Beni Hasan

American  

[ben-ee hah-sahn] / ˈbɛn i ˈhɑ sɑn /

noun

1. a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, N of Asyut: ancient cliff tombs.

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Beni Hasan British  

/ ˈbɛnɪ hæˈsɑːn /

noun

1. a village in central Egypt, on the Nile, with cliff-cut tombs dating from 2000 _bc

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Beni Hasan

In 1888 a bumbling farmer dug up an ancient Egyptian cat necropolis at Beni Hasan.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first portraits of the cat are on the monuments of "Beni Hasan," B.C.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

This illustration shows the warp flat against the wall like the mat making shown at Beni Hasan.

From Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms by H. Ling (Henry Ling) Roth

Beyond Abisha of the Amu at Beni Hasan, these are the only early personal names of Syrians that we know.

From Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty by Sir W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders) Petrie

It must not be thought that the Beni Hasan representation is the only one which illustrates a horizontal loom.

From Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms by H. Ling (Henry Ling) Roth