Opentopia Directory Encyclopedia Tools

Encyclopedia: EGY...

Encyclopedia : E : EG : EGY (302 articles)


Egypt
Egypt (Arabic: مصر, romanized Misr, in Egyptian Arabic Máṣr, [listen] ([Media helphelp]·[info])), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a Middle Eastern country in North Africa. While the country is geographically situated in Africa, the Sinai Peninsula, ..
Egypt's Liberal Experiment
Egypt's "Liberal Experiment" took place between 1924 and 1936. The Wafd political party saw independence and constitutional government linked. While the British did not agree with full independence, they certainly liked the idea of European-style constitutional government. The country's first elec..
Egypt, Arkansas
Egypt is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 101 at the 2000 census. Geography Egypt is located at [35°52′3″N, 90°56′43″W] (35.867472, -90.945372)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town ..
Egypt, Buckinghamshire
Egypt is a hamlet in the parish of Burnham, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the edge of Burnham Beeches, just to the north of Farnham Common. It is not known how the hamlet came to be known as Egypt, though it is most likely it was named after the country of Egypt in the Middle East...
Egypt, West Virginia
Egypt is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA. It is located between Opequon Creek and Leetown off of Sulphur Spring Road on Egypt Road. External links Communities Bayard | Berkeley Springs | Bolivar | Capon Bridge | Charles Town | Franklin | Harpers F..
Egypt-Libya Campaign
The Egypt-Libya Campaign is the name used by the United States military for the US contribution to the Allied North African Campaign during World War II. From 1942, US forces assisted the British Commonwealth in fighting Axis forces in the Western Desert Campaign. The US Egypt-Libya Campaign was par..
EgyptAir
EgyptAir (Arabic: مصر للطيران) is the Cairo-based national airline of Egypt. Wholly owned by the Egyptian government, it operates scheduled services to over 50 destinations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Far East, the USA and Canada, and formerly to Australia, as well as domestic..
EgyptAir destinations
This is a list of airports EgyptAir flies. Contents 1 ..
EgyptAir Flight 648
EgyptAir Flight 648 was a Boeing 737 airliner hijacked in 1985 by Palestinian militants. The subsequent raid on the aircraft by Egyptian troops led to dozens of deaths, making the hijacking of Flight 648 one of the deadliest such incidents in history. Contents 1 The hijacking2 Stand-of..
EgyptAir Flight 990
Egyptair Flight 990 align="center" colspan="2" class="hiddenStructure |- !align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" colspan="4"|Summary |- !align="right" valign="top"|Date |align="left" valign="top"|October 31, 1999 |- !align="right" valign="top"|Type |align="left" valign="top"|Deliberate crash |- !align="..
Egyptian
Egyptian may refer to: Egyptian people, an ethnic groupEgypt, a countryEgyptian Arabic, the national language of EgyptAncient Egypt, from circa 3200 BC to 343 BCEgyptian language, the language of ancient EgyptEgyptians (Balkans), an unrelated Albanian-speaking ethnic minority of Kosovo and Macedo..
Egyptian-Wahhabi War
Egyptian-Wahhabi War in 1811-1818 was fought between Egypt under the reign of Muhammad Ali (nominally under Ottoman rule) and Wahabbis in Arabia. Wahhabi attacks on pilgrim caravans crossing Arabia concerned the Ottoman Turkish government at the end of the 18th century. When the Ottomans attempted ..
Egyptians (Balkans)
Balkan Egyptians or simply Egyptians (Albanian: Maxhup, Serbian: Egipćani/Египћани or Đupci/Ђупци, Macedonian: Gjupci/Ѓупци) are an Albanian-speaking ethnic minority of Kosovo and Macedonia. They should not to be confused with the Egyptians of Egypt, who are unrelated. Conten..
Egyptians Act 1530
Acts of Parliament of predecessorstates to the United Kingdom Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1600Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1706Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of ScotlandActs of Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom ..
Egyptian Air Academy
The Egyptian Air Academy (Arabic: الكلية الجوية , Moto: Faith, Sacrifice, Glory), is the country's air military academy, and was established in 1951. Belbeis Airport was selected as the new headquarters for the Academy after the withdrawal of the British Forces. The Academy has the hist..
