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Legendary creatures in Egyptian mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. E. Egyptian demons (4 P) S. Sphinxes (1 C ...
Lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus jaculus) [1] Greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis) [1] Family: Spalacidae. Genus: Nannospalax. Middle East blind mole-rat Nannospalax ehrenbergi [2] Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters etc.) Genus: Acomys. Cairo spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) [3] Golden spiny mouse (Acomys russatus) Genus ...
The wildlife of Egypt is composed of the flora and fauna of this country in northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia, and is substantial and varied. Apart from the fertile Nile Valley , which bisects the country from south to north, the majority of Egypt's landscape is desert, with a few scattered oases .
Ammit (/ ˈ æ m ɪ t /; Ancient Egyptian: ꜥm-mwt, "Devourer of the Dead"; also rendered Ammut or Ahemait) was an ancient Egyptian goddess [2] [clarification needed] with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, and the head of a crocodile—the three largest "man-eating" animals known to ancient Egyptians.
All descriptions of the creature have it as a quadruped with bird's wings, though different sources diverge: one description is that of an Oryx with a bird's wings and beak as well as serpent's tail, [2] while French archaeologist Paul Pierret gave it in a book of his as a winged lion akin to the griffin of European mythology.
Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).
The colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye is a monolith group statue of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III of the eighteenth dynasty, his Great Royal Wife Tiye, and their daughter Princess Henuttaneb, mostly intact, along with two other daughters, partially destroyed and not visible in this image. It is the largest known dyad ever carved. [1]
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. [1] Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx appears to represent the pharaoh Khafre. [2]