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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 ...
Fragment from Egyptian Book of the Dead The ancient Egyptians believed that a soul ( kꜣ and bꜣ ; Egypt. pron. ka/ba) was made up of many parts. In addition to these components of the soul, there was the human body (called the ḥꜥ , occasionally a plural ḥꜥw , meaning approximately "sum of bodily parts").
Diablo (hot, dry, offshore wind from the northeast in the San Francisco bay) The Hawk (cold winter wind in Chicago) Jarbo Gap Wind (associated with and often referred to as a Diablo Wind; katabatic winds in the Northern Sierra Nevada in the vicinity of Jarbo Gap, often contributing to the growth of local wildfires) [8] [9]
The ten North African countries spanned by the SAHARA are: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia. The area of the SAHARA that covers 90% of Algeria is ...
An Egyptian hieroglyph that represents the sun rising over a mountain. It is translated as "horizon" or "the place in the sky where the sun rises". [1] Benben: The mound that arose from the primordial waters Nu upon which the creator deity Atum settled in the creation myth of the Heliopolitan form of ancient Egyptian religion. Duat
The figure of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is inextricably linked with his place of residence. The term "Pharaoh", in Egyptian per-âa, means "Great House". Originally, this expression referred only to the palace. However, from the New Kingdom onwards, by metonymy, it was also understood to refer to the person who lived there. [30]
Egypt is the eighth most water stressed country in the world. Egypt receives between 20 mm (0.79 in) and 200 mm (7.87 in) of annual average precipitation along the narrow Mediterranean coast , but south from Cairo, the average drops to nearly 0 millimetres (0.00 inches) in the central and the southern part of the country.
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