Egyptian Air Defense Command
The Egyptian Air Defense Command or ADF (Quwwat Il Difaa Al Jawwi in Arabic) is Egypt's military command responsible for air defense. Egypt patterned its Air Defense Force (ADF) after the Soviet Anti-Air Defenses, which integrated all its air defense capabilities – antiaircraft guns, rocket an..
Egyptian Air Force
Egyptian Air Force flag. The Egyptian Air Force or EAF (Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya in Arabic) (Motto: Higher and higher seeking glory, Arabic:Ila Al-Ola Fi Sabil Al-Majid) is the aviation branch of the Egyptian armed forces. The EAF is headed by an Air Force Air Marshal (Lt. General). Curr..
Egyptian American
Egyptian Americans are Americans of Egyptian ancestry, first-generation Egyptian immigrants, or descendants of Egyptians who immigrated to the United States. A large community of Egyptian Americans is located in northeastern Virginia and the Washington DC metropolitan area. Other Egyptian American c..
Egyptian Arabic
"Masri" redirects here. For , see . Egyptian Arabic (Maṣrī, مصري) is part of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, descended mainly from a medieval dialect of Arabic. It originated in the Nile Delta region (Lower Egypt) around its urban centers, Cairo and Alexandria. Toda..
Egyptian Arabic/Swadesh list
This is a Swadesh list of 207 words in English and Egyptian Arabic. The Swadesh word list, developed by the linguist Morris Swadesh, is used as a tool to study the evolution of languages. It contains a set of basic words which can be found in every language. Various versions have been created, i..
Egyptian Arab Socialist Party
Egyptian Arab Socialist Party Party Motto Chairman Mr.Wahid AL-Uksory Founded 1976 Headquarters Cairo Political Ideology Papers Website See also Politics of Egypt Political parties in Egypt Elections The Egyptian Arab Socialist Party (Arabic: Hizb Misr al-..
Egyptian Army
The Egyptian Army is the largest service within the Egyptian military establishment. It is estimated to number around 320,000. However, since Egypt has been undergoing a modernization plan, the Egyptian Army may see a cut of up to 25% of its personnel. Many believe that such a large cut will not tak..
Egyptian Association of Canterbury, Inc. (EAC)
The Egyptian Association of Canterbury was established in Christchurch in March 2004. EAC is a charitable organisation, non-profit organisation. Membership is open to all residents of Canterbury who are of Egyptian origin or descent. The principles and goals of EAC are: · The EAC upholds the va..
Egyptian bean
Egyptian bean can mean: Lablab purpureusNelumbo nucifera This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Egyptian Blue
Egyptian Blue ( SrCuSi4O10 ) is a pigment used by Egyptians for thousands of years. See also Han Purple ..
Egyptian Bridge
Egyptian Bridge (Египетский мост) in St Petersburg, Russia carries Lermontov Avenue over the Fontanka River. The one-span suspension bridge that it replaced was of considerable historical interest as a remarkable monument to the early 19th-century Egyptomania. It was constructed in ..
Egyptian Building
The Egyptian Building (originally the College Building and later the Old College Building) is a historic landmark building in Richmond, Virginia, built in 1845. It is the first permanent home of the Medical Department of Hampden-Sidney College (later renamed the Medical College of Virginia. It i..
Egyptian burial rituals and protocol
In Ancient Egyptian burial rituals, mummies were buried with their earthly riches, pets, and sometimes even their slaves, as the Egyptians believed those were necessary to guide and serve the deceased in the afterlife and make it more comfortable. A comprehensible knowledge of Ancient Egyptian relig..
Egyptian calendar
The ancient civil Egyptian Calendar, known as the Annus Vagus or "Wandering Year", had a year that was 365 days long, consisting of 12 months of 30 days each, plus 5 extra days at the end of the year. The months were divided into 3 "weeks" of ten days each. This calendar was in use by 2400 BCE, an..
Egyptian chronology
The creation of a reliable Chronology of Ancient Egypt is a task fraught with problems. While the overwhelming majority of Egyptologists agree on the outline and many of the details of a common chronology, disagreements either individually or in groups have resulted in a variety of dates offered for..
