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What’s His Line? | The Egypt Quiz
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Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile. Bird Symbol →. What’s His Line? April 29, 2011. 33 What is this man’s line of work? Answer to Egypt Quiz #33. The man is a junk peddler. Or dealer in used items. Junk peddlers regularly traverse the neighborhoods of Cairo buying and selling old stuff and cast-offs with a cry of “Bikya, bikya! Which is an arabicization of the Italian. The greens on the cart are not the peddler’s wares, but feed for the donkey. Egypt salvages its modern treasures.
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Ancient History | The Egypt Quiz
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Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile. Tag Archives: Ancient History. June 3, 2011. What poem, commonly considered the best known work of a leading English Romantic poet, was inspired by a pharaoh? Continue reading →. Comments Off on Pharaonic Sonnet. May 27, 2011. What kind of bird is this? Continue reading →. Comments Off on Fine Feathered Friend. April 12, 2011. This artifact in the Egyptian Museum is the earliest known example of one of the greatest inventions of all time. What is it?
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Dressed to Test | The Egypt Quiz
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Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile. Mystery Writer →. May 13, 2011. 35 Last month Egypt’s high court upheld a dress code rule imposed by several universities. What is the rule? Answer to Egypt Quiz #35. A university is authorized to ban the. Ruled Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court. Officials imposed the ban out of concern that the niqab, a veil that covers the entire face except for the eyes, might facilitate cheating. Egypt court upholds niqab ban. View all posts by Jeff Lee →.
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History | The Egypt Quiz
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Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile. May 6, 2011. This symbol, which is used in several Middle Eastern countries, is named after what former Egyptian ruler? Continue reading →. Comments Off on Bird Symbol. April 22, 2011. What event, according to Winston Churchill, turned the tables in favor of the Allies in World War II? Continue reading →. Comments Off on Turning Point. March 18, 2011. 27 In the year 1 A.D., what were the three tallest man-made objects in the world? Continue reading →.
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Bird Symbol | The Egypt Quiz
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Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile. What’s His Line? Dressed to Test →. May 6, 2011. 34 This symbol, which is used in several Middle Eastern countries, is named after what former Egyptian ruler? Answer to Egypt Quiz #34. Has been adopted as a symbol of Arab unity and is featured in Egypt’s coat of arms as well as in emblems of United Arab Emirates, Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Yemen. National Arms of Egypt. Egyptian Eagle…Cairo Tower. View all posts by Jeff Lee →. What’s His Line? Best of the Best.
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Pharaonic Sonnet | The Egypt Quiz
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Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile. Art Association →. June 3, 2011. 38 What poem, commonly considered the best known work of a leading English Romantic poet, was inspired by a pharaoh? Answer to Egypt Quiz #38. By Percy Bysshe Shelley. I met a traveller from an antique land,. Who said–“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone. Stand in the desart….Near them, on the sand,. Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,. And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,. View all posts by Jeff Lee →.
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The Egypt Quiz | Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile | Page 2
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Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile. Newer posts →. In a League of Her Own. April 1, 2011. 29 Who is this contemporary of and equal in popularity to Elvis Presley? Answer to Egypt Quiz #29. Was the most treasured singer in the Middle East of the twentieth century. Called alternately. The Voice of Egypt. The Mother of Egypt. She has been described as having “the musicality of Ella Fitzgerald, the public presence of Eleanor Roosevelt and the audience of Elvis Presley.”. March 25, 2011. 27 In the ye...
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Early Thingamajig | The Egypt Quiz
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Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile. Turning Point →. April 12, 2011. 31 This artifact in the Egyptian Museum is the earliest known example of one of the greatest inventions of all time. What is it? Answer to Egypt Quiz #31. This item, which dates back to the reign of Amenhotep III (c. 1400 BC), is the earliest example of a water clock. This particular clock held 12 hours worth of water. It is truly among the great inventions. View all posts by Jeff Lee →. This entry was posted in Uncategorized.
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Art | The Egypt Quiz
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Test your knowledge of the Gift of the Nile. June 10, 2011. What do these pieces of work have in common? Continue reading →. Comments Off on Art Association. June 3, 2011. What poem, commonly considered the best known work of a leading English Romantic poet, was inspired by a pharaoh? Continue reading →. Comments Off on Pharaonic Sonnet. January 17, 2011. The video clip below is from a performance of what musical masterwork? Continue reading →. Comments Off on A Musical Masterwork. October 8, 2010.
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