The next sentence is often translated " Crantor adds, that this is testified by the prophets of the Egyptians, who assert that these particulars are narrated by Plato are written on pillars which are still preserved.

Egyptians today often refer to Cairo as Maṣr (), the Arabic pronunciation of the name for Egypt itself, emphasizing the city's continued role in Egyptian influence.

The Egyptians often grouped gods together to reflect these relationships.

Ancient Egyptians often kept cheetahs as pets, and also tamed and trained them for hunting.

When searching for or mourning Osiris, the two goddesses are often likened to falcons or kites, possibly because kites travel far in search of carrion, because the Egyptians associated their plaintive calls with mourning, or because of the goddesses ' connection with Horus, who is often represented as a falcon.

The constant comments of the Romans about Cleopatra often undermine her, representing the Roman thought on the foreign and particularly of Egyptians.

However, to the ancient Egyptians, Min was not a matter of scandal-they had very relaxed standards of nudity: in their warm climate, farmers, servants, and entertainers often worked partially or completely naked, and children did not wear any clothes until they came of age.

The ancient Egyptians often carried small statuettes of him as good-luck charms.

One aspect of ancient Egyptian funerary literature which often is mistaken for a codified ethic of Maat is Spell ( Chapter ) 125 of the Book of the Dead or Papyrus of Ani ( known to the ancient Egyptians as The Book of Going Forth by Day ).

The highest ranking Ancient Egyptians grew hair on their chins which was often dyed or hennaed ( reddish brown ) and sometimes plaited with interwoven gold thread.

Many of the calamities can be mitigated by specific civilization cards, such as Engineering ( good vs. flood ); this specific card is often purchased by the Egyptians, whose homeland is flood-prone.

The ancient Egyptians wrote epistles, most often for pedagogical reasons.

Though it is often claimed that the Egyptians used roller bearings in the form of tree trunks under sleds this is modern speculation.

In ancient times Nubians were depicted by Egyptians as having very dark skin, often shown with hooped earrings and with braided or extended hair.

The pepla are a specific class of Italian adventure or fantasy films that have subjects set in Biblical, medieval or classical antiquity, often with contrived plots based very loosely on mythology, legendary Greco-Roman history, or the other contemporary cultures of the time, such as the Egyptians, Assyrians, Etruscans, etc.

The ancient Egyptians applied enamels to pottery and stone objects, and sometimes jewelry, though the last less often than other ancient Middle Eastern cultures.

It is a genuine love that often reveals itself in her distaste for Europeans that view Egyptians with either condescension or disgust.

The ancient Egyptians used sums of distinct unit fractions in their notation for more general rational numbers, and so such sums are often called Egyptian fractions.

Among the Egyptians ' and Hebrews ' neighbors in the Ancient Near East and in the Aegean, the Aurochs, the wild bull, was widely worshipped, often as the Lunar Bull and as the creature of El.

Egyptian Ibis Statue, Copenhagen MuseumVenerated and often mummified by Ancient Egyptians as a symbol of the god Thoth, the Ibis was according to Herodotus and Pliny the Elder also invoked against incursions of winged serpents.

The Egyptians often referred to the sun and the moon as the " eye " s of particular gods.

The Egyptians often described the sun's movement across the sky as the movement of a barque carrying Ra and his entourage of other gods, and the sun disk can either be equated with this solar barque or depicted containing the barque inside it.

Traditionally, within the spiritualist churches, spirit guides were often stereotyped ethnically, with Native Americans, Chinese or Egyptians being popular for their perceived ancient wisdom.

given of the Egyptian trades three thousand years ago, the following: Boxes, chairs, tables, etc., were often made of ebony inlaid with ivory, sycamore, and acacia veneering with thin layers and carved devices of rare woods added as ornament on inferior surfaces ; and a fondness for display induced the Egyptians to paint common boards to imitate foreign varieties so generally practiced at the present day.

The papyrus is believed to be the most extensive list of kings compiled by the Egyptians, and is the basis for most chronology before the reign of Ramesses II.

Pliny The Elder mentioned the Great Sphinx in his book, Natural History, commenting that the Egyptians looked upon the statue as a " divinity " that has been passed over in silence and " that King Harmais was buried in it ".

