Middle East]] and [[Europe]], ...
12: ..., is a [[Greek language|Greek]] corruption of the Egyptian name, and its pronunciation as ''eye-sis'' is ...
14: ... language|Egyptian]] pronunciation is unknown, as Egyptian hieroglyphs only recorded [[consonant]]s and [... - Ra (2793 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://cla...
2: ...he sun disk itself, was imposed on the kingdom of Egypt.
6: [[Image:Pharaoh-Ra.jpg|frame|right|''A Pharaoh makes an offering to Ra''...
12: ...Tefnut]] and [[Shu]]) once argued, and she left [[Egypt]]. Ra (or [[Shu]]) quickly decided he missed her...
13: {{Egypt_pictures2}} - Horus (19927 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://cla...
2: ...that the ''[[Eye of Horus]]'' became an important Egyptian symbol of power.
8: ... a falcon-headed man, leading to Horus' name, (in Egyptian, '''Heru'''), which meant ''The distant one''....
10: ... deification of the Queen. Due to [[Egyptian soul|Egyptian beliefs about the soul]], the bodies of the de...
17: ...Horus, the patron of Upper Egypt, had battled for Egypt brutally, with neither side victorious, until eve... - Anubis (7106 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://cla...
2: ...ve been found carved on the most ancient tombs in Egypt, indeed the [[Unas]] text (line 70) associates hi...
5: [[Image:Anubis.jpg|left|Anubis]]
8: ...can be translated as ''young dog''. Thus, ancient Egyptian texts say that Anubis, like a jackal, silently...
12: ...aning ''Lord of the Westerners'', in reference to Egyptian belief that the entrance to the underworld was... - Bast goddess (3454 bytes)
1: [[Image:Egypte louvre 028.jpg|thumb|150px|upright|Bastet as a lioness]]
3: ...ominant in the unified culture of Lower and Upper Egypt. In the Middle Kingdom, the cat appeared as Baste...
5: ...he was viewed as the protector goddess of [[Lower Egypt]], and consequently depicted as a fierce lioness....
9: ...s of the [[moon]] by [[Greeks]] occupying Ancient Egypt toward the end of its civilization. In Greek myth...
12: ...goddess [[Sekhmet]], as his mother in the [[Upper Egypt|Upper Kingdom]]. - Set (mythology) (12196 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://cla...
2: ...ide of the [[Nile]]. Due to developments in the [[Egyptian language]] over the 3000 years that the exista...
5: [[image:Egypt.Mythology.Set.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Set represented in the tomb of [...
6: ...at of Set. As chief god, he was patron of [[Lower Egypt]], where he was worshipped, most notably at [[Omb...
8: ...aid that Set's favourite food was [[lettuce]], as Egyptian lettuce is long, firm, and releases a milky su... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
1: ... given to '''Djehuty''', the [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian god]] of the [[Moon]] ([[lunar deity]]), and c...
3: ...ty). During the [[History of Egypt|late period of Egyptian history]] a cult of Thoth gained prominence, a...
5: Thoth was credited by the ancient Egyptians as the inventor of writing and the 365-day ca...
7: ...dar system; originally there were 360 days in the egyptian year, but a reform adjusted this to 365, 1/72n...
13: [[Image:Thoth000.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Krewe of Thoth Float]]
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