How To Use Nubian In A Sentence
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Although undoubtedly he made many enemies through a combination of conceit, arrogance and a quick temper, Bankes was an important early figure in Nubian and Near Eastern archaeology, and the nascent study of Egyptology.
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Her protectorate over the Danubian Principalities was replaced by the guarantee of the seven signatory powers, and she lost about a third of Bessarabia.
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I don't know, but I can hazard some guesses—Geez, Swahili, Kanuri, and Nubian itself would certainly be worth checking.
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Less ambitious barbotine wares occur in the Danubian areas (especially Bulgaria) and in Egypt.
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Ahead, lay a sleepy Nubian town, and beyond lay an angry cataract; the water boiled and frothed through the gorge and over hidden rocks.
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Then the Nubian seated himself on the stone that formed the angle of the house and the road and began smoking his chibouque, while Monte Cristo returned to his study.
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Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt
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The Nubian was the epitome of calm collectedness as he eased the Charger to the curb in front of her converted warehouse home.
Shadow Chase
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‘Notes on the anatomy of the Nubian giraffe Camelopardalis’, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 2, 217–48.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
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The collection includes the coffin of Lady Tahat, a chantress in the temple of Amun, and a set of nested coffins for Tasheret, a lady-in-waiting to Nubian princesses, and, most intriguing, a still-wrapped male whose arms are crossed over his chest in a manner reserved for royal mummies.
Egyptian Revival in Atlanta
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There are substantial numbers of Nubian bustard, Neotis nuba, and eagle owl Bubo bubo.
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger
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But when they did draw close to a _dahabiyeh_ upon whose deck she saw some white-clad loungers, the Nubian gave a low order to the old woman who rose and gripped
The Palace of Darkened Windows
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I step on board -- the signal is given for starting -- the lofty and crimson-peaked Bloxberg -- the vine-clad hill that produces the fiery Ofener wine, and the long and graceful quay, form, as it were, a fine peristrephic panorama, as the vessel wheels round, and, prow downwards, commences her voyage for the vast and curious East, while the Danubian tourist bids a dizzy farewell to this last snug little centre of European civilization.
Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844.
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The charioteer was a Nubian, wearing bracelets of gold, as well as otherwise richly attired.
The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage
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They are mounted on ebonised, marbled and gilded supports in the form of four crouching Nubian slaves.
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The doors of this secret apartment, and the adjacent antechamber, were guarded by six deformed Nubian slaves, whose writhen and withered countenances formed a hideous contrast with their snow-white dresses and splendid equipment.
Count Robert of Paris
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Curtis found that both predynastic Egyptians and Nubians rarely had wisdom teeth problems, but they often existed in persons living in later periods of history.
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In Egypt your Nubian sailor prays in the stern of your dahabiyeh; and your Egyptian boatman prays by the rudder of your boat; and your black donkey-boy prays behind a red rock in the sand; and your camel-man prays when you are resting in the noontide, watching the far-off quivering mirage, lost in some wayward dream.
The Spell of Egypt
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In that same year, the last Syrian desert ostrich died, steeling a Rooseveltian determination to prevent other endangered species like the oryx and the Nubian ibex from meeting the same fate.
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What's more, researchers found evidence to suggest that a subspecies called the Nubian wild ass, presumed extinct late in the 20th century, is not only a direct ancestor of the donkey - it may still exist.
WUSTL Record: University News
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For instance, Nubian inscriptions which are in perfect agreement with the euchology of
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
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The record's epic two-parter, "The Creator Has a Master Plan," is a free-form odyssey of hypnotic Nubian empowerment and exhilaratingly cacophonous percussion.
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He had no sooner intermitted his singular occupation, than the Nubian started from him, and casting a scarf over his arm, intimated by gestures, as firm in purpose as they were respectful in manner, his determination not to permit the Monarch to renew so degrading an employment.
The Talisman
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Furthermore, researchers found evidence to suggest that a subspecies called the Nubian wild ass, presumed vanished late in the 20th century, is not only a direct ancestor of the donkey-it may still exist.
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Proclaiming his power to neighboring Nubians, Ramses II of Dynasty XIX had this huge temple hewn out of rock at Abu Simbel.
