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Western Desert

(Encyclopedia)Western Desert, Egypt: see Libyan Desert. ...

Tinnis

(Encyclopedia)Tinnis, medieval city, Egypt: see Tennis. ...

Birket Qarun

(Encyclopedia)Birket Qarun, lake, Egypt: see Moeris. ...

Zaqaziq, Az

(Encyclopedia)Zaqaziq, Az, Egypt: see Zagazig, Az. ...

Bani Suwayf

(Encyclopedia)Bani Suwayf: see Beni Suef, Egypt. ...

Saqqara

(Encyclopedia)Saqqara, ancient necropolis, Egypt: see Sakkara. ...

Seveneh

(Encyclopedia)Seveneh, biblical name: see Aswan, Egypt. ...

Migdol

(Encyclopedia)Migdol mĭgˈdŏl [key], in the Bible. 1 Place near which the Israelites crossed the Red Sea. 2 City, Egypt, where Jews lived. It is the modern Tall al Hayr, S of Pelusium. ...

Shibin el Kom

(Encyclopedia)Shibin el Kom shĭbēnˈ ĕl ko͝om [key], city (1986 pop. 132,209), capital of Munufiyah governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. It is an agricultural market and a cotton-processing center. ...

Qur'an

(Encyclopedia)Qur'an or Koran kōrănˈ, –ränˈ [key] [Arab.,=reading, recitation], the sacred book of Islam. Revealed by God to the Prophet Muhammad in separate revelations over the major portion of the Prophet...