Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Abukir

(Encyclopedia)Abukir: see Abu Qir, Egypt.

Kosseir

(Encyclopedia)Kosseir: see Qusayr, Al, Egypt.

Rashid

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

Qarun

(Encyclopedia)Qarun, lake, Egypt: see Moeris.

Iskandariyah, Al

(Encyclopedia)Iskandariyah, Al, Egypt: see Alexandria. ...

Jizah, Al

(Encyclopedia)Jizah, Al, Egypt: see Giza.

Karun, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Karun, Lake, Egypt: see Moeris.

Kharijah, Al

(Encyclopedia)Kharijah, Al, Egypt: see Kharga.

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...

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...