Lower Egypt
Americannoun
noun
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It is possible that in the early years of their rule in Lower Egypt, the Hyksos were able to exert some indirect control over Thebes, but distance made direct rule nearly impossible.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The vulture stood for Upper Egypt, for instance, and the cobra for Lower Egypt; both were included in the regalia of Tut, who presided over the united regions.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
After another hundred and fifty years, Coptic had essentially vanished as a daily language in Lower Egypt.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017
Egyptian hieroglyphs in the carving call Claudius the "Son of Ra, Lord of the Crowns," and say he is "King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lord of the Two Lands."
From Scientific American ● Mar. 27, 2014
It referred to her power over both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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