Memphis stinkpotters like McKellar Lake, inside the city limits, and sailors look for autumn winds at Arkabutla Lake where fall racing is now in progress.

Even when he is on the way to Memphis you will still have the promise resting inside you like a gift, and it is he inside of you.

He visited the ruins of Babylon and the subterranean secret of Memphis and spent ten years alone in the great southern desert of Arabia — the Roba El Khaliyeh or " Empty Space " of the ancients — and " Dahna " or " Crimson " desert of the modern Arabs, which is held to be inhabited by protective evil spirits and monsters of death.

Cairo is also associated with Ancient Egypt due to its proximity to the ancient cities of Memphis, Giza and Fustat which are nearby to the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza.

Churches Uniting in Christ ( CUIC ) is an ecumenical organization that brings together ten mainline American denominations ( including both predominantly white and predominantly black churches ), and was inaugurated on January 20, 2002 in Memphis, TN on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.

There is reference on a Greek papyrus from 163 BCE to the procedure being conducted on girls in Memphis, the ancient Egyptian capital, and Strabo ( c. 64 BCE – c. 23 CE ), the Greek geographer, reported it when he visited Egypt in 25 BCE.

There are also recordings featuring the harmonica in jug bands, of which the Memphis Jug Band is the most famous.

Along with Texas, Memphis & North and South Carolina, Kansas City is a " world capital of barbecue.

Nashville is the second largest city in Tennessee, after Memphis, and the fourth largest city in the Southeastern United States.

For comparison, note that traditional first-past-the-post would elect Memphis, even though most citizens consider it the worst choice, because 42 % is larger than any other single city.

The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek.

Given that the decree was issued at Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, rather than Alexandria, the centre of government of the ruling Ptolemies, it is evident that the young king was anxious to gain their active support.

" 100 Miles from Memphis ( released July 20 on A & M Records ), the distance from her hometown to the music mecca, is an ode to her formative memories of music-and one that the label hopes can inspire young music fans to investigate the landscape beyond processed pop and Auto-Tune.

Tennessee is known for its country ham and Memphis, TN is known for several famous barbecue restaurants and a major barbecue cooking competition held in May.

** Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

* c. 3100 BC — According to the legend, Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, and a new capital is erected at Memphis.

Dunavant Enterprises, based in Memphis, Tennessee, is the leading cotton broker in Africa, with hundreds of purchasing agents.

Memphis barbecue is best known for tomato-and vinegar-based sauces.

In some Memphis establishments and in Kentucky, meat is rubbed with dry seasoning ( dry rubs ) and smoked over hickory wood without sauce ; the finished barbecue is then served with barbecue sauce on the side.

A popular item in North Carolina and Memphis is the pulled pork sandwich served on a bun and often topped with coleslaw.

* The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is held annually in Memphis, Tennessee, during the Memphis in May festival.

Despite his ill health, Haley began compiling notes for possible use as a basis for either a biographical film based on his life, or a published autobiography ( accounts differ ), and there were plans for him to record an album in Memphis, Tennessee, when the brain tumor began affecting his behavior and he went back to his home in Harlingen, Texas, where he died early in the morning of February 9, 1981.

After auditioning " Monday Morning Blues " at his home, he took part in two recording sessions, in Memphis and New York City ( see Discography below ).

Built in 1991, it was the home court for the University of Memphis men's basketball program, and the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies until 2004.

For example, fans of Elvis Presley may choose to visit his home, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Major General John A. McClernand was authorized to raise an army in his home state of Illinois for the purpose of taking Vicksburg ; Grant was very frustrated at the lack of direction he was receiving to move forward from his station in Memphis, and more aggravated to learn of this apparent effort to brush him aside.

Shepherd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Patty ( née Shobe ), a homemaker, and William Jennings Shepherd, who managed a home appliance business.

" She went home to Memphis where she met and began dating local auto parts dealer and nightclub entertainer David M. Ford.

Since its founding, Memphis has been home to persons of many different faiths.

Memphis is home to two cathedrals.

Memphis is home to an estimated 10, 000 to 15, 000 Muslims of various cultures and ethnicities.

Memphis is home to Harding School of Theology and Memphis Theological Seminary.

During June, Memphis is home to the Memphis Italian Festival at Marquette Park.

Memphis is also home to several film festivals, the Indie Memphis Film Festival, Outflix, and the Memphis International Film and Music Festival.

Memphis is the home of founders and establishers of various American music genres, including Memphis soul, Memphis blues, gospel, rock n ' roll, Buck, crunk, and " sharecropper " country music ( in contrast to the " rhinestone " country sound of Nashville ).

The city is home to Memphis International Airport, the world's second busiest cargo airport ( following Hong Kong ), which serves as the primary hub for FedEx Express shipping and was a secondary hub for Delta Air Lines after it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008.

Memphis is the home of three Fortune 500 companies: FedEx, AutoZone, and International Paper.

The Memphis City School System is home to over 200 elementary, middle, and high schools.

Two other inscriptions of the Memphis decrees have been found since the discovery of the Rosetta Stone: the Nubayrah Stele and an inscription found at the Temple of Philae.

The Memphis Tennessee Temple is located in Bartlett, Tennessee.

In the ruins of the Temple of Ptah, a block in the name of Senusret II bears an inscription indicating an architectural commission as a gift to the gods of Memphis.

In Memphis, a powerful new wall was rebuilt for the Temple of Ptah, and developments were made to temples and chapels inside the complex.

Alexander at the Temple of Apis in Memphis, by Andre Castaigne ( 1898 – 1899 ).

Artist's depiction of the western forecourt of the Great Temple of Ptah at Memphis.

The Temple of Apis in Memphis was the main temple dedicated to the worship of the bull Apis, considered to be a living manifestation of Ptah.

Ankhefenmut kneels before the royal cartouche of Siamun, on a lintel from the Temple of Amun in Memphis.

After moving to Memphis and establishing it as the headquarters of COGIC, Bishop Mason founded and pastored the Temple COGIC.

In 1945, Mason dedicated Mason Temple in Memphis as the church's national meeting site.

After his death, Bishop Mason was entombed in Mason Temple, the only person ever so honored in the city of Memphis.

Bishop Patterson pastored the Pentecostal Temple Institutional COGIC in Memphis, TN, and was the presiding prelate of the Tennessee Headquarters Jurisdiction.

He reopened Saints Academy and College and constructed the multi-million dollar Deborah Mason Patterson Hall in Lexington, MS and renovated the national properties in Memphis including Mason Temple.

He established the Temple of Deliverance, the Cathedral of Bountiful Blessing, which grew to become the largest Pentecostal church in Memphis.

As pastor of a mega-church, the 14, 000 Temple of Deliverance COGIC in Memphis, TN, and world renowned tele-evangelist, he is credited with making COGIC and the COGIC brand inclusive.

World headquarters are in Memphis, Tennessee at Mason Temple.

Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ was founded March 6, 1975 by the late Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ is one of the largest churches in the city of Memphis and the Church of God in Christ denomination, with over 6. 5 million members worldwide.

He became a Christian in May 1951 at age 11 at Holy Temple Church of God in Christ in Memphis, where his father was the pastor.

In December 1961 Patterson returned to Memphis as co-pastor of Holy Temple Church of God in Christ, and to attend LeMoyne College.

The Babylonian name for " Egypt " was written in syllabic cuneiform as Ḫikuptaḥ, which was taken from an Egyptian name for Memphis, the old capital of Egypt, Ḥwt-kЗ-Ptḥ, " House-of-the-Spirit-of-Ptah " ( i. e., the Temple of Ptah ), which by extension became the name for " Egypt / Aegyptus / Egyptus " = Coptic ekepta, and Αἴγυπτος in Homer as both Nile River and country, and in Bibliotheca ( 2. 1. 4-5 ), as the eponymous son of Belus & Anchinoe, who first conquers Egypt.

He rapes Temple with a corncob and then takes her to Memphis and keeps her in a room at Miss Reba's brothel.

* Miss Reba-Owns a Memphis brothel where Temple lives under Popeye's control ; she thinks highly of Popeye until he brings Red in as a " stud ", which shocks and scandalizes her.

* Red-A Memphis criminal who has intercourse with Temple, at Popeye's request, so that Popeye ( who is impotent ) can watch ; Popeye later tires of this arrangement and murders Red