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Kundan, meaning pure gold, [1] is a traditional form of Indian gemstone jewellery involving a gem set with a gold foil between the stones and its mount, usually for elaborate necklaces and other jewellery.
Largest cities See also Further reading External links 0-9 10th of Ramadan 15th of May 6th of October A Abu El Matamir Abu Hummus Abu Tesht Abu Tig Akhmim Al Khankah Alexandria Arish Ashmoun Aswan Awsim Ain El Sokhna B Badr Baltim Banha Basyoun Biyala Belqas Beni Mazar Beni Suef Beni Ebeid Biba Bilbeis Birket El Sab Borg El Arab Borg El Burullus Bush C Cairo D Dahab Dairut Damanhur Damietta ...
Founded by Ptolemy II; named after his mother, Berenice I of Egypt: Tao (Leucus Limen) [2] earlier than New Kingdom none El Qoseir: Leucus Limen, Kosseir, Al Qusair, El Quseir, Qusseir, Qosseir: Important trading port during pharaonic times, where goods from Red Sea and beyond entered Egypt
Even today Kandyan jewellery sets are auctioned off at the best auction houses in the United Kingdom and Europe with a throatlet and necklaces being valued at £5000 to £8000 and the entire sets being sold for prices ranging from £50,000 to £200,000 depending on the design and antiquity of the sets. In Sri Lanka these sets are available on a ...
Qiman al-Arus (Arabic: قمن العروس, Coptic: ⲧⲕⲉⲙⲏⲛ, Ancient Greek: Κομά, Komá) [1] is a village in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt.. The city's name comes from Ancient Egyptian: Tꜣ-jꜣd.t-kꜣ-mn, lit.
El Marg. El Marg (Arabic: المرج pronounced [elˈmæɾɡ]) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, [1] Egypt, bordering Qalyubia Governorate near Shubra El Kheima.It was separated from the El Salam district (to its south) on 1 April 1994.
Rosetta (/ r oʊ ˈ z ɛ t ə / roh-ZET-ə) [a] or Rashid (Arabic: رشيد, romanized: Rašīd, IPA: [ɾɑˈʃiːd]; Coptic: ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ, romanized: ti-Rashit) [b] is a port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered there in 1799.
The ancient Egyptian site of el-Lisht can be found on the west bank of the Nile River, around 65 km south of the city of Cairo. It is a Twelfth Dynasty necropolis, close to the city of Itj-Tawy [1] from which the modern village assumably (given the proposed older form Al-Isht) takes name.