Egypt
Many cities had Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Latin names
- Syene → Aswan
- Iunyt, Ta-senet → Latopolis → Laton → Lato → Esna
Read more about this topic: List Of City Name Changes
Famous quotes containing the word egypt:
“Hieratic, slim and fair,
the tracery written here,
proclaims what’s left unsaid
in Egypt of her dead.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 26:8.
“Go down, Moses
‘Way down in Egypt land,
Tell ole Pharaoh,
To let my people go.”
—Unknown. Go Down, Moses (l. 1–4)