Anthony Holmes

Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour

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  • Widyahas quoted5 years ago
    but a new and great power was rising in the region – the power of Alexander the Great of Macedon.
  • Widyahas quoted5 years ago
    Nefertari, for whom the sun does shine.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    Nectanebo II was the last ruler of Egypt who could claim genuine Egyptian origin until the revolution which brought General Neguib to power in 1952, some 2,300 years later.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    Crews working on the site adopted names such as ‘Friends of Khufu’ and ‘The Drunken Gang’ and they were very competitive in terms of achieving their daily quotas.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    The dead were buried facing west towards Libya, perhaps looking to their original homeland, and the concept that the western bank of the Nile was the realm of the dead was to remain a feature of Egyptian culture and was a belief that gave rise in modern times to the phrase ‘gone west’.
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