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Shipbuilding was known to the Ancient Egyptians as early as 3000 BCE, [24] [25] and perhaps earlier. [25] Ancient Egyptians knew how to assemble planks of wood into a ship hull, with woven straps used to lash the planks together, [24] and reeds or grass stuffed between the planks helped to seal the seams. [24]
The chronology of the Twelfth Dynasty is the most stable of any period before the New Kingdom.The Turin Royal Canon gives 213 years (1991–1778 BC). Manetho stated that it was based in Thebes, but from contemporary records it is clear that the first king of this dynasty, Amenemhat I, moved its capital to a new city named "Amenemhat-itj-tawy" ("Amenemhat the Seizer of the Two Lands"), more ...
The customs of ancient Egypt, the daily routine of the population, the cities, the crafts, and the economy derive their importance from agriculture, its needs, and its benefits. Herodotus emphasized that Egypt is the gift of the Nile and that the Nile River is the source of all aspects of life, including the religion of the ancient Egyptians ...
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River , situated within the contemporary territory of modern-day Egypt .
Egyptian music is a rich mixture of indigenous Egyptian and Western influences. As early as 4000 BC, ancient Egyptians were playing harps and flutes, as well as two indigenous instruments: the ney and the oud. However, there is a little notation of Egyptian music before the 7th century AD, when Egypt became part of the Muslim world.
The Land of Punt (Egyptian: pwnt; alternate Egyptological readings Pwene(t) [1] /puːnt/) was an ancient kingdom known from Ancient Egyptian trade records. It produced and exported gold, aromatic resins, blackwood, ebony, ivory and wild animals. [2] Recent evidence locates it in northwestern Eritrea. [3]
The Satire of the Trades, also called The Instruction of Kheti, is a didactic work of ancient Egyptian literature. [1] It takes the form of an instruction and was composed by a scribe from Sile named Kheti for his son Pepi. The Satire exalts the career of a scribe while remarking on the drudgery experienced in other professions. Laborers are ...
In the south, Abydos remained the major centre of ancient Egyptian religion; the hallmarks of ancient Egyptian civilization, such as Egyptian art, Egyptian architecture, and many aspects of Egyptian religion, took shape during the Early Dynastic Period. Before the unification of Egypt, the land was settled with autonomous villages.