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Iskandariyah, Al
(Encyclopedia)Iskandariyah, Al, Egypt: see Alexandria. ...Rashid
(Encyclopedia)Rashid: see Rosetta, city, Egypt. ...Qarun
(Encyclopedia)Qarun, lake, Egypt: see Moeris.Raamses
(Encyclopedia)Raamses rāămˈsēz [key], in the Bible, city of the eastern delta of Egypt, built by Hebrew slave labor. It was rebuilt by Ramses II. The Ramses in the books of Genesis and Numbers is the region of ...Allah
(Encyclopedia)Allah ălˈə, äˈlə [key], [Arab.,=the God]. Derived from an old Semitic root refering to the Divine and used in the Canaanite El, the Mesopotamian ilu, and the biblical Elohim, the word Allah is u...Maryut
(Encyclopedia)Maryut, salt lake, Egypt: see Mareotis. ...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. ...Browse by Subject
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