Egyptian Civil Code
The Egyptian Civil Code is the prime source of civil law for the Arab Republic of Egypt. The first version of Egyptian Civil Code was written in 1949. The prime author of the 1949 code was Abdel-Razzak Al-Sanhuri, who received assistance from Dean Edouard Lambert of the University of Lille. Perha..
Egyptian cobra
The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) is a type of venomous snake native to North Africa and the Middle East. Its bite is extremely venomous, ten times more so than the Indian cobra. The Egyptian Cobra is the most common cobra in Africa and has caused the most deaths. It lives from the Sahara Desert to t..
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Egyptian Expeditionary Force was formed in March 1916 to command the growing British and Commonwealth military forces in Egypt during World War I. It was originally commanded by Sir Archibald Murray, later by Edmund Allenby. It consisted of the British XX and XXI Infantry Corps, under the command ..
Egyptian faience
The term faience, describing Islamic and European tin-glazed earthenware, has been extended to describe the ceramic faience of pre-Dynastic and Pharaonic Egypt and sites in the Indus Valley civilization. Egyptian and Indus Valley faience was not made of clay but rather was a ceramic composed primar..
Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides
redirect[[Template:Portal]] The Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides (EFSGG) is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Egypt. Scouting was founded in Ottoman Egypt in 1914 and was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922, while nominally ..
Egyptian Feminist Union
The Egyptian Feminist Union (al-Ittihad al-Nisa al-Misri) was the first nationwide feminist movement in Egypt. It was founded at a meeting on 16 March, 1923 called at her home by the activist Huda Sha'rawi, who served as its first president until her death in 1947. The Union was affiliated to the In..
Egyptian Football Association
Founded 1921 FIFA affiliation 1923 CAF affiliation 1957 PresidentSamir Zaher CoachHassan Shehata The Egyptian Football Association is the governing body of football (soccer) in Egypt. The leading Egyptian clubs are as follows, with the total number of national championships following the..
Egyptian Fourth Dynasty Family Tree
The Fourth Dynasty succession is unclear. Manetho adds several rulers that are not otherwise attested, either in other king lists, or from the archaeological record. However, there does seem to be continuity between the Third Dynasty and the Fifth Dynasty, showing that the power of the pharaoh remai..
Egyptian fraction
An Egyptian fraction is the sum of distinct unit fractions (that is, fractions whose numerators are equal to 1) whose denominators are positive integers, and all of whose denominators differ from each other, for example [\begin\frac+\frac\end] . It can be shown that every positive rational..
Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate
The Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate (Arabic:المخابرات العامة المصرية ) is one of the Egyptian Intelligence Agencies Apparatus. It deals with the Israeli attempts against Egypt and the Arabic nation its most area of working and which it has its most spreading networks..
Egyptian God Cards
The Egyptian God Cards are a series of cards found in Yu-Gi-Oh!, which serves as a focal point to the manga, anime, and many of the video games. They are said to be one-of-a-kind all-powerful cards, created by Maximillion Pegasus and modeled after the three ancient Egyptian divine beasts (幻&..
Egyptian Goose
The Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae, and is the only extant member of the genus Alopochen. This 63-73 cm long species breeds widely in Africa except deserts and dense forests, and is locally..
Egyptian Greens
The Egyptian Greens Party Motto N/A Chairman Dr. Abdul Moneim Al-A'sar Founded 1990 Headquarters Cairo Political Ideology Liberalism, Liberal Democracy Papers AlWatan Website [www.egyptiangreens.com] See also Politics of Egypt Political parties in Egyp..
Egyptian hieroglyph
Hieroglyphs at the Memphis museum with a statue of Ramses II in the background. "Hieroglyphics" redirects here. For , see Hieroglyphics (hip hop). Hieroglyphs are a writing system used by the Ancient Egyptians, that contained a combination of logographic, alphabetic, and ideographic elements. ..
Egyptian hip hop
Egyptian hip hop is a new, raw, audacious and exciting form of music coming from the North African country incorporating issues of the region and abroad. Prevalent hip hop comes from artists such as MTM, Poetic Justice (see article below) and an upcoming soulful American-born Shareef (see [link..
