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  • proper noun A civilization that existed in the valley of the Nile River from ca. 3150 BC to 30 BC. Noted for building the Great Pyramids of Giza.

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Examples

  • The Circle's roots date back all the way to Ancient Egypt, which is the first real indication of how any of this will tie into the big bad that's been hanging around in the shadows for the past few episodes.

    IGN TV 2009

  • Anyways, we were looking at some, weird, rare, even cool stuff from Ancient Egypt.

    Kevin Nunez: The Yankee Stadium Kevin Nunez 2011

  • There will the sweaty but invigorating workouts provided by my book tour, wherein I will be reading aloud from my book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, and some serious heavy-lifting in the reading not aloud of Harold Bloom's latest, The Anatomy of Influence, and Toby Wilkinson's history, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.

    Nina Sankovitch: Getting Ripped for Summer Reading: My Summer Shape-Up Plan Nina Sankovitch 2011

  • While Memphis was the capital of Ancient Egypt, Saqqara served as its graveyard, and remained an important complex for burials and cult ceremonies for more than 3,000 years, well into Ptolemaic and Roman times.

    Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile, Part II Richard Bangs 2011

  • There will the sweaty but invigorating workouts provided by my book tour, wherein I will be reading aloud from my book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, and some serious heavy-lifting in the reading not aloud of Harold Bloom's latest, The Anatomy of Influence, and Toby Wilkinson's history, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.

    Nina Sankovitch: Getting Ripped for Summer Reading: My Summer Shape-Up Plan Nina Sankovitch 2011

  • While Memphis was the capital of Ancient Egypt, Saqqara served as its graveyard, and remained an important complex for burials and cult ceremonies for more than 3,000 years, well into Ptolemaic and Roman times.

    Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile, Part II Richard Bangs 2011

  • There will the sweaty but invigorating workouts provided by my book tour, wherein I will be reading aloud from my book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, and some serious heavy-lifting in the reading not aloud of Harold Bloom's latest, The Anatomy of Influence, and Toby Wilkinson's history, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.

    Nina Sankovitch: Getting Ripped for Summer Reading: My Summer Shape-Up Plan Nina Sankovitch 2011

  • Anyways, we were looking at some, weird, rare, even cool stuff from Ancient Egypt.

    Kevin Nunez: The Yankee Stadium Kevin Nunez 2011

  • There will the sweaty but invigorating workouts provided by my book tour, wherein I will be reading aloud from my book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair, and some serious heavy-lifting in the reading not aloud of Harold Bloom's latest, The Anatomy of Influence, and Toby Wilkinson's history, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.

    Nina Sankovitch: Getting Ripped for Summer Reading: My Summer Shape-Up Plan Nina Sankovitch 2011

  • Known in the West as the Arabian Nights - the origins of the stories have been lost in time - the tales, which first appeared in 800 CE are believed to be the literary compendium of oral tradition and myth passed down through the generations in Arabia, China, Ancient Egypt, India and Persia.

    Firas Al-Atraqchi: Egypt: Group seeks to ban A Thousand and One Arabian Nights 2010

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