Egypt
- What Is A Pharaoh And Why Not Call Him A King?
examiner.com (Diana Gainer) The "Word Geek" generally prefers calling a spade a spade. But the ancient king of Egypt was called a pharaoh for a reason. Nobody else’s king was a pharaoh. This word comes from a real and actual Egyptian word. The English...
- Travel: Pharoahs And Fantasy In Egypt
The Economic Times (Anita Limaye) Our short drive to Memphis from Giza gave us a pretty good picture of Cairo - a very crowded city, just like our own Indian metros! We crossed the Nile once again and entered what seemed to be a huge palm tree forest....
- Daily Photo - Footwear From The Petrie Museum
UC16555. Pair of fine palm-fibre sandals, with ant damage. Tie of one (B) missing. Length 33.5 cms width 16.5 cms. ghteenth Dynasty. Found at Sedment. UC16556. Worn palm-fibre sandal, tie missing . Length 30 cms width 12.3 cms. Eighteenth Dynasty....
- Searching For The Argun Palm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1644323/postsA New Scientist article about the search for the argun palm tree whose fruits are known from tombs, but which seemed to have vanished from Egypt: "When Giuseppe Passalacqua went to Egypt in the 1820s...
- The Exodus, Finding The Exact Date
The Exodus The famed Egyptologist Sir Alan Gardiner,...
Egypt
Origins of the date palm
http://tinyurl.com/95p4g (Gulf Daily News)
"The date palm Phoenix dactylifera dates back to the first Pharaonic dynasties and the ancient Egyptians called it 'Bennu', 'bnr or 'bnr.t'. These names were used for anything sweet but more significantly for the sun-bird which was assimilated to the exalted sun-god Ra. This association between the sun-bird and the date palm is testimony as to the indispensable role of this tree to their life. It is thought that the botanist, Theophrastus (c. 370-285 BC), named the date palm phoenix due to the colour of the dates being similar to the purple dye the Phoenicians were renowned for making from the 'Murex shellfish'. The Latin word dactylifera derives from the Greek word 'Dactylos', which means finger, for the shape of the dates and leaves. For the ancient Syrians and Hebrews this word referred to the date palm itself. Linnaeus (1707-1778), the Swedish botanist, gave the plant this binomial name. The plant's place of origin has been a subject of great debate."
See the above web page for the full story.
- What Is A Pharaoh And Why Not Call Him A King?
examiner.com (Diana Gainer) The "Word Geek" generally prefers calling a spade a spade. But the ancient king of Egypt was called a pharaoh for a reason. Nobody else’s king was a pharaoh. This word comes from a real and actual Egyptian word. The English...
- Travel: Pharoahs And Fantasy In Egypt
The Economic Times (Anita Limaye) Our short drive to Memphis from Giza gave us a pretty good picture of Cairo - a very crowded city, just like our own Indian metros! We crossed the Nile once again and entered what seemed to be a huge palm tree forest....
- Daily Photo - Footwear From The Petrie Museum
UC16555. Pair of fine palm-fibre sandals, with ant damage. Tie of one (B) missing. Length 33.5 cms width 16.5 cms. ghteenth Dynasty. Found at Sedment. UC16556. Worn palm-fibre sandal, tie missing . Length 30 cms width 12.3 cms. Eighteenth Dynasty....
- Searching For The Argun Palm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1644323/postsA New Scientist article about the search for the argun palm tree whose fruits are known from tombs, but which seemed to have vanished from Egypt: "When Giuseppe Passalacqua went to Egypt in the 1820s...
- The Exodus, Finding The Exact Date
The Exodus The famed Egyptologist Sir Alan Gardiner,...