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
"This is the first site from such an early period in Western Thebes to be made accessible to visitors," the ministry statement quoted Fathi Yassin, General Director of Antiquities in Upper Egypt, as saying.
From Reuters • Feb. 9, 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
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
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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