Ancient Egyptian

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English

Proper noun

Ancient Egyptian

  1. the Afroasiatic language spoken and written in Ancient Egypt
    Synonym: Egyptian

Translations

Noun

Ancient Egyptian (plural Ancient Egyptians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Ancient Egypt.
    • 2003, David O’Connor, Andrew Reid, “Introduction – Locating Ancient Egypt in Africa: Modern Theories, Past Realities”, in Ancient Egypt in Africa (Encounters with Ancient Egypt), UCL Press, →ISBN, page 11:
      This discussion of Egypt’s African dimension does not include consideration as to whether Ancient Egyptians were “black” or, to be more accurate, African in their genetic composition.
    • 2014, John Farndon, Do You Still Think You’re Clever?, Icon Books, →ISBN:
      Apparently, when Ancient Egyptians went to receive an oracle from a god, the priests often animated the god’s statue to add extra weight to their words.
    • 2021, Paul Hegarty, Annihilating Noise, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
      The idea of archaic or lost ritual hovers around Horii (1986) from the start, its title and imagery suggestive of Egyptian mythology, but also a kind of ur-mythology beyond that, which the music stands for, as if Ancient Egyptians had had a premonition of Organum’s direct access to the lost well-spring of their beliefs.

Usage notes

  • Usually, ancient is not capitalized in this sense.

Adjective

Ancient Egyptian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Ancient Egypt.
    • 1993, Ancient Egypt, Folens, →ISBN, page 4:
      Consider the plan of the house at Deir el-Medina, information about El-Amarna and the picture. Is the model an accurate version of an Ancient Egyptian house?
    • 2000, Moustafa Gadalla, Egyptian Harmony: The Visual Music, Tehuti Research Foundation, published 2003, →ISBN, page 30:
      M. Villoteau, the French musician who accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to Egypt over 200 years ago, described Ancient Egyptian instruments (tambouras) with 25 frets, which are capable of producing ¼ tones.
    • 2016, George Mann, Ghosts of Karnak, Titan Books, →ISBN:
      The newspapers were bursting with claims of wondrous finds; how the evidence from the dead queen’s tomb would forever change how the Ancient Egyptian religions were viewed.

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