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Tag: egypt

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1878: Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 22, 2020 · Episode: 1878 Fourier, Egypt, and modern applied mathematics. Today, Joseph Fourier.

Tags applied mathematics egypt Fourier Series French Revolution harmonic analysis heat conduction heat transfer Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier Napoleon Bonaparte Rosetta Stone Sophie Germain

Houston Matters

Foreign Policy Career Comes In Handy For Actor In The Alley’s ‘Camp David’

Michael Hagerty

Posted on February 26, 2020 · Actor Sam Khazai says his years studying America's Middle East policy helped him bring authenticity to the story of the historic 1978 peace accords.

Tags alley theatre Camp David Camp David Accords egypt foreign policy Israel jimmy carter Sam Khazai

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1720: The Silk Sea Lane

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 19, 2019 · Episode: 1720 The two Silk Roads: One by land, the other by sea. Today, the Silk Road goes to sea.

Tags egypt marine transport Orient Romans rome shipping Silk Road world trade

Houston Matters

Egyptologist Chronicles A Time ‘When Women Ruled The World’

Abner Fletcher

Posted on November 6, 2018 · While many countries have yet to elect women leaders, noted Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney takes us back to a time when plenty of women led their nations.

Tags Ancient Egyptians book egypt Egyptologist female leader female pharaohs history Joshua Zinn Kara Cooney Society for the Performing Arts When Women Ruled the World

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1457: Eratosthenes’s Diameter of the Earth

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 17, 2018 · Episode: 1457 Eratosthenes’s 2200 year old calculation of Earth’s size. Today, we measure the earth.  

Tags alexandria astronomy Aswan columbus egypt geometry Magellan navigation Ptolemy trigonometry

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1450: Searching for Cleopatra

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 3, 2018 · Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.  

Tags alexandria egypt Marc Anthony Octavian Titanic women

News

Gunman Opens Fire On Cairo Church; Shootout Kills At Least 9

Associated Press

Posted on December 29, 2017 · The shootout took place when a gunman on a motorcycle tried to break through the security cordon set up outside the church, said the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of police

Tags Cairo church church egypt shootout

Sports

2018 World Cup Draw Results: Spain And Portugal In Same Group

HPM Digital Team / ROB HARRIS, AP

Posted on December 1, 2017 · Russia goes into its home World Cup ranked 65th in the world, the lowest-ranked of any of the 32 teams in the tournament

Tags Argentina Australia belgium brazil Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Denmark egypt england france germany iceland Iran japan mexico Morocco Moscow nigeria panama Peru Poland portugal russia saudi arabia Senegal Serbia south korea spain Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Uruguay world cup World Cup 2018 World Cup Draw

News

Militants Attack Egyptian Mosque, Kill At Least 235 People

Associated Press

Posted on November 24, 2017 · Hundreds were killed in an attack on a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai region on Friday Nov. 24

Tags egypt Egypt Mosque Attack mosque Mosque Attack sinai

News

Militants Attack Christians In Egypt, Killing At Least 28

Associated Press

Posted on May 26, 2017 · There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the fourth to target Christians since December, but it bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group.

Tags attack christians egypt isis Islamic state Minya terrorism

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1334: Stone/Iron – Age Europe

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 17, 2017 · Episode: 1334 Watching Europe go from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Today, a story of wood, copper and iron.

Tags bronze copper egypt kilns metals smelting upper paleolithic period

News

Palm Sunday Church Bombings in Egypt Kill 43, Wound Dozens

Associated Press

Posted on April 9, 2017 · Terror attack targets Coptic Christians in Egypt

Tags attack christians egypt islam terrorism

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1257: The First Suez Canal

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 14, 2016 · Episode: 1257 Digging the first Suez Canal, 4000 years ago. Today, we ask, when was the Suez Canal built?

Tags africa Darius de Lesseps egypt napoleon panama canal

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2833: Kykkos Monastery

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on May 3, 2016 · Episode: 2833 Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus, and the origins of Western monasticism Today, monks and hermits.

Tags anthony church early egypt hermits kykkos monastery monks st

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3052: Frankincense and Myrrh

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on March 15, 2016 · Episode: 3052 Frankencense and Myrrh Today, the true value of a famous gift.

Tags a alexandria and arabia egypt elder empire epiphany famous frankincense gift incense jesus long myrrh nativity nazareth of pliny roman route the title true value

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