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  2. Music of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Sawahli (coastal) music is a type of popular Egyptian music from the country's northern coast, and is based around ancient Egyptian instrumentals, mainly the simsimiyya, which is an indigenous Egyptian stringed instrument that has its roots in ancient Egypt, it---the simsimiyya---was probably introduced to the country's northern coast from the ...

  3. Hymn to the Nile - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptian peoples believed the Nile river was a god. [1] The hymn specifically states "offerings are made unto you, men are immolated to you, great festivals are instituted for you. Birds are sacrificed to you, gazelles are taken for you in the mountain, pure flames are prepared for you." [3]

  4. Category:Ancient Egyptian music - Wikipedia

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  5. Ancient music - Wikipedia

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    The music of ancient Rome borrowed heavily from the music of the cultures that were conquered by the empire, including music of Greece, Egypt, and Persia. Music accompanied many areas of Roman life; including the military, entertainment in the Roman theater, religious ceremonies and practices, and "almost all public/civic occasions." [26] [27]

  6. Harper's Songs - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Egyptians were not exclusively interested in the causes and cures for blindness but also the social care of the individual. [ 2 ] Harper's Songs are ancient Egyptian texts that originated in tomb inscriptions of the Middle Kingdom (but found on papyrus texts until the Papyrus Harris 500 of the New Kingdom ), which in the main praise ...

  7. Simsimiyya - Wikipedia

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    It is used in Egypt in certain genres of Egyptian music, including Sawahli (coastal) music, which is a type of popular Egyptian music from the country's northern coast. The simsimiyya was probably introduced to the country's northern coast from the Nile valley in the 19th century by Egyptian workers in the Suez canal. It is also used in other ...

  8. Zaffa - Wikipedia

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    In Egyptian culture, [1] the zaffa (Egyptian Arabic: زفـّـة / ALA-LC: zaffah), or wedding march, is a musical procession of bendir drums, bagpipes, horns, belly dancers and men carrying flaming swords. This is an ancient Egyptian tradition that predates Islam.

  9. Category:Ancient music - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egyptian music (2 C) G. Ancient music genres (6 P) Ancient Greek music (7 C, 15 P) R. Ancient Roman music (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Ancient music"