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
The Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), also called the Islamic Jihad and the Jihad Group, is an Egyptian Islamic group active since the late 1970s with origins in the Muslim Brotherhood. It suffered setbacks as a result of numerous arrests of operatives worldwide, most recently in Lebanon and Yemen. The..
Egyptian Judicial System
The Egyptian Judicial System (or judicial branch) in Egypt, is an independent branch of the government which includes both secular and religious courts. The Egyptian judicial system is based on European, primarily French, legal concepts and methods. Under the several governments during the preside..
Egyptian land reform
The post-revolution Egyptian Land Reform was an effort to change land ownership practices in Egypt following the 1952 Revolution launched by Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Free Officers Movement. Contents 1 Problems prior to 19522 Law Number 1783 Modifications to Land Reform4 Res..
Egyptian language
Written records of the ancient Egyptian language have been dated from about 3200 BC. Egyptian is part of the Afro-Asiatic group of languages and is related to Berber and Semitic (languages such as Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya and Hebrew). The language survived until the 5th century AD in the form of D..
Egyptian languages
The Egyptian languages are a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family. The only members are the ancient Egyptian language (including Demotic) and its descendant, Coptic. They are extinct in regular usage, both written and spoken, though Coptic is preserved as a liturgical language in the Coptic..
Egyptian Lover
Egyptian Lover (born Greg Broussard) is an American electro hop rapper, one of the best known performers of the underground West Coast dance scene. He began recording around Los Angeles in 1983 as a member of the Radio Crew and later that year released "Dial-A-Freak" as part of Uncle Jamm's Army (se..
Egyptian mathematics
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. Egyptian mathematics refers to the style and methods of mathematics performed by scribes in Ancient Egypt,..
Egyptian Mau
Egyptian Mau Silver-Colored Mau Smoke-Colored Mau --> Country of origin Egypt Breed standards (external links) [AACE], [CFA], [ACFA], [CCA], [TICA], FIFe Egyptian Maus are a medium-sized short-haired cat breed. They are the only..
Egyptian Military Academy
The Egyptian Military Academy (Arabic: الكلية العسكرية), is the country's oldest and most prominent military academy in Egypt and the region. It is the first Academic edifice in the country, the Middle East, and one of Egypt's sources of pride throughout its deeply- rooted history. Tr..
Egyptian Military Industry
Egypt is the most important manufacturer of weapons and military components among the Arab countries. State-owned enterprises, under control of the Armament Authority headed by a major general, were the main domestic producers of Egypt's defense systems. The Armament Authority was responsible for s..
Egyptian mongoose
The Egyptian mongoose is found in Africa (quite commonly in Sudan). It has recently been discovered as being a reservoir host for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Sudan. ..
Egyptian Museum
Main entrance of the Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to the most extensive collection of pharaonic antiquities in the world. It has 136,000 items on display, with many more hundreds of thousands in its basement..
Egyptian Museum of Berlin
Bust of Nefertiti The Egyptian Museum of Berlin (German: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung) is home to one of the world's most important collections of Ancient Egyptian artefacts. The museum originated with the royal art collection of the Prussian kings: it was Alexander von Humboldt w..
Egyptian mythology
Egyptian mythology or Egyptian religion is the succession of tentative beliefs held by the people of Egypt for over three thousand years, prior to the existence of and major exposure to Christianity and Islam. Contents 1 Gods2 Death3 The monotheistic period4 Temples5 Ext..
Egyptian mythology in popular culture
The rich mythology of ancient Egypt has long been a fertile source of inspiration for popular culture. Contents 1 The Mummy2 Comic books3 Stargate4 Miscellaneous5 See also The Mummy The title character in the 1932 Universal horror film The Mummy is the reanimated Prince..
Egyptian National Library and Archives
The Egyptian National Library and Archives (Arabic:Dar el-Kotob) in Cairo is the largest library in Egypt. The second largest are the libraries of Al-Azhar University, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (New Library of Alexandria), Cairo. The National Library, the oldest government library, houses several mil..
Egyptian Naval Academy
The Egyptian Naval Academy (Arabic: الكلية البحرية), is the country's scientific military college, set up to supply the army with professional engineers. It was established in October 1946. Graduates of the Egyptian Naval Academy are commissioned as officers in the Egyptian Navy. Histo..
