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Gold stater of Nectanebo II; Perfect Gold, or Fine Gold. One of the few coins minted for ancient Egypt is the gold stater, issued during the 30th Dynasty. The reverse of the gold stater shows a horse reared up on its hind legs. The obverse has the two hieroglyphs for nfr and nb: "Perfect gold", or a common-era term: 'Fine'-gold.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Archaeologists say a recent discovery could provide new insight into life in Egypt 3,000 years ago. An Egyptian-English mission from the University of Cambridge uncovered three gold rings and a ...
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Gold indicated divinity due to its unnatural appearance and association with precious materials. [87] Furthermore, gold was regarded by the ancient Egyptians as "the flesh of the god". [90] Silver, referred to as "white gold" by the Egyptians, was likewise called "the bones of the god". [90] Red, orange and yellow were ambivalent colors.
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start and/or end with vowels, abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual combinations of ...
“The thing that has impressed me with this team is that they don’t get down,” Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said Monday. “That’s not what they are.