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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Egyptians | | | |  Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian pyramids - ConstructionThe techniques used to construct Egypt's pyramids are thought to have initially been developed by trial and error[7], and then further evolved based on local economics, resources, and other considerations, over the thousand year pyramid-building phase of Egyptian civilization.
Recently-discovered worker's tombs have shown how pyramids were made and how im ...
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| | | | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian mythology - Gods Early beliefs can be split into 5 distinct localized groups,
the Ennead of Heliopolis, whose chief god was Atum
the Ogdoad of Hermopolis, where the chief god was Ra
the Chnum-Satet-Anuket triad of Elephantine, where the chief god was Chnum
the Amun-Mut-Chons triad of Thebes, where the chief god was Amun
the Ptah-Sekhmet-Nefertem triad of Memphis, unusual in that the gods were unconnected before the triad was form ...
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| | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian Ratscrew - Strategy Although the game primarily rests upon the luck of the draw from each player's stack of cards, the slapping aspect introduces skill, and this aspect can be played strategically. The most common strategy is memorizing doubles. If a player slaps the pile when doubles occur and claims the cards, he knows that the doubles will occur in that order once they reach the top of his pack. If he is laying down consecutive cards at that point, he has an advantage against other players because he does not have to visually recognize the set of doubles before slapping. Experienced players can take this strategy further by memorizing which cards pr ...
See also:Egyptian Ratscrew, Egyptian Ratscrew - Gameplay, Egyptian Ratscrew - Variations, Egyptian Ratscrew - Slapping variations, Egyptian Ratscrew - Penalties, Egyptian Ratscrew - Other variations, Egyptian Ratscrew - Strategy, Egyptian Ratscrew - History, Egyptian Ratscrew - External link Read more here: » Egyptian Ratscrew: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian Ratscrew - Strategy |
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| | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian numerals - Fractions Main article: Egyptian fraction
Rational numbers could also be expressed, but only as sums of unit fractions, i.e. sums of reciprocals of positive integers, except for 2/3 and 3/4. The hieroglyph indicating a fraction looked like a mouth, which meant "part":
Fractions were written with this fractional solidus, i.e. the numerator 1, and the positive denominator below. Thus, 1/3 was written as:
There were special symbols for 1/2 and for two non-unit fractions, 2/3 (used frequently) and 3/4 (used less frequently):
If the denominator became too large, the "mouth" was just ...
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| | | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian mythology - Death Egypt was possibly the first civilization to have any belief in an afterlife, and probably the first to have a positive outlook on it. Beliefs about the soul and afterlife focused heavily on preservation of the body, or ba (The soul was known as the ka). This meant that embalming and mummification were practiced, in order to preserve the individual's identity in the afterlife. Originally the dead were buried in reed caskets in the searing hot sand, which caused the remains to dry quickly, preventing decomposition, and were subsequently burie ...
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| | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian mythology - Temples Many temples are still standing today. Others are in ruins from wear and tear, while others have been lost entirely. Pharaoh Ramses II was a particularly prolific builder of temples.
Some known temples include:
Abu Simbel – Complex of two massive rock temples in southern Egypt on the western bank of the Nile.
Abydos (Great Temple of Abydos) – Adoration of the early kings, whose cemetery, to which it forms a great funerary chapel, lies behind it.
Ain el-Muftella (Bahariya Oasis) [2] – Could have ser ...
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| | | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian mathematics - Multiplication Egyptian multiplication was done by repeated doubling of the number to be multiplied (the multiplicand), and choosing which of the doublings to add together (essentially a form of binary arithmetic). The multiplicand would be written out next to the figure 1, then the multiplicand would be added to itself (i.e. doubled) and would be written out next to the number 2, and so on, until the doublings gave a number greater than half of the number to be multiplied by (the multiplier). Then, the doubled numbers (1, 2, etc.) would be repeatedly subtracted from the multiplier to select which of the results of the existing calc ...
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| | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian mathematics - Fractions Main article: Egyptian fraction
Rational numbers could also be expressed, but only as sums of unit fractions, i.e. sums of reciprocals of positive integers, except for 2/3 and (rarely) 3/4. The hieroglyph indicating a fraction looked like a mouth, which meant "part", and fractions were written with this fractional solidus, i.e. the numerator 1, and the positive denominator below. Special symbols were used for 1/2 and for two non-unit fractions, 2/3 ...
