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Ancient Egyptian en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, not-comparable) Alternative letter-case form of ancient Egyptian (“of or relating to Ancient Egypt”).
    • The newspapers were bursting with claims of wondrous finds; how the evidence from the dead queen’s tomb would forever change how the Ancient Egyptian religions were viewed. 2016, George Mann, Ghosts of Karnak, Titan Books, →ISBN:
    • M. Villoteau, the French musician who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to Egypt over 200 years ago, described Ancient Egyptian instruments (tambouras) with 25 frets, which are capable of producing ¼ tones. 2000, Moustafa Gadalla, Egyptian Harmony: The Visual Music, Tehuti Research Foundation, published 2003, →ISBN, page 30:
    • Consider the plan of the house at Deir el-Medina, information about El-Amarna and the picture. Is the model an accurate version of an Ancient Egyptian house? 1993, Ancient Egypt, Folens, →ISBN, page 4:

Ancient Egyptian en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of ancient Egyptian (“a native or inhabitant of Ancient Egypt”).
    • Apparently, when Ancient Egyptians went to receive an oracle from a god, the priests often animated the god’s statue to add extra weight to their words. 2014, John Farndon, Do You Still Think You’re Clever?, Icon Books, →ISBN:
    • This discussion of Egypt’s African dimension does not include consideration as to whether Ancient Egyptians were “black” or, to be more accurate, African in their genetic composition. 2003, David O’Connor, Andrew Reid, “Introduction – Locating Ancient Egypt in Africa: Modern Theories, Past Realities”, in Ancient Egypt in Africa (Encounters with Ancient Egypt), UCL Press, →ISBN, page 11:
    • The idea of archaic or lost ritual hovers around Horii (1986) from the start, its title and imagery suggestive of Egyptian mythology, but also a kind of ur-mythology beyond that, which the music stands for, as if Ancient Egyptians had had a premonition of Organum’s direct access to the lost well-spring of their beliefs. 2021, Paul Hegarty, Annihilating Noise, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:

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