• "A Legend of Old Egypt" (Polish: "Z legend dawnego Egiptu") is a seven-page short story by Bolesław Prus, originally published January 1, 1888, in New...
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    ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700–2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid...
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    Prose poetry (category Genres of poetry)
    including "Mold of the Earth" (1884), "The Living Telegraph" (1884) and "Shades" (1885). His somewhat longer story, "A Legend of Old Egypt" (1888), likewise...
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    Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated within the contemporary...
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    (1885) "A Strange Story" ("Dziwna historia," 1887) "A Legend of Old Egypt" ("Z legend dawnego Egiptu," 1888: Prus's stunning first piece of historical...
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    "The Husband" Premchand "The Shroud" "The Cost of Milk" "Lottery" Poland Bolesław Prus "A Legend of Old Egypt" (1888) Eliza Orzeszkowa "Panna Antonina" (1888)...
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    Pharaoh (Prus novel) (category Novels set in ancient Egypt)
    "A Legend of Old Egypt." This remarkable story shows clear parallels with the subsequent novel in setting, theme and denouement. "A Legend of Old Egypt"...
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    Egypt during a famine. Jacob's family travels to Egypt to escape the famine, and it is through him that they are given leave to settle in the Land of...
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    with a balcony with a river view. The hotel reopened on October 18, 2011, as the Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan Hotel. Egypt's CBC used the Old Cataract...
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    polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 305 BC by the Macedonian general Ptolemy I Soter, a companion of Alexander the Great...
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    January 1883 Venezuela: Collar of the Order of the Liberator "A Legend of Old Egypt"—an 1888 short story by Bolesław Prus, inspired by Frederick III's tragic...
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    recurrence Izabela Czartoryska "A Legend of Old Egypt" (Prus's first historical short story) "The Living Telegraph" (a micro-story by Bolesław Prus) Pharaoh...
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  • A History of Western Philosophy A las Barricadas A Legend of Old Egypt A Letter Concerning Toleration A maiore ad minus A Mathematician's Apology A Message...
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    their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. The earliest known Egyptian pyramids are found at Saqqara, northwest of Memphis, although at least...
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    The Fifth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty V) is often combined with Dynasties III, IV and VI under the group title the Old Kingdom. The Fifth...
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  • Gods of Egypt is a 2016 fantasy action film directed by Alex Proyas based on a fantastical version of ancient Egyptian deities. It stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau...
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  • Christopher Kasparek (category University of California, Berkeley alumni)
    1884) Bolesław Prus, "Shades" (microstory, 1885) Bolesław Prus, "A Legend of Old Egypt" (short story, 1888) Bolesław Prus, Pharaoh (historical novel, 1895)...
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    title "pharaoh" is used for those rulers of Ancient Egypt who ruled after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt by Narmer during the Early Dynastic Period...
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  • El Naddaha (category Egyptian demons)
    En-Naddāha (Egyptian Arabic: النداهة "the caller") is an Egyptian legend of a naiad-like female spirit who calls men to the Nile, leading to their death...
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    Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder...
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  • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (also known as simply Sinbad) is a 2003 American animated adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed...
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  • Bolesław Prus). "The Living Telegraph" (a micro-story by Bolesław Prus). Prose poetry. "A Legend of Old Egypt" (Prus' first historical short story). Darkness...
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    The construction of the Egyptian pyramids can be explained with well-established scientific facts, however there are some aspects that are even today...
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    Fustat (redirect from Fostat, Egypt)
    first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by the Rashidun...
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    Mary of Egypt (Greek: Μαρία η Αιγυπτία ; Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ Ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ; Egyptian Arabic: مريم المصرية/ماريا المصريةالمصرية; Amharic/Geez: ቅድስት ማርያም...
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    under the protection of the eunuch Gümüshtekin and was taken to Aleppo, while Nur ad-Din's officers competed for supremacy. In Egypt, Saladin recognized...
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    The Black Legend (Spanish: Leyenda negra) or the Spanish Black Legend (Spanish: Leyenda negra española) is a purported historiographical tendency which...
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    ancient Egypt, the city was founded by King Menes. It was the capital of ancient Egypt (Kemet or Kumat) during both the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom...
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    The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–23) and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the visit by the Magi...
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    The coat of arms of Egypt (شعار مصر) is known as the Republican Eagle or Egyptian Golden Eagle, is a heraldic golden eagle, facing the viewer's left (dexter)...
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