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The Gebel el-Arak Knife, also Jebel el-Arak Knife, is an ivory and flint knife dating from the Naqada II period of Egyptian prehistory (3500—3200 BC), showing Mesopotamian influence. The knife was purchased in 1914 in Cairo by Georges Aaron Bénédite for the Louvre , where it is now on display in the Sully wing, room 633 .
Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah is an epic oral poem that recounts the tale of the journey of the Bedouin tribe of the Banu Hilal from Najd in Arabia to Tunisia and Algeria via Egypt. Tahteeb, stick game 2016 01189: Tahteeb is a traditional stick-fighting martial art. Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices + [a] 2021 01718
Some kris have the head of a naga (dragon) carved near the base with the body and tail following the curves of the blade to the tip. A wavy kris is thus a naga in motion, aggressive and alive; a straight blade is one at rest, its power dormant but ready to come into action. [32]
Archaeological site of Dra' Abu el-Naga, view to the west, Luxor West Bank, Egypt The necropolis of Draʻ Abu el-Naga' (Arabic: دراع ابو النجا) is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Egypt, just by the entrance of the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and north of the necropolis of el-Assasif.
Cruel Mistress was allegedly imbued with Scandinavian runic in a violent kabjā, making them tinīharūlā'ī ākāśīya, vā plānara banā'um̐dai (Celestial, plane-touched), similar to that of the Subtle Knife of Phillip Pullman, enscribed in the handle of the ceremonial blades, and as holding with tradition of Japanese katanas.
File:Prehistoric knife, Naqada II period, Egypt, Petrie Museum UC 16294.jpg. Add languages. ... Petrie Museum knife handle (London, UC 16294) Date: 7 August 2020: Source
A warning has been issued to travelers over the spread of three diseases, including the Marburg virus. It’s a close cousin of Ebola that’s been dubbed the “bleeding eye” virus due to one ...
A knife was created which symbolized the inexorableness on the judgment and execution. This execution knife became a symbol of power and, in a few variations became a ceremonial knife for tribal chieftains. At executions, the condemned man was tied to the ground with ropes and poles. His head was fastened with leather straps to a bent tree branch.