Egyptian Night
An Egyptian Night is a time when, by judgment of God, a thick darkness of three days settled down on the land, such as in Egypt. See Exodus verse 22. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. ..
Egyptian Nightjar
The Egyptian Nightjar, Caprimulgus aegyptius, is a medium-small nightjar which occurs in south west Asia and north Africa, and winters in tropical Africa. It is a late migrant, seldom appearing before the end of April or beginning of May. It is a rare visitor to Europe, but, remarkably, has twice o..
Egyptian numerals
The system of Egyptian numerals was a numeral system used in ancient Egypt. It was a decimal system, often rounded off, written in hieroglyphs. The hieratic form of numerals stressed an exact finite series notation, being ciphered one:one onto the Egyptian alphabet. Contents 1 Digits and nu..
Egyptian Paganism
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. This does not cite its [[..
Egyptian parliamentary election, 2005
The Egyptian parliamentary elections of 2005 was the scheduled three-stage elections for determining its lower house membership. The elections formed the Eighth Assembly since the adoption of the 1971 Constitution. Over 7,000 candidates competed in 222 constituencies for the Assembly's 444 elected ..
Egyptian Plover
The Egyptian Plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, is a wader, the only member of the genus Pluvianus (Vieillot, 1816). Formerly placed in its own monotypic family Pluvianidae, it is now regarded as the sole member of the subfamily Pluvianinae, part of the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. It i..
Egyptian pool
The Pool symbol in Egyptian mythology represents water. It is a rectangle, longer horizontally than vertically, with seven equally spaced vertical zigzag lines within it. It can also represent the primal waters that the Egyptians believed was the source of all things, which they called Nun. Occasio..
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian pound (Egyptian: الجنيه المصرى Gineih Masri) is the current legal currency of Egypt. The pound is divided into 100 piastres (qirsh) or 1000 milliemes. The ISO 4217 code for the Egyptian pound is EGP. Locally, the abbreviation LE or L.E., which stands for livre égyptienne..
Egyptian Premier League
The Egyptian Premier League (League A) has fourteen clubs. See Egyptian Soccer League. Premier League clubs Al-Ahly - National ClubAl-ZamalekAl-Ismaili - The IsmailiAl-Masry - The EgyptianAl-Koroum - VineAl-Itthad Al-Iskandary - Alexandria UnitedEl-Geish - The ArmyHaras El-Hodood - The Border Guard..
Egyptian presidential election, 2005
The Egyptian presidential election of 2005, held on September 7, 2005, was the first allegedly contested presidential election in Egypt's history. Hosni Mubarak, the incumbent President of Egypt, won a fifth consecutive six-year term in office, with official results showing he won 88.6% of the vot..
Egyptian pyramids
The ancient pyramids of Egypt Pyramid "mr" in hieroglyphs U23-G17:r-O24 The pyramids of Egypt, among the largest constructions ever built by humankind, [The Great Pyramid of Khufu]. Retrieved April 12, 2005. "The Great Pyramid of Khufu...is the largest pyramid in Egypt and wa..
Egyptian pyramid construction techniques
See also : Egyptian Pyramids Two major theories surround the construction of the Great Pyramids of Egypt. The first theory, suggested by the Greeks, posits that slaves were forced to work until the pyramid was done. A more widely accepted theory in the modern era, however, suggests that the Great P..
Egyptian Ratscrew
Egyptian Ratscrew, commonly abbreviated as ERS and also known as Egyptian Rhapsody, Egyptian Rattrap, Slap, Bloodystump, Egyptian Rat Race, Egyptian War, Sandwich, Arabian Slap, Egyptian Monkey Slap and Strip Jack Naked (in Australia) is a card game of the accumulation family, reminiscent of Slapjac..
Egyptian Revival architecture
Egyptian Quay in Saint Petersburg, with 3000-year old sphynxes brought from Egypt. Egyptian Revival is (primarily) an architectural style that references the visual motifs and imagery of Ancient Egypt. It has never been enormously popular, unlike Greek Revival or Victorian was, but it has lef..
Egyptian Sand Sea
The Egyptian Sand Sea is located in Africa's Libyan Desert. The three sand seas contain dunes up to 110m in height and cover ~25% of the Libyan Desert. The dunes were created by the wind. See also Libyan Desert*Kalansho Sand Sea*Ribiana Sand Sea ..
