Ahmes
c. 1680-c. 1620 B.C.
Egyptian scribe credited with writing down the material on the Rhind Papyrus, named for Alexander Henry Rhind, the Scottish Egyptologist who discovered it in 1858. A secreta...
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Relatively few mathematical writings have survived from the time the rulers of Egypt built the pyramids. This is largely because writing at that time was done on laminated sheets of the papyrus plant,...
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American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday and two other mortgage lenders said they were not accepting new applications, signs that the worst housing crunch i...
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NAME — Salim Ahmed Hamdan.AGE — U.S. military records show Hamdan is about 37.NATIONALITY — Yemeni.HOW HE GOT TO GUANTANAMO — Afghan troops captured Hamdan in southern Afgha...
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American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. bounced 564 property tax checks in Maryland but blamed other financial institutions for the problem, the state's commissioner of financial regulation said Th...
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Cairo (dpa) - For almost 40 years, many Arab analysts have argued
that when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the closure
of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli ship...
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Two U.S. citizens accused of plotting to attack civilian and government targets shot "casing videos" of Washington landmarks that were found on a terrorism suspect's computer in Britain and met wit...
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A Chicago man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges that he plotted to recruit and train terrorists to attack U.S. and allied troops.Khaleel Ahmed is charged with conspiring with his cous...
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A Briton released by Pakistan after more than a year in custody was arrested shortly after his plane landed Friday at London's Heathrow Airport, police said.A handcuffed Rangzieb Ahmed was pulled o...
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London (dpa) - British investigators are putting together an
"intricate series of links" between the eight suspects held in
connection with the abortive car bombings in Lond...
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