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Sekhmet is the daughter of the sun god, Ra, and is among the more important of the goddesses in the Egyptian Pantheon. Sekhmet acted as the vengeful manifestation of Ra's power, the Eye of Ra. Sekhmet is said to breathe fire, and the hot winds of the desert were likened to her breath. She is also believed to cause plagues (which were described ...
Accession. 26.7.898. "William", also known as "William the Hippo",[1]is an Egyptian faiencehippopotamus statuette from the Middle Kingdom, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Artin New York City, where it serves as an informal mascot of the museum. Found in a shaft associated with the Upper Egyptiantomb chapel of "The Steward ...
Deposition. 1953 (abolition of monarchy following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952) Map of Egypt under Muhammad Ali's dynasty. The Muhammad Ali dynasty or the Alawiyya dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Egypt and Sudan from the 19th to the mid-20th century. It is named after its progenitor, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, regarded as the founder of modern ...
Aker – A god of Earth and the horizon [ 3] Amun – A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom [ 4] Anhur – A god of war and hunting [ 5][ 6][ 7] Aten – Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenist belief system in the reign of Akhenaten [ 8]
Alexandria. Rhacotis, Rakotə, Eskendereyyah. Alexandria was the intellectual and cultural center of the ancient world for some time; capital of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Khito ( Rosetta ) 3rd. Rashid. Bolbitine, Bolbitinum, Bolbitinon, Trashit, Rakhit, Rexi. Where Rosetta Stone was found.
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a multinational fashion retailer headquartered in Sweden. Known for its fast fashion business model, H&M offers affordable clothing, accessories, and homeware. The company has a significant global presence, operating thousands of stores across 75 geographical markets and employing over 100,000 people worldwide.
Egypt is considered to be a regional power in North Africa, the Middle East and the Muslim world, and a middle power worldwide. [ 23] It is a developing country having a diversified economy, which is the largest in Africa, the 38th-largest economy by nominal GDP and 127th by nominal GDP per capita. [ 24]
Ambassadors. 1936–1946: Sir Miles Lampson. 1946–1950: Sir Ronald Ian Campbell. 1950–1955: Sir Ralph Stevenson. 1955–1956: Sir Humphrey Trevelyan. 1956–1959: Break in relations due to Suez Crisis. 1959–1961: Sir Colin Crowe ( Chargé d'affaires) 1961–1964: Sir Harold Beeley. 1964–1965: Sir George Humphrey Middleton.