Egyptian Soccer Cup
List of Champions :Year ---- Champion ## Year ---- Champion *1921/22 : Zamalek - 1958/59 : Zamalek *1922/23 : Tersana - 1959/60 : Zamalek *1923/24 : Ahly - 1960/61 : Ahly *1924/25 : Ahly - 1961/62 : Zamalek *1925/26 : Ithad - 1962/63 : Ithad *1926/27 : Ahly - 1963/64 : Quanah *1927/28 : Ahly - 1..
Egyptian Soccer League
Contents 1 Egyptian Soccer League Champions2 Honours3 Double titles (Clubs won League & Cup in same season)4 System of Egyptian Soccer League (number of teams)5 Egyptian League Top Scorers6 All Time Egyptian League Top Scorers7 See also8 External link Egy..
Egyptian soul
AKH redirects here. For the French hip hop artist, see Akhenaton (rapper). In Egyptian mythology, the human soul is made up of seven parts: the Ren, Sekem, the Akh, the Ba, the Ka, the Sheut, and the Sekhu. During life, the soul, including those of animals, and of gods, was thought to inhabit a bo..
Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority
The Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority is an Egyptian judicial institution that resembles, in respect of competencies, the Attorney General in common law disciplines and particularly the United States Solicitor General. The Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority had been established in 1874 prior to the..
Egyptian stick fencing
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Egyptian stick fencing can be classified into ancient and modern forms. Ancient Egyptian stick fencing was pra..
Egyptian Sun Temples of the 5th Dynasty
Egyptian Sun Temples were first created by the Pharaohs of the Old Kingdom at Abu Gurab and Abusir. The Fifth Dynasty was marked by an especially strong devotion to the sun cult, which was based at Heliopolis. The founder of this Dynasty, Userkaf started the fashion of attaching sun temples with h..
Egyptian Super Cup
The Egyptian Super Cup is an Egyptian association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the Egyptian Premier League and the winners of the Egyptian Cup. If a team wins The Double (both the Premier League and the Cup), then the Double winner plays the Premier League ru..
Egyptian television
Contents 1 History2 Terrestrial Channels3 Egyptian Satellites (Nilesat)4 Specialized Nile TV channels5 Private Channels6 Criticism7 References8 External links History Egyptian television began broadcasting its programs in 1960. Though the decision to start ..
Egyptian Theatre
Egyptian-style theaters are based on the traditional and historic design elements of Ancient Egypt. These theaters were part of the wave of Egyptian revival architecture that occurred after the 1922 discovery of King Tut's tomb by Howard Carter. Early in the twentieth century, estimates of up to ..
Egyptian Trade Union Federation
ETUF The Egyptian Trade Union Federation is the sole trade union federation in Egypt. It represents 2.5 million workers in 23 unions. It is affiliated with the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions, and the Organization of African Trade Union Unity. References ..
Egyptian universities
Universities in Egypt are generally either state-funded or privately funded. Education in Egypt is free by law, however there are very small fees paid for enrollment. Public institutions, with few exceptions are generally overcrowded with a student body of several thousands. Private universities are..
Egyptian Vulture
The Egyptian Vulture, Neophron percnopterus, is a small Old World vulture, the only member of the genus Neophron. Egyptian Vultures are scavangers, mainly feeding off carrion, but they also prey on small mammals and eggs. The adult Egyptian Vulture usually measures 85 cm from the point of the beak..
Egyptology
--> Topics about Ancient Egypt [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Places: Nile | Upper and Lower Egypt | Abu Simbel | Abydos/Abdju | Alexandria | Al Fayyum/Atef-Pehu | Amarna/Akhetaten | Dahshur | Edfu | Elephantine/Abu/Yebu | Giza | Heliopolis/Annu/Iunu | Karnak | Luxor | M..
Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris
Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris is a book published by Candlewick Press in 2004. A note in the beginning of the book states that there is no evidence that the book is factual, so it can be considered fictional. The book is supposedly a journal of Emily Sands, an Egyptologist who, with a te..
