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  2. History of timekeeping devices in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egyptian sundial (c. 1500 BC), from the Valley of the Kings, used for measuring work hour. Daytime divided into 12 parts. The ancient Egyptians were one of the first cultures to widely divide days into generally agreed-upon equal parts, using early timekeeping devices such as sundials, shadow clocks, and merkhets (plumb-lines used by early astronomers).

  3. Hounds and jackals - Wikipedia

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    Hounds and jackals or dogs and jackals is the modern name given to an ancient Egyptian tables game that is known from several examples of gaming boards and gaming pieces found in excavations. The modern name was invented by Howard Carter , who found one complete gaming set in a Theban tomb from the reign of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat IV ...

  4. 1984 Egyptian intifada - Wikipedia

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    On 1 October, in Kafr-el-Dawwar, Riots rocked the city led by mostly workers against the prices of basic economic goods and prices. It would be the biggest and most bloodiest protests in Egypt since the 1977 Egyptian bread riots and the first and biggest political challenge in Hosni Mubarak ’s presidency.

  5. Merkhet - Wikipedia

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    When visible, the stars could be used to measure the time at night. There were 10 stars for the 10 hours of the night; the day had a total of 24 hours including 12 hours for the day, 1 hour for sunset, and 1 hour for sunrise. Merkhets were used to replace sundials, which were useless during the dark. [3]

  6. List of Egyptian inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    When visible, the stars could be used to measure the time at night. There were 10 stars for the 10 hours of the night; the day had a total of 24 hours including 12 hours for the day, 1 hour for sunset, and 1 hour for sunrise. Merkhets were used to replace sundials, which were useless during the dark. [152]

  7. Ancient Egyptian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian units of length are attested from the Early Dynastic Period.Although it dates to the 5th dynasty, the Palermo stone recorded the level of the Nile River during the reign of the Early Dynastic pharaoh Djer, when the height of the Nile was recorded as 6 cubits and 1 palm [1] (about 3.217 m or 10 ft 6.7 in).

  8. Egyptian Commodities Exchange - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian Commodities Exchange (EGYCOMEX) is a proposed commodities exchange in Egypt. [1] [2] [3] [4]Khaled Hanafi, Egypt's Supply Minister and Iman Mutlaq(CEO of the Jordan-based Sigma Investments) on behalf of the consortium signs cooperation protocol to establish first ever electronic Egyptian Commodities Exchange in Egypt in November 2015.

  9. Egyptian Table Tennis League - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian Table tennis League is an Egyptian professional league for Egyptian Table tennis clubs, it was started for first time in 1979 before this time there was the "Gomhoria championship" which contain clubs and individual competitions, the winner of Egyptian Table tennis League represents Egypt in Africa Table Tennis Championship and Arab table tennis championship.