The Assyrians had better success than the Egyptians, annexing much Hittite ( and also Hurrian ) territories in these regions.

Egyptians also believed that being mummified and put in a sarcophagus ( an ancient Egyptian " coffin " carved with complex symbols and designs, as well as pictures and hieroglyphs ) was the only way to have an afterlife.

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.

It is possible that only the Egyptian theologians fully recognized this underlying unity, but it is also possible that ordinary Egyptians identified the single divine force with a single god in particular situations.

The Egyptians also believed in a place called the Duat, a mysterious region associated with death and rebirth, that may have lain in the underworld or in the sky.

However, it was also important that the body of the deceased be preserved, as the Egyptians believed that the ba returned to its body each night to receive new life, before emerging in the morning as an akh.

Roses, poppies, daisies and irises could all also be found in the gardens of the Egyptians.

The ancient Egyptians also employed magical incantations, which have been found inscribed on various amulets and other items.

Egyptians considered Imhotep as a creative and inventive intellectual by the way he enlarged the burial site at Sakkara that was also constructed in stages.

He declared and taught that the Egyptians and Africans entertained erroneous sentiments, in representing the Divinity under the likeness of wild beasts and cattle of the field ; that the Greeks also were in error in making images of their gods after the human form.

As ruler of the dead, Osiris was also sometimes called " king of the living ", since the Ancient Egyptians considered the blessed dead " the living ones ".

In addition to its formal name, Egyptians also refer to it affectionately as the " Land of Fayrouz ", based on the Ancient Egyptian " Dumafkat ", which has the same meaning.

Seventh-day shabbat did not originate with the Egyptians, to whom it was unknown ; and other origin theories based on the day of Saturn, or on the planets generally, have also been abandoned.

The Egyptians ' Holy Sycamore also stood on the threshold of life and death, connecting the two worlds.

The ancient Egyptians and Romans also performed plastic cosmetic surgery.

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

Included are Sicilians and Greeks, Corsicans and French, Spanish and Germans, Egyptians and Jews, Circassians, Iranians, and Turks ; also in this mix are Tunisians whose ancestry traces southward across the deserts to Black Africa.

The ancient Egyptians also used dyadic fractions in measurement, with denominators up to 1 / 64, using a notation based on the Eye of Horus ( see, e. g., Curtis ).

Set was also identified by the Egyptians with the Hittite deity Teshub, who was a storm god like Set.

Egyptians also returned with living Puntites ( people of Punt ).

Ancient Egyptians also believed that the Goddess Amunet was a personification of the West.

Literary critics have also spent many years developing arguments concerning the " masculinity " of Rome and the Romans and the " femininity " of Egypt and the Egyptians.

It seems not coincidental that the Egyptians also used two different ells, one of which — the royal ell — was a sixth larger than the common ell ; this royal measurement was the earlier of the two in Egyptian use, and the one which the Pyramids of the 3rd and 4th Dynasties seem to be measured in integer multiples of.

Thoth became credited by the ancient Egyptians as the inventor of writing, and was also considered to have been the scribe of the underworld, and the Moon became occasionally considered a separate entity, now that Thoth had less association with it, and more with wisdom.

The Egyptians made much use of animal glues to adhere furniture, ivory, and papyrus.

The Egyptians made great efforts to ensure the survival of their souls after death, providing tombs, grave goods, and offerings to preserve the bodies and spirits of the deceased.

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.

John made peace with Damascus and attempted to regain Ascalon ; the Egyptians, now ruled by the Mamluk sultanate, besieged Jaffa in 1256 in response.

The Egyptians and Hindus made some use of ornamental footwear, such as a soleless sandal known as a " Cleopatra ", which did not provide any practical protection for the foot.

The Egyptians called the circumpolar star ' the star that cannot perish ' and, although they made no known formal star catalogues, they nonetheless created extensive star charts of the night sky which adorn the coffins and ceilings of tomb chambers.

The Egyptians seem to have known little about the function of the kidneys and made the heart the meeting point of a number of vessels which carried all the fluids of the body – blood, tears, urine and sperm, but the fluid of saliva and sweat they did not know where that came from.

The Ancient Egyptians used the fruits to be made into date wine, and ate them at harvest.

The ancient Egyptians believed that a human soul was made up of five parts: the Ren, the Ba, the Ka, the Sheut, and the Ib.

As a part of the soul, a person's ren ( rn ' name ') was given to them at birth and the Egyptians believed that it would live for as long as that name was spoken, which explains why efforts were made to protect it and the practice of placing it in numerous writings.

Depending on the region, Egyptians believed that Heket or Meskhenet was the creator of each person's Ka, breathing it into them at the instant of their birth as the part of their soul that made them be alive.

Papyrus sedge ( and its close relatives ) has a very long history of use by humans, notably by the Ancient Egyptians — it is the source of papyrus paper, parts of it can be eaten, and the highly buoyant stems can be made into boats.

Although much of their artistic effort was centered on preserving life after death, Egyptians also surrounded themselves with objects to enhance their lives in this world, producing elegant jewelry, finely carved and inlaid furniture, and cosmetic vessels and implements made from a wide range of materials.

Because of a lack of written records, estimates of Cretan chronology are based on well-established Aegean and Ancient Near Eastern pottery styles, so that Cretan timelines have been made by seeking Cretan artifacts traded with other civilizations ( such as the Egyptians )-a well established occurrence.

The final group where a transaction is made, is amongst the Egyptians in the same verse.

He also claims that Egyptians suddenly started making pyramids out of nowhere, but there are several pyramids that show the progress made by Egyptian architects while they were perfecting the technique from simple mastabas to later pyramids.

The Egyptians, most of whom were farmers, did not accept the reform, as it was the agricultural seasons that made up their year.

Styli were first used by the ancient Mesopotamians in order to write in cuneiform, Egyptians ( Middle Kingdom ), and the Minoans of Crete ( Linear A and Cretan Hieroglyphic ) made styli in various materials: reeds that grew on the sides of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and in marshes and down to Egypt where the Egyptians used styli from sliced reeds with sharp points ; bone and metal styli were also used.

Ali Hassan Kuban's efforts had made him a regular on the world music scene, while Mohamed Mounir's social criticism and sophisticated pop have made him a star among Nubians, Egyptians, and other people worldwide.

On 7 November, UN inspectors visited the scene of the village to investigate accusations of a massacre, the accusation being made by the Egyptians and refugees from the village.

However, some Egyptian forces made it through to Kadesh, and the arrival of the last of the Egyptians provided enough military cover to allow the pharaoh to escape and his army to withdraw in defeat ; leaving Kadesh in Hittite hands.

Operation Ten Plagues ( after the punishment God sent to the Egyptians for holding the Israelis captive in the Hebrew Bible ) was made and approved at a Cabinet Session 6 October 1948.