Friedlander wrote that the glorification of Judaism in the letter was no more than self-defense, though “ the book does not mention the antagonists of Judaism by name, nor does it admit that its intention is to refute direct attacks .” Stein sees in the letter “ a special kind of defense, which practices diplomatic tactics ,” and Tramontano also speaks of “ an apologetic and propagandist tendency .” Vincent characterizes it as “ a small unapologetic novel written for the Egyptians ” ( i. e. the Greeks in Egypt ).

The church father Clement of Alexandria, in the sixth book of his work Stromata, mentions forty-two books used by Egyptian priests that he says contain " the whole philosophy of the Egyptians ".

According to the book of Exodus the Israelites were familiar with the ancient art of the apothecary ( or perfumery ) of the Egyptians from whom they had just been liberated.

St Augustine ’ s book The City of God contains two chapters indicating a debate between Christians and pagans over human origins: Book XII, chapter 10 is called " Of the falseness of the history that the world hath continued many thousand years ", while that of book XVIII, chapter 40 is " The Egyptians ’ abominable lyings, to claim their wisdom the age of 100, 000 years ".

In Studies in Comparative Religion ( Winter 1974 ), it is said that according to the Armenian book Merkhavat, the Sarmoung Brotherhood, also referred to as the ' Inner Circle of Humanity ', originated in ancient Babylon circa 2500 BC, at around the time the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The book begins at pirates, then goes through Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Medieval Times, Aztecs, Tudors, the French Revolution, Victorians, and World War II ( WWII ) spies.

In this book, many of the names of the Egyptians end in-is, including Edifis ( a pun on edifice ) and Artifis ( a pun on artifice ).

The Egyptians are noted for elusiveness of language.

Amethyst was used as a gemstone by the ancient Egyptians and was largely employed in antiquity for intaglio engraved gems.

Even though the stone had been around centuries and was known to both the Sumerians and the Egyptians, both who used the gem for decoration and for playing important parts in their religious ceremonies, any agate of this color from Sicily, once an ancient Greek colony, is called Greek agate.

In an attempt to exact revenge for his forced exile, the physician would grow very close with Cambyses and would suggest that Cambyses should ask Amasis for a daughter in marriage in order to solidify his bonds with the Egyptians.

Ancient Egyptians burned ambergris as incense, while in modern Egypt ambergris is used for scenting cigarettes.

In his dialogues ( e. g. Republic 399e, 592a ), Plato has Socrates utter, " by the dog " ( kai me ton kuna ), " by the dog of Egypt ", " by the dog, the god of the Egyptians " ( Gorgias, 482b ), for emphasis.

Historical evidence also points to the use of non-returning boomerangs by the ancient Egyptians, Native Americans of California and Arizona, and inhabitants of southern India for killing birds and rabbits.

The Egyptians, Persians and other civilizations mostly used columns for the practical purpose of holding up the roof inside a building, preferring outside walls to be decorated with reliefs or painting, but the Ancient Greeks, followed by the Romans, loved to use them on the outside as well, and the extensive use of columns on the interior and exterior of buildings is one of the most characteristic features of classical architecture, in buildings like the Parthenon.

Later, the Nabateans discovered the value of bitumen extracted from the Dead Sea needed by the Egyptians for embalming their mummies.

Egyptians have been living under emergency law since 1967, except for an 18-month break in 1980.

The ancient Egyptians had a thoroughly developed system for the acquisition of intelligence, and the Hebrews used spies as well, as in the story of Rahab.

He therefore believed that, in order to maintain his army, plans must be made for the possibility of a further retreat whilst maintaining morale and retaining the support and co-operation of the Egyptians.

For example, both the Egyptians and the Babylonians were aware of versions of the Pythagorean theorem about 1500 years before Pythagoras ; the Egyptians had a correct formula for the volume of a frustum of a square pyramid ;

And the second course of action led to my going to Pakistan a month or so after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, for the purpose of coordinating with the Pakistanis a joint response, the purpose of which would be to make the Soviets bleed for as much and as long as is possible ; and we engaged in that effort in a collaborative sense with the Saudis, the Egyptians, the British, the Chinese, and we started providing weapons to the Mujaheddin, from various sources again – for example, some Soviet arms from the Egyptians and the Chinese.

The ancient Egyptians had a system of medicine that was very advanced for its time and influenced later medical traditions.

In 1163 the chaotic situation in Egypt led to a refusal to pay tribute to Jerusalem, and requests were sent to Nur ad-Din for assistance ; in response, Amalric invaded, but was turned back when the Egyptians flooded the Nile at Bilbeis.