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Edrisi, improperly called the Nubian geographer, who dedicated his work to Roger, King of Sicily, in the middle of the twelfth century, describes the same island, in the first climate, by the name of Al-Rami; but the particulars so nearly correspond with those given by the Arabian traveller as to show that the one account was borrowed from the other.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
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The Nubian boat captain piloted the rudder with his foot.
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Ahead, lay a sleepy Nubian town, and beyond lay an angry cataract; the water boiled and frothed through the gorge and over hidden rocks.
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Thus, playing the Nubians allowed me to get access to commerce advances early, letting me build caravans and merchants to generate enough wealth for my endeavors.
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the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly
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The East African Rift System bisects the horn of Africa—the Nubian plate to the west moving away from the Somalian plate to the east—before forking down either side of Uganda.
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She says deer, elk, Nubian ibex, antelope, bison and yak are particular favourites for canned hunters.
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But the Nubian had the advantage of a mirror from the brilliant reflection which the surface of the highly-polished shield now afforded, by means of which he beheld, to his alarm and surprise, that the marabout raised his head gently from the ground, so as to survey all around him, moving with a well-adjusted precaution which seemed entirely inconsistent with a state of ebriety.
The Talisman
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The encore, slinking along on what Sun Ra might have called a Nubian wavelength, featured Mr. Zorn and Mr. Potter in successive solos, both sharply riveting, both exuding authority.
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Not a single inhabitant of the aforementioned realm (except the region of Hedjaz) is Arab, and the mere phenomenon of linguistic arabization did not change in anything the Aramaean, Yemenite, Coptic, Nubian, Kushitic and Berberic identities of the greatly different (from one another) nations …
American Chronicle
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Both temples were sawn into blocks, dismantled, moved upslope, and re-erected in their present positions in 1968 as part of the Nubian Rescue Campaign to save important archaeological sites from the rising waters of Lake Nasser.
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Another large breed with myriad coat colors, Nubians are known as the Jerseys of the goat world for producing milk with high butterfat content.
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What's more, researchers found evidence to suggest that a subspecies called the Nubian wild ass, presumed vanished late in the 20th century, is not only a direct ancestor of the donkey - it may still exist.
University of Florida News
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In 1834, as we have already seen, he brought to an end his six-year occupation of the Danubian Principalities.
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Brand Nubian's 1990 debut, "One for All," demonstrated that alternative hip-hop could be politically charged and highly listenable.
Hip-Hop Heroes, Alt-Rockers and Some Dark Angels
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It was in the middle of January, after a pleasant journey up the Nile from Lower Egypt, on board a luxuriously fitted up "dahabeah," that I arrived at Korosko, a Nubian village about a thousand miles from the
Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs
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Estimates of the potential of non-renewable groundwater in the eastern and western deserts, mainly from the Nubian Sandstone aquifer, vary from 3.8 km3/yr to 0.6 km3/yr; the latter estimate is defined as an indicator of exploitability over a period of time, where the time is not given.
Water profile of Egypt
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Good post, but the discussion was marred by a racist jerk who called Nubian a “token.”
Alas, a blog » 2006 » April
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Western provinces have wooden chalets with steep, pointed roofs, like those in Switzerland, whereas the eastern Danubian houses exhibit more of a Slavic influence, with simple design and stucco plastering.
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He interrupted himself then with questions, and she told him of her strange trip down the Nile in the _dahabiyeh_, under guard of the old woman and the Nubian.
The Palace of Darkened Windows
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May 1st, 2006 at 4:06 am feminist of color bloggers have responded: Feministing: Intersectionality and the politics of white feminism Good post, but the discussion was marred by a racist jerk who called Nubian a “token.”
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Turkish veils, preceded by a Nubian outrider in semi-military livery; or, perhaps, a train of camels, ill-tempered and supercilious, craning their scrannel necks above the crowd, and laden with canvas bales scrawled over with Arabic addresses.
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
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It was the archbishop of Salzburg and his suffragan bishops who protested vigorously at the involvement of Cyril and Methodius and their pupils in the pastoral care of the Danubian Slavs.
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The Nubian lances were more than double the length of the Roman javelins, and the Romans were outnumbered three to one.
