Meaning of Ancient Egyptian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. the Afroasiatic language spoken and written in Ancient Egypt
2. A native or inhabitant of Ancient Egypt.

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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