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Bookmark or Share- What was the estimated population living in Egypt around 1446 BC?The exact population is a bit unclear. Estimates for the time period fall in between 2 and 4 million. This area of Egypt was one of the more densely populated areas in the world at that time due to the fertility of the Nile delta. In the Biblical account, Exodus 12:30 says "for there was not a house without someone dead".
- Was garlic an Egyptian deity, based on Pliny the Elder's "Natural ...The closest reference to a 'garlic' deity (aside from Pliny and Juvenal) is a supposed 'onion' deity during the Graeco-Roman period in Pelusium on the Nile Delta, but there does not appear to be any archaeological evidence to support this.
- What is known about the Antiu? - History Stack ExchangeAs a result, we know almost nothing about their society, but Oldcat is very probably right when he suggests in the comments above that nomad groups like the Antiu were likely to have had a "trade or raid" relationship with a settled society like that of the Nile delta in pre-dynastic Egypt.
- How did Egyptian Pharaohs get their title? [closed]Egyptian Kings also used the titles 'Netjer Nefer' (=the good god or perfect god) and 'Neb Tawy' (Neb meaning Lord and Tawy being the 'dual' form of the word for land, so 'Lord of the Two Lands') which referred either to Upper and Lower Egypt i.e. the Nile Valley and Nile Delta or perhaps to the East and West banks of the Nile.
- ancient egypt - What were Egyptian rulers called before the honorific ...Although "nswt" is often read simply as "King", strictly speaking we should perhaps think of the title as "King of Upper Egypt" (i.e. the Nile Valley). Another title given to the King was "nsw-bity" ( ) which literally means "lord of the sedge and the bee" and which we usually translate as "King of Upper and Lower Egypt" (i.e. the Nile Valley ...
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