Rules : In English we use âpastâ to say times after the hour until half past, or 30 minutes past the hour. Itâs twenty past nine. We use âtoâ to say times before the hour from 31 minutes until the full hour. Itâs twelve to ten.
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt topic The Second Intermediate Period marks a period when Ancient Egypt fell into disarray for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom . It is best known as the period when the Hyksos made their appearance in Egypt and whose reign comprised the Fifteenth dynasty.
Egypt shows signs of civilizations since 6000 BC when pre-dynastic Egyptians were present in the South Western corner of the country. By the 4th millennium BC, signs of hieroglyphic scripts begin to appear and they were using mortar as early as 4000 BC. The jar shown below belongs to this period.