- name
Blemmyes with the
modern Beja term bálami "desert inhabitant, nomad",
derived from bal "desert". The
people referred to in Gr****
texts as
Blemmyes may...
-
origins of the name "
Blemmyes", and the
question is
considered unsettled. In antiquity, the
actual tribe known as the
Blemmyes were said to be named...
-
ascribed an
uncivilized nature to the
Blemmyes. Both
Pliny the
Elder and
Pomponius Mela ****ociated the
Blemmyes with
mythical figures such as
satyrs and...
- the Ku****e
resettled in Meroë. On the turn of the
fifth century the
Blemmyes established a short-lived
state in
Upper Egypt and
Lower Nubia, probably...
-
praefectus Aegypti as
their new emperor.: 23 He enjo****
successes against the
Blemmyes attacking the Thebaid, but by
August 262
Alexandria was
devastated and...
- Blemmyan,
Blemmye, Old Beja or Old
Bedauye is an
extinct Afroasiatic language of the Cu****ic
branch that was
spoken by the
Blemmyes in the
Eastern Desert...
-
beings known as the
Blemmyes, who are
indeed said to have no head, and have
their facial features on the chest.
Cannibalism Blemmyes (legendary creatures)...
-
languages and gave
their name to
Nubia itself.
Because the Noba and the
Blemmyes were at war with the Ku****es, the
Aksumites took
advantage of this, capturing...
-
speakers of a Cu****ic
language improbable. The
nomadic Medjay and the
Blemmyes—the
latter a
section of the
historical descendant of the former—are believed...
-
Lower Nubia and some
cities in
Upper Egypt.
Rilly (2019) states: "The
Blemmyes are
another Cu****ic
speaking tribe, or more
likely a
subdivision of the...
