Egypt (エジプト Ejiputo?), also known as the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country located in Northern Africa.[1]
Background[]
The history of Egypt goes back as far as the 6th-4th millennia BCE, one of the longest among the world's countries. The civilization of ancient Egypt, forming around 3100 BC, was responsible for some of the earliest developments of key aspects of human civilization, such as writing, agriculture, urbanization, organized religion and central government. Egyptian Mythology was the mythology and religion of this culture. This civilization lasted for several millennia, eventually disappearing around the beginning of the Common Era, as Egypt was annexed by the Roman Empire.
In the past, Egypt has been visited by various European magicians who had reached a dead