Upper Egypt
Americannoun
noun
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A French team cut the Dendera Zodiac, an ancient Egyptian celestial map, from the Temple of Hathor in Upper Egypt in 1821.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
The Mamluks had difficulty establishing control over Syrian Arabs and the nomadic and seminomadic Bedouin tribes of Upper Egypt.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Metry is the son of farmers who raised animals and crops on a piece of land near Sohag in Upper Egypt, one of the few fertile spaces in a largely arid country.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023
“It is important because it shows us more about the life of regular Egyptians at this time,” Director General of Antiquities of Upper Egypt Fathy Yaseen told CBS News.
From Washington Times • Jan. 28, 2023
From 206 to 186, again around 164, and yet again in 134, great swaths of Upper Egypt were lost to the crown.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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