Egyptomania
Egyptomania is a concept that describes the Western fascination with ancient Egyptian culture and history. Although this fascination goes back to a time immediately following the pharaonic period, "Egyptomania" specifically refers to the renewed interest in Egypt during the nineteenth century a..
Egyptus
This article is about the Book of Abraham's Egyptus. For the reference from Egyptian mythology, see Aegyptus. In Latter-day Saint theology, Egyptus is the name of two women in the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price. One is the wife of Ham, son of Noah, who bears his children. The other is..
Egypt (disambiguation)
Egypt may refer to: Egypt, the country in north AfricaAncient EgyptEgypt, Buckinghamshire, a hamlet in EnglandEgypt, a regional name indicating southern IllinoisEgypt, West Virginia, USAEgypt (video game), a game for the FamicomEgypt (drama) a drama serial on BBC TV, aired in autumn 2005.Egypt (med..
Egypt (media personality)
Egypt is co-host of the show Live in the Den with Big Tigger & Egypt at their flagship station WWPR. Since May 2006, she teamed up with Big Tigger to do the show on weekdays, replacing the recently cancelled Star and Buckwild on NY radio station [Power 105.1]. She was a weekend DJ at t..
Egypt (TV serial)
Egypt is the title of a BBC television drama serial about various archaeological discoveries taking place in that country's history, with the occasional 'flashback' scene involving actors portraying the ancient Egyptians themselves. The hour-long show currently airs on Sunday nights at 9pm on BBC2. ..
Egypt (video game)
Egypt is a puzzle game released for the Famicom in 1991 by Human Creative. It was released only in Japan. It is an object elimination type puzzle game. A player controls a spherical jewel, and jumps from tile to tile. Stepping on an arrow shifts a row or column in the direction of the arrow. ..
Egypt 2000 Party
Egypt 2000 Party Party Motto Chairman Dr.Fawzy Khalil Ghazal Founded April 7, 2001 Headquarters Cairo Political Ideology Papers Website See also Politics of Egypt Political parties in Egypt Elections Misr (Egypt) 2000 Party is an egyptian political party wi..
Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp under the IOC country code EGY. Contents 1  Egypt 0 0 0 0 Gold noneSilver noneBronze none Results by event Egypt at the Summer Olympics 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 19..
Egypt at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris under the IOC country code EGY. Contents 1  Egypt 0 0 0 0 Gold noneSilver noneBronze none Results by event Egypt at the Summer Olympics 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956..
Egypt at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam under the IOC country code EGY. Contents 1  Egypt 2 1 1 4 Gold Ibrahim Moustafa - Wrestling, Greco-Roman Light HeavyweightEl Sayed Nosseir - Weightlifting, Light HeavyweightSilver Farid Simaika — Diving, PlatformBronze Fari..
Egypt at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin under the IOC country code EGY. Contents 1  Egypt 2 1 2 5 Gold Anwar Mesbah - Weightlifting, LightweightKhadr Sayed El-Touni - Weightlifting, MiddleweightSilver Saleh Soliman — Weightlifting, FeatherweightBronze Ibrahim Shams ..
Egypt at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London under the IOC country code EGY. Contents 1  Egypt 2 2 1 5 Gold Ibrahim Shams — Weightlifting, LightweightMahmoud Fayad - Weightlifting, FeatherweightSilver Attia Hamouda — Weightlifting, LightweightAli Hassan — Wrestling, ..
Egypt at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki under the IOC country code EGY. Contents 1  Egypt 0 0 1 1 Gold noneSilver noneBronze Abdel Rashed — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Featherweight Results by event Egypt at the Summer Olympics 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1..
Egypt at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne under the IOC country code EGY.                Total Egypt 0 0 0 0 Results by event Egypt at the Summer Olympics 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928..
Egypt at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The Republic of Egypt competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich under the IOC country code EGY. It was the ninth appearance of the North African nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1912. Contents 1                 Total E..
Egypt at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles under the IOC country code EGY. It was the tenth appearance of the North African nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1912. Contents 1                 Total Egypt 0 1..
Egypt at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea under the IOC country code EGY. It was the eleventh appearance of the North African nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1912. Contents 1  Egypt 0 0 0 0 Results by event ..
Egypt at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona under the IOC country code EGY. It was the twelfth appearance of the North African nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1912. Contents 1                 Total Egypt 0 0..
Egypt at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta under the IOC country code EGY. Contents 1                 Total Egypt 0 0 0 0 Gold NoneSilver NoneBronze None Results by event ..
Egypt at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It was the fourteenth Olympiad that the nation had contested independently. Egypt competed under the IOC country code EGY. Contents 1  Egypt 0 0 0 0 Results by event ..
Egypt at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Egypt at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the Egyptian Olympic Committee and abbreviated EGY. Egypt's anthem, Biladi, Biladi, Biladi ("My Homeland, My Homeland, My Homeland") is played when Egypt wins a gold medal. The flag bearer in the opening ceremony was Aly Aly Ibrahim, a rowe..
Egypt at the Pan Arab Games
Egypt has participated in the Pan Arab Games seven times, with great success. Egypt did not participate in the 2nd, 5th & 6th editions of The Pan Arab Games in Beirut 1957, Damascus 1976 & Casablanca 1985. Overview Tournament Rank Participating Countries Gold Silver Bronze Alexandria 1953 Ch..
Egypt at the Summer Olympics
Egypt at the Summer Olympics 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 National Olympic Committees at the Summer Olympic Games Afghanistan | Albania | Alge..
Egypt Exploration Society
The Egypt Exploration Society (usually abbreviated EES) is the foremost learned society in the United Kingdom promoting the field of Egyptology. The Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF), as it was originally known, was formed in 1882, largely at the instigation of passionate amateur Egyptologists such as A..
Egypt in the Western imagination
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Egypt in the Western imagination has loomed large from the very first written texts in the Greek and Hebrew tr..
Egypt Lake-Leto, Florida
Egypt Lake-Leto is a census-designated place and an unincorporated census area in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 32,782 at the 2000 census. The area is located just north of Tampa International Airport. Contents 1 ZIP code2 Geography3 Demographi..
Egypt national basketball team
The Egypt national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Egypt in international competitions. Contents 1 Eurobasket 19372 Eurobasket 19473 Eurobasket 19494 Eurobasket 1953 Eurobasket 1937 Since Egypt was the only African nation to have a basketball team capa..
Egypt national football team
The Egypt national football team (Arabic: ‎), nicknamed The Pharaohs, is the national team of Egypt and is administered by the Egyptian Football Association. They were the first from an African country to participate in the World Cup when they played in 1934, losing to Hungary 4-2. Egypt has ..
Egypt national handball team
The Egyptian national handball team is the national handball team of Egypt and is controlled by the Egyptian Handball Federation. The Team's performance in the 90's has boosted the sport's popularity in the country as well as attracted enormous media and official attention. Although the team's per..
Egypt Province, Ottoman Empire
See also Aegyptus Province Although Egypt was an Ottoman province from the time of the Mamaluke wars, in its later years the Albanian born Mohammed Ali (Mehmet in Turkish) became king, fighting a war with the Ottomans over his desire for hereditary rule to be established there. During which he conq..
Egypt Standard Time
Egypt Standard Time is at UTC+2. ..
Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors
This article is part of the History of Egypt series. Ancient Egypt Achaemenid Egypt Ptolemaic Egypt Roman Egypt Early Arab Egypt Ottoman Egypt Muhammad Ali and his successors Modern Egypt List of Egyptians The reign of Muhammad Ali and his successors over Egypt was a period of rapid reform and mo..
Egypt Youth Party
Egypt Youth Party Party Motto N/A Chairman Mr.Ahmed Abdul Hadi Founded 2005 Headquarters Cairo Political Ideology Secularism, Democracy Papers Website See also Politics of Egypt Political parties in Egypt Elections The Egypt Youth Party is a small democratic ..
Egy Sima, Egy Fordított
Egy Sima, Egy Fordított is the debut album from original Megasztár runner-up Ibolya Oláh. The album has gone platinum in Hungary. It is awarded after 20.000 sold pieces in Hungary (of a total population of 10 million). Tracklisting "Nem kell""Mi lesz velem""Csak egy perc""Embertelen dal""Most""..

 


From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Article contents subject to the GNU Free Documentation License.

Search Titles
0123456789
ABCDEFGHIJ
KLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZ?