Egypt
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- proper noun
- /ˈiːdʒɪpt/
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Egipto antiguo
- In Ancient Egypt, a queen would perform a ceremony at the tomb of her pharaoh using snakes, the symbol of undying love.
- Ancient Egypt
- Egypt's civilization
- Upper Egypt
The God Ammon from ancient Egypt is the deity of fertility.
- The God Ammon from ancient Egypt is the deity of fertility.
- The Queen and Treasurer of Egypt were now all in Octavian's hands.
- And as a young kid he's talking about Egypt and like the pyramids and the the Sphinx.
- And they, they, you know, they, they get out of Egypt on what was called the Passover.
- So in ancient Egypt, they said that the key to the soul lies in the liver.
- Quantum mechanics is just weird, like ancient Egypt or cryptical symbols and worshipping cats.
Examples
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As a matter of fact, there was this trio of cat gods in Egypt, Mavdat, Boshtet and Sekhmet.
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You can hear much of what ancient Egypt sounded like.
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Yes, but my other self is in Ancient Egypt.
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Did you know they had beer in ancient Egypt?
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150 years after this story, Egypt was absorbed into the Roman Empire.
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And so in Egypt, he was learning the Egyptian mysteries.
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The first knowledge centers appeared in Egypt, where written literature speculated about the meaning of life.
Academic text (2017) -
We've been reading about the great Mark Antony and his adventures in Egypt.
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Their key symbol was the looped cross of ancient Egypt, the crux ansata - the sign of life.
Fiction book (2000) -
In Ancient Egypt, the pyramids were built as grand tombs for the pharaohs.
Synonyms
An ancient kingdom along the Nile in northeast Africa ruled by kings called pharaohs
Idioms
- Informal
A joking way to show someone refuses to accept the truth
Compounds
A country in the northeast of Africa known for ancient sites like the Pyramids of Giza
The northern part of ancient Egypt around the Nile delta where the land is very fertile
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Egypt for the ancient empire also comes from the Greek Aigyptos, which came from an Egyptian place name meaning 'house of the god Ptah'. So the name of one city grew to mean the whole land, its people, and their rulers.