Certain old Egyptian words like "Ra" "Nubis" and "Ankh" have found
their way into English and are somewhat familiar to English speakers.
And, from what I can gather, many of these Egyptian words are actually
transliterations of complex mono and multi-syllabic hieroglyphs.  So
direct translations of Egyptian words as we usually consider
translations is not quite on the mark.  However, be that as it may, I
am wondering this: What are the old egyptian words (a syllabic word
first,
and if possible, represented pictorially in hieroglyphs) for "eclipse"
and "oasis."?  Thanks.

Hello,

Aymen M. Ibrahem has written a very long paper on the word eclipse and
I quote from this paper (linked to below):

"The Egyptologists have inappropriately interpreted the Egyptian
hieroglyph symbol akhet as the horizon. The author shows that the
hieroglyph symbol akhet stands for 'solar eclipse' not the horizon."

As for oasis, a PBS topology webpage on the Sahara states:

"The word "oasis" is believed to come from an ancient Egyptian word,
"wah," meaning "fertile place in the desert.""

Unfortunately I was not able to find a hieroglyph for wah. I hope I
answered your question. Thanks!


Search Strategy:

eclipse hieroglyphs egyptian on google:
://www.google.com/search?q=eclipse+hieroglyphs+egyptian

"word oasis" "ancient egyptian" on google:
://www.google.com/search?q=%22word+oasis%22+%22ancient+egyptian%22


Additional Links:

Paper on akhet:
http://hometown.aol.com/kcstarguy/blacksun/egyptianeclipse.htm

Picture of akhet:
http://www.philae.nu/akhet/symbolsA.html

PBS topography of the Sahara:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/sahara/sahara_topography_lo.html


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skermit-ga

Straight and to the point.  Thank-you very much!