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  2. Nu (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Naunet (also spelt Nunet) is the female aspect, which is the name Nu with a female gender ending. The male aspect, Nun, is written with a male gender ending. As with the primordial concepts of the Ogdoad, Nu's male aspect was depicted as a frog, or a frog-headed man. In Ancient Egyptian art, Nun also appears as a bearded man, with blue-green ...

  3. Ra - Wikipedia

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    Ra ruled in all parts of the created world: the sky, the Earth, and the underworld. [5] He was believed to have ruled as the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. [6] He was the god of the sun, order, kings and the sky. Ra was portrayed as a falcon and shared characteristics with the sky-god Horus.

  4. Egyptian mythology - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part of ancient Egyptian religion. Myths appear frequently in Egyptian writings and art, particularly in short stories and in ...

  5. Dhul-Nun al-Misri - Wikipedia

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    Giza, in 245/859 or 248/862), often referred to as Dhūl-Nūn al-Miṣrī or Zūl-Nūn al-Miṣrī for short, was an early Egyptian Muslim mystic and ascetic. [1] His surname "al Misri" means "The Egyptian". He was born in Akhmim, [2] Upper Egypt in 796 and is said to be of Nubian [3] descent. Dhul-Nun is said to have made some study of the ...

  6. 12-hour clock - Wikipedia

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    Noon itself is rarely abbreviated today; but if it is, it is denoted "m." [1] The 12-hour clock can be traced back as far as Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. [7] Both an Egyptian sundial for daytime use [8] and an Egyptian water clock for night-time use were found in the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep I. [9]

  7. Nun (letter) - Wikipedia

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    Nun (letter) Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic nūn ن ‎, Aramaic nūn 𐡍, Hebrew nūn נ ‎, Phoenician nūn 𐤍‎, and Syriac nūn ܢ,. Its numerical value is 50. It is the third letter in Thaana (ނ), pronounced as "noonu". In all languages, it represents the alveolar nasal /n/. The Phoenician letter ...

  8. Hour - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Egypt the flooding of the Nile was, and still is, an important annual event, crucial for agriculture. ... Solar noon is always close to 12:00, again ...

  9. Suez Canal - Wikipedia

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    The Suez Canal (Arabic: قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, Qanāt as-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).