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Elephantine
Elephantine, island, SE Egypt, in the Nile below the First Cataract, near Aswan. In ancient times it was a military post guarding the southern frontier of Egypt. The Elephantine papyruses, which date from the 5th cent. B.C. and describe a colony of Jewish mercenaries, were found there. Surviving ruins are extensive. The ancient nilometer, built to gauge the water level of the Nile, was restored in 1870.
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The Jewish Temple at ELEPHANTINE
Mar 01, 2004; The Jewish military colony at Elephantine Island in southern Egypt is well known from papyri, found some one hundred years ago at...
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The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millenia of Cross-Cultural Continuity and Change
Apr 01, 2002; The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millennia of Cross-Cultural Continuity and Change, by Bezalel Porten, with J. J. Farber,...
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elephantine
Sep 05, 2008; elephantine • adjective  a tropical plant with elephantine leaves synonyms : enormous, huge, gigantic, very big,...
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Man with "elephantine face" leaves hospital
Feb 14, 2007; Man with "elephantine face" leaves hospital GUANGZHOU, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese man with "elephantine face" has left...
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Aswan. The Elephantine Island. (PAR140050)
Jan 01, 1987; Raymond Depardon Magnum Photos 01-01-1987 Aswan. The Elephantine Island. Keywords: outside outdoors frontage dominant exterior...
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