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The national flag of Egypt (عَلَمْ مِصر [ˈʕælæm mɑsˤɾ]) is a tricolour consisting of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black bands of the Arab Liberation Flag that dates back to the 1952 Egyptian Revolution. The flag bears Egypt's national emblem, the Egyptian eagle of Saladin, centred in the white band.
The flag of Egypt within the Federation of Arab Republics with two crossed swords in white in the canton [3] 1958–1972: War flag of the United Arab Republic: The flag of the United Arab Republic with two crossed swords in white in the canton [3] [5] 1922–1958: War flag of Egypt: The flag of Egypt from 1922 to 1958 with two crossed swords in ...
The Arab Liberation Flag was often modified by states to include symbols such as the Eagle of Saladin, as seen on the flag of Egypt, or green stars, as seen on the former flags of North Yemen, Iraq and Syria. The Eagle of Saladin on the Egyptian flag represents republicanism, while the two green stars on the former Syrian flag used from 1980 to ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... The tables contain many flags that were only ever proposals or are ... Egypt: 661 750-969 1844 ...
The national symbols of Egypt are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Egypt and of its culture. Symbol [ edit ]
Created a new flag based on a flags.net image. 18:09, 1 February 2006: 32 × 32 (338 bytes) Rotemliss: Corrupted, cross uploaded until I will be able to create a non-corrupted version: 18:05, 1 February 2006: 744 × 1,052 (2 KB) Rotemliss: Historical Flag of Egypt (1922-1952).
These vexilloids, or flag-like standards, were symbols of the nomes of pre-dynastic Egypt. [7] In fact, ancient Greek writers attributed the creation of standards to the Egyptians. According to Diodorus , Egyptian standards generally consisted of figures of sacred animals on the end of a staff or spear.
The Egyptian revolutionaries of the Free Officers Movement under Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser emblazoned on the eagle's breast the green field and white crescent and stars of the old flag of the Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan, and placed the eagle in the centre of the horizontal red-white-black bands of the revolution's Arab Liberation ...