(Encyclopedia) PelusiumPelusiumpĭl&oomacr;ˈshēəm [key], ancient city of Egypt, on the easternmost branch of the Nile (long since silted up) and c.20 mi (30 km) E of modern Port Said. It was…
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(Encyclopedia) Cyrus the GreatCyrus the Greatsīˈrəs [key], d. 529 b.c., king of Persia, founder of the greatness of the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire. According to Herodotus, he was the son…
(Encyclopedia) Cleopatra's Needles, name in popular use for two obelisks of red granite from Egypt. Originally erected at Heliopolis (c.1475 b.c.) by Thutmose III, they were transported to Alexandria…
(Encyclopedia) Amenemhet IIIAmenemhet IIIäˌmĕnĕmˈhĕt, āˌ– [key], d. 1801 b.c., king of ancient Egypt, of the XII dynasty. He was the son and successor of Sesostris III, with whom he had been coregent…
(Encyclopedia) Jabal AwliyaJabal Awliyajäbˈäl ouˌlē-äˈ [key] or Jebel AuliaJebel Auliajĕbˈəlˈ ouˈlēə [key], village, E central Sudan, S of Khartoum. Nearby is a large dam (completed 1937) that is…
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