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Sakkara

(Encyclopedia)Sakkara or Saqqara säkäˈrä [key], necropolis (burial place) of ancient Memphis, Egypt, 3 mi (5 km) from the Nile and on the border of the Libyan desert. Djoser (Zoser) had his famous step-pyramid,...

Trogus

(Encyclopedia)Trogus (Cnaeus Pompeius Trogus) trōˈgəs [key], fl. a.d. 5, Roman historian of Gallic origin. His history of the world, which survives only in excerpts by Justin, dealt with Assyria, Persia, Greece,...

Havelok the Dane

(Encyclopedia)Havelok the Dane, English 13th-century metrical romance. It concerns a prince brought up as a scullion, who, after discovering his true identity, wins the kingdoms of Denmark and England. The poem's e...

Deuteronomy

(Encyclopedia)Deuteronomy do͞otərŏnˈəmē [key], book of the Bible, literally meaning “second law,” last of the five books (the Pentateuch or Torah) ascribed by tradition to Moses. Deuteronomy purports to b...

marque and reprisal

(Encyclopedia)marque and reprisal: see privateering. ...

Daphnis and Chloë

(Encyclopedia)Daphnis and Chloë: see Longus.

Jammu and Kashmir

(Encyclopedia)Jammu and Kashmir: see Kashmir.

permutations and combinations

(Encyclopedia)permutations and combinations: see probability. ...

Wanstead and Woodford

(Encyclopedia)Wanstead and Woodford: see Redbridge. ...

block and tackle

(Encyclopedia)block and tackle: see pulley.