Beni Hasan
Americannoun
noun
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In 1888 a bumbling farmer dug up an ancient Egyptian cat necropolis at Beni Hasan.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was the founder of the fourth dynasty, and was probably born in Middle Egypt near Beni Hasan, in a town afterwards known as “Khufu’s Nurse,” but was connected with the Memphite third dynasty.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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 Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir
The fine tombs of Ameni at Beni Hasan and of Hepzefa at Assiūt belong to his reign.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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