- 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...
- 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...
-
ascribed an
uncivilized nature to the
Blemmyes. Both
Pliny the
Elder and
Pomponius Mela ****ociated the
Blemmyes with
mythical figures such as
satyrs and...
-
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)...
-
praefectus Aegypti as
their new emperor.: 23 He enjo****
successes against the
Blemmyes attacking the Thebaid, but by
August 262
Alexandria was
devastated and...
-
African kingdoms North Africa Carthage Garamantes Nasamones chiefdom Cyrene Blemmyes M****ylii
Confederation Numidia Mauretania Nobatia Kingdom of Ou****nis...
-
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...
-
patronage of the
Blemmye tribe, who
lived in the Red Sea Hills, south-east of Egypt, but
followed the old
Egyptian religion. The
Blemmyes continued to visit...
-
ancient Cu****ic
language related to the Cu****ic Beja
language and that the
Blemmyes were a
subdivision of the Medjay.
Rilly (2019)
mentions historical records...
