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Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
In July 1944, however, the building was completely burnt out during an allied air raid, destroying a large part of the collection, including all of the fossils from the Egyptian expedition—their only traces left in Stromer's records, illustrations of the bones and a precious few photographs.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Doubts about the Egyptian’s future rumble on with his contract due to expire in the summer, but there’s no chance the 32-year-old is going anywhere this month.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
As such, Herod’s massacre would have evoked a familiar Old Testament story in which the Egyptian Pharaoh orders all Jewish newborns to be slaughtered in an effort to kill the infant Moses.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
In July 1944, however, the building was completely burnt out during an allied air raid, destroying a large part of the collection, including all of the fossils from the Egyptian expedition—their only traces left in Stromer's records, illustrations of the bones and a precious few photographs.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
Netflix operates and books big screen classic venues The Paris in NYC and the American Cinematheque Egyptian Theatre in LA.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Doubts about the Egyptian’s future rumble on with his contract due to expire in the summer, but there’s no chance the 32-year-old is going anywhere this month.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Egyptian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Egyptian. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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