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Rashid

(Encyclopedia)Rashid: see Rosetta, city, Egypt. ...

Arish, Al

(Encyclopedia)Arish, Al äl ärēshˈ [key], town (1986 pop. 67,337), NE Egypt, in the Sinai peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a fishing port and a military and administrative center; since the 1980s it ha...

Bubastis

(Encyclopedia)Bubastis byo͞obăsˈtĭs [key], ancient city, NE Egypt, in the Nile delta, near the modern Zagazig. Capital of Egypt in the XXII and XXIII dynasties, it began to decline after the second Persian conq...

Sesostris II

(Encyclopedia)Sesostris II sĭsŏsˈtrĭs [key], d. 1878 b.c., king of ancient Egypt, of the XII dynasty. He was the son of Amenemhet II, first his coregent (1900 b.c.), then his successor (1897–1878). His son Se...

El Alamein

(Encyclopedia)El Alamein: see Alamein, El, Egypt. ...

Eastern Desert

(Encyclopedia)Eastern Desert, Egypt: see Arabian Desert. ...

Alamayn, Al

(Encyclopedia)Alamayn, Al, Egypt: see Alamein, El. ...

Fayyum, Al

(Encyclopedia)Fayyum, Al: see Faiyum, El, Egypt. ...

Maryut

(Encyclopedia)Maryut, salt lake, Egypt: see Mareotis. ...

Western Desert

(Encyclopedia)Western Desert, Egypt: see Libyan Desert. ...

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