See also:Egyptian mathematics, Egyptian mathematics - Numerals, Egyptian mathematics - Multiplication, Egyptian mathematics - Fractions, Egyptian mathematics - Geometry Read more here: » Egyptian mathematics: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian mathematics - Fractions |
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| | | | | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian language - Structure of the language Egyptian is a fairly typical Afro-Asiatic language. At the heart of Egyptian vocabulary is a root of three consonants. Sometimes there were only two, for example /r'/ "sun" (where the apostrophe represents a voiced pharyngeal fricative); others, such as /nfr/, which means beautiful; and some could be as large as five /sxdxd/ "be upside-down". Vowels and other consonants were then added to this root in order to derive words, in the same way as Arabic, Hebrew, and other Afro-Asiatic languages do today. However, we do not know what these vowels ...
See also:Egyptian language, Egyptian language - Development of the language, Egyptian language - Structure of the language, Egyptian language - Notes on pronunciation, Egyptian language - Egyptian writing, Egyptian language - Overview, Egyptian language - Hieroglyphs, Egyptian language - Modern-day resources Read more here: » Egyptian language: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian language - Structure of the language |
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| | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian pyramids - Historic development By the time of the early Dynastic period of Egyptian history, those with sufficient means were buried in visually unremarkable bench-like structures[3] known as mastabas.[4] The first historically documented Egyptian pyramid is attributed to the architect Imhotep ...
See also:Egyptian pyramids, Egyptian pyramids - Historic development, Egyptian pyramids - Construction, Egyptian pyramids - Pyramid symbolism, Egyptian pyramids - Pyramid sites, Egyptian pyramids - Abu Rawash, Egyptian pyramids - Giza, Egyptian pyramids - Zawyet el-Aryan, Egyptian pyramids - Abu Sir, Egyptian pyramids - Saqqara, Egyptian pyramids - Dahshur, Egyptian pyramids - Lisht, Egyptian pyramids - Meidum, Egyptian pyramids - Hawarra, Egyptian pyramids - el-Lahun, Egyptian pyramids - Notes Read more here: » Egyptian pyramids: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian pyramids - Historic development |
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| | | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian hieroglyph - History and evolution Symbols on Gerzean pottery, c.4000 BC, resemble traditional hieroglyph writing [1].
For many years, the earliest known hieroglyphic inscription was the Narmer Palette, found during excavations at Hierakonpolis (modern Kawm al-Ahmar) in the 1890s, which has been dated to c.3200 BC. However, in 1998 a German archeological team under Gunter Dreyer excavating at Abydos (modern Umm el-Qa'ab) uncovered tomb U-j which belonged to a Predynastic ruler, and recovered three hundred clay labels inscribed with proto-hieroglyphics, dating to ...
See also:Egyptian hieroglyph, Egyptian hieroglyph - Etymology, Egyptian hieroglyph - History and evolution, Egyptian hieroglyph - Script, Egyptian hieroglyph - Uniliteral signs, Egyptian hieroglyph - Examples Read more here: » Egyptian hieroglyph: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian hieroglyph - History and evolution |
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| | | | | Egyptians: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian pyramids - Pyramid symbolism The shape of Egyptian pyramids is thought to represent the primordial mound from which the Egyptians believed the earth was created. The shape is also thought to be representative of the descending rays of the sun, and most pyramids were faced with polished, highly reflective white limestone, in order to give them a brilliant appearance when viewed from a distance. Pyramids were often also named in ways that made reference to solar luminescence. For example, the formal name of the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur was The Southern Shining Pyramid, and that of ...
See also:Egyptian pyramids, Egyptian pyramids - Historic development, Egyptian pyramids - Construction, Egyptian pyramids - Pyramid symbolism, Egyptian pyramids - Pyramid sites, Egyptian pyramids - Abu Rawash, Egyptian pyramids - Giza, Egyptian pyramids - Zawyet el-Aryan, Egyptian pyramids - Abu Sir, Egyptian pyramids - Saqqara, Egyptian pyramids - Dahshur, Egyptian pyramids - Lisht, Egyptian pyramids - Meidum, Egyptian pyramids - Hawarra, Egyptian pyramids - el-Lahun, Egyptian pyramids - Notes Read more here: » Egyptian pyramids: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian pyramids - Pyramid symbolism |
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