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UPPER EGYPT [10 records]

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Record 1 2011-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geographical Names
  • History (General)
DEF

Sunni Muslim dynasty founded by Saladin(Salah ad-Din) that ruled over Egypt and what became upper Iraq, most of Syria, and Yemen in the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

OBS

There is an horizontal line above the letter "u" in the word "Ayyubids", above the "i" in "Sunni" and above the "a" and the "i" in "Salah ad-Din"; this character cannot be reproduced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géographiques
  • Histoire (Généralités)
CONT

Famille princière dont les membres régnèrent sur l'Egypte, la Syrie, la Mésopotamie et le Yémen, les Ayyubides tirent leur dénomination du Kurde Ayyub, père du monarque connu en Europe sous l'appellation de Saladin, calquée sur son surnom arabe Salah aldin.

OBS

La lettre «u» de «Ayyubides» est surmontée d'un trait horizontal qu'il est impossible de reproduire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Archaeology
OBS

Of or relating to a Mesolithic culture of Upper Egypt characterized by microlithic flint tools and composite weapons using microliths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Archéologie
OBS

Se dit d'une industrie présentant les faciès allant du levalloiso-moustiérien au tardenoisien et s'étendant du paléolithique supérieur au mésolithique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Partie de la vallée du Nil, qui draine le pays du sud au nord, de la deuxième cataracte jusqu'au Caire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

Governorate of a Upper Egypt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Province d'Égypte.

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

City, capital of Minya government, Upper Egypt, on left bank of the Nile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

en arabe Minya ou Minîeh-ebn-Khasib ou Minya ibn al-Khasib, ville d'Égypte, en Haute-Egypte, chef-lieu de province du mâme nom, sur la rive ouest du Nil.

Key term(s)
  • Minya
  • Minîeh-ebn-Khasib
  • Minya ibn al-Khasib

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
CONT

It combined the old pear-shaped white crown of Upper Egypt and the boxy red crown of Lower Egypt; one set atop the other. This... double crown... was an important symbol of the joining of the two parts of the country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Coiffure des pharaons, double couronne symbolisant la souveraineté sur la Basse et la Haute-Égypte.

CONT

La couronne du sud, celle du nord et la double couronne sont déjà des coiffures de cérémonie. La première consiste en un haut bonnet qui s'amincit vers le haut et se termine par un renflement; la seconde est un mortier prolongé en arrière par une tige rigide, tandis qu'un ruban de métal, partant de la base de cette tige, s'avance en décrivant une spirale. La double couronne est une combinaison des deux premières.

Spanish

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Record 7 1983-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

late predynastic culture of Egypt c. 3600 B. C. named after El Gerzeh in the Fayum and well represented at the cemetery of Naqada in Upper Egypt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 8 1983-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

Hierakonopolis, town of Upper Egypt in ancient times and capital of Southern Egypt where was a falcon cult.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 9 1983-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

the figure of a cross with a loop at upper vertical arm, used in ancient Egypt as a symbol of life

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 10 1978-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Of or relating to a predynastic neolithic culture of Upper Egypt earlier than the Badarian.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Se dit d'une industrie néolithique accompagnée de poteries et de silos pour réserves alimentaires.

Spanish

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