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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