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Egyptian National Railways (ENR; Arabic: السكك الحديدية المصرية, romanized: Al-Sikak al-Ḥadīdiyyah al-Miṣriyyah) is the national railway of Egypt and managed by the parastatal Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA; Arabic: الهيئة القومية لسكك حديد مصر, romanized: Al-Haī'ah al-Qawmiyya li-Sikak Ḥadīd Miṣr, lit.
Maritime trade. Egyptian alabaster amphora found in Katsambas-Poros, Crete in the context of 1400-1375 BC. It carries incised hieroglyphic inscriptions bearing the name of Pharaoh Tuthmosis III (1479 - 1425 BC) in two cartouches. "The virtuous god Men-Heper-Re, Son of the Sun, Tuthmosis, the fair one in the transformations, Endowed with eternal ...
History of Egypt. According to most scholars the history of modern Egypt dates from the start of the rule of Muhammad Ali in 1805 and his launching of Egypt's modernization project that involved building a new army and suggesting a new map for the country, though the definition of Egypt's modern history has varied in accordance with different ...
t. e. The history of Egypthas been long and wealthy, due to the flow of the Nile Riverwith its fertile banksand delta, as well as the accomplishments of Egypt's native inhabitants and outside influence. Much of Egypt's ancient history was unknown until Egyptian hieroglyphswere deciphered with the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone.
As early as the third century BCE, there was a widespread diasporaof Jews in many Egyptian towns and cities. In Josephus's history, it is claimed that, after Ptolemy I Sotertook Judea, he led some 120,000 Jewish captives to Egypt from the areas of Judea, Jerusalem, Samaria, and Mount Gerizim.
The majority of Egyptologists agree on the outline and many details of the chronology of Ancient Egypt. This scholarly consensus is known as the Conventional Egyptian chronology, which places the beginning of the Old Kingdom in the 27th century BC, the beginning of the Middle Kingdom in the 21st century BC and the beginning of the New Kingdom ...
Mentuhotep II [ 85] Mentuhotep II regained all Egypt c. 2015 BC, Middle Kingdom begins, becomes first pharaoh of Middle Kingdom. 2060–2040 BC [ 31] (King of Upper Egypt only) 2040–2009 BC [ 31] (King of Upper and Lower Egypt) Sankhkare. Mentuhotep III [ 86] Commanded the first expedition to Punt of the Middle Kingdom.
The New Kingdom, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, was the ancient Egyptian state between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC. This period of ancient Egyptian history covers the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties. Through radiocarbon dating, the establishment of the New Kingdom has been placed between 1570 BC and ...