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Aegyptus

(ējĭp`təs): see DanaüsDanaüs
, in Greek mythology, son of Belus and Anchinoe and twin of Aegyptus. Danaüs, who had 50 daughters, the Danaïds, and Aegyptus, who had 50 sons, ruled Libya and Arabia.
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Aegyptus

fathered 50 sons, who married the daughters of his twin brother Danaus. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 11]

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The visualisation has been processed based on documented findings of architecture and its development from regular houses to the Pharaoh's fortress.Polish-Slovak research Since 2013, Polish and Slovak researchers have cooperated with the Aigyptos Foundation and Institute of Oriental Studies of the SAS for the Slovak side and Archaeological Institute of Warsaw University and the Polish Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology for the Polish side.

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The word "Copt" means "Egypt" - both terms coming to us from the Arabic word pronounced Qibt and the Greek Aigyptos, which is derived from the Egyptian source "Kmt", the letter m having been displaced by the phonetically interchangeable letter b.

The historical misconception of 'Copt'

Historically known as Copts, Egyptians or Aigyptos as they were called by the Greeks, were among some of the earliest nations to embrace Christianity.

Forging a national identity

The word Copt comes from Gibt, the Arabic corruption of the Greek Aigyptos, itself derived from Hikaptah, the ancient Egyptian name for the country's first capital of Memphis.

Remembrance of things forgotten: Egypt's valuable Coptic architecture has until recently been overlooked but interest is reviving. Maria Golia writes from Cairo

It is often said that the term "Copt" is no more than an Arab abbreviation of the Greek Aigyptos. In fact the origin of the word dates from earlier.