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Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius ( Greek: Κτησίβιος; fl. 285–222 BCE) was a Greek inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt. [ 1] Very little is known of Ctesibius' life, but his inventions were well known in his lifetime. [ 2] He was likely the first head of the Museum of Alexandria. He wrote the first treatises on ...
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.
In November 2015, Amazon opened a physical Amazon Books store in University Village in Seattle. The store was 5,500 square feet and prices for all products match those on its website. [ 92 ] Amazon opened its tenth physical book store in 2017; [ 93 ] media speculation at the time suggested that Amazon planned to eventually roll out 300 to 400 ...
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The bombings. The first bomb was planted on June 20, 1948, in Harat Al-Yahud Al-Qara’In, the Karaite quarter of Cairo. 22 Jews were killed and 41 wounded. The bombing took place during the first truce phase of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and the authorities initially blamed the explosion on fireworks stored in Jewish homes and fighting ...
9×19mm. Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command ( El-Sa'ka Forces ) Helwan 920 [ 6] Italy. Egypt. Semi-automatic pistol. 9×19mm. Beretta M92-FS pistol, with early Beretta 92-style grip-mounted magazine release button. Produced under license by the Ministry of Military Production, Factory 54 [ 7] Service Pistol.
The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) is the aviation branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Currently, the backbone of the EAF is the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. The Mirage 2000 is the other modern interceptor used by the EAF. The Egyptian Air Force has 216 F-16s (plus 20 on order). [ 49]
The first radio service in Egypt began in 1925. [1] It is almost all government controlled, using 44 short-wave frequencies, 18 medium-wave stations, and four [2] FM stations. There are seven regional radio stations covering the country. Egyptian Radio transmits 60 hours daily overseas in 33 languages and three hundred hours daily within Egypt.