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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Example Sentences

The comparative lateness of this period makes it difficult to account for the wall painting at Beni Hasan, which accurately represents the process of glass-blowing, and which is attributed to the period of the XIth dynasty.

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

From Time Magazine Archive

We have already referred to the lotus columns at Beni Hasan; these, when employed constructionally to carry stone roofs, assumed a far more solid appearance, and the stems of the lotus plant carved in the earlier examples were omitted in the later, in order to give more surface for intaglio carving.

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The fine tombs of Ameni at Beni Hasan and of Hepzefa at Assiūt belong to his reign.

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According to the paintings of the Middle Kingdom in the tombs of Beni Hasan, the battlements of brick fortresses were attacked and wrenched away with long and massive spears.

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