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  2. Windcatcher - Wikipedia

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    Windcatchers were used in traditional ancient Egyptian architecture, [31] and only started to fall out of use in the mid-20th century. Their use is now being re-examined, as air conditioning accounts for 60% of Egypt's peak electrical power demand (and thus the need for 60% of its generating capacity ).

  3. Sabu disk - Wikipedia

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    The Sabu disk is an ancient Egyptian artifact from the First Dynasty, c. 3000 to 2800 BC. It was found in 1936 in the north of the Saqqara necropolis in mastaba S3111, the grave of the ancient Egyptian official Sabu after whom it is named. The function and meaning of the carefully crafted natural stone vessel are unclear.

  4. Qubbet el-Hawa - Wikipedia

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    Qubbet el-Hawa or "Dome of the Wind" is a site on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan, that serves as the resting place of ancient nobles and priests from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of ancient Egypt. [1] The necropolis in use from the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt until the Roman Period.

  5. Ancient technology - Wikipedia

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    These wind catchers also played a significant role in Persian ancient history. These ancient structures help control high speed winds [clarification needed] to naturally cool buildings, [25] which was needed to make the area habitable, as Yazd has a hot and dry climate.

  6. Giza Great Sphinx likely sculpted by wind long before ancient ...

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  7. Sail (hieroglyph) - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptian Sail hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. P5 for the sail of a ship.The hieroglyph shows a hoisted sail, curved because of wind filling it. It is used in Egyptian hieroglyphs as a determinative for words related to wind, air, breath, sailors, (as "nefu"), floods-(of the Nile), etc.

  8. Khamsin - Wikipedia

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    Khamsin, [1] chamsin or hamsin (Arabic: خمسين ḫamsīn, meaning "fifty"), more commonly known in Egypt and Israel as khamaseen (Egyptian Arabic: خماسين ḫamāsīn, IPA: [xɑmæˈsiːn] ⓘ), is a dry, hot, sandy local wind affecting Egypt and the Levant; similar winds, blowing in other parts of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula [citation needed] and the entire Mediterranean ...

  9. Aker (deity) - Wikipedia

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    This is interesting, because Seth is described as a wind deity, not as an earth deity. [6] [2] In the famous Coffin Texts of Middle Kingdom period, Aker replaces the god Kherty, becoming now the "ferryman of Ra in his nocturnal barque ". Aker protects the sun god during his nocturnal travelling through the underworld caverns. [2]

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