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  2. Famine Stela - Wikipedia

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    The Famine Stela is an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs located on Sehel Island in the Nile near Aswan in Egypt, which tells of a seven-year period of drought and famine during the reign of pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty. It is thought that the stele was inscribed during the Ptolemaic Kingdom, which ruled from 332 to 31 BC.

  3. Decree of Canopus - Wikipedia

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    The Decree of Canopus is a trilingual inscription in three scripts, which dates from the Ptolemaic period of ancient Egypt.It was written in three writing systems: Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic, and koine Greek, on several ancient Egyptian memorial stones, or steles.

  4. Khnum - Wikipedia

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    The stela recounts a seven-year period of drought and famine during the reign of King Djoser of the Third Dynasty. According to the inscription, Djoser receives a vision of Khnum, who promises to end the famine. In response, the king issues a decree of one-tenth of all revenue to be allocated to the Temple of Khnum as an offering of gratitude.

  5. Djoser - Wikipedia

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    An inscription known as the Famine Stela and claiming to date to the reign of Djoser, but probably created during the Ptolemaic Dynasty, relates how Djoser rebuilt the temple of Khnum on the island of Elephantine at the First Cataract, thus ending a seven-year famine in Egypt. Some consider this ancient inscription as a legend at the time it ...

  6. List of inscriptions in biblical archaeology - Wikipedia

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    Famine Stela: 1.53: The Famine Stela: 31–32: The Tradition of Seven Lean Years in Egypt: Bentresh stela: 1.54: The Legend of the Possessed Princess ("Butresh Stela") 29–31: The Legend of the Possessed Princess: 1.55: Elkunirsa and Asertu: 519: El, Ashertu and the Storm-god: Illuyanka: 1.56: The Storm-god and the Serpent (Iluyanka) 125–126 ...

  7. Category:Famines in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Famine Stela; M. Mustansirite Hardship

  8. THE END - HuffPost

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  9. Ancient Egyptian literature - Wikipedia

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    Stories from the 1st millennium BC written in Demotic include the story of the Famine Stela (set in the Old Kingdom, although written during the Ptolemaic dynasty) and short story cycles of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods that transform well-known historical figures such as Khaemweset (Nineteenth Dynasty) and Inaros (First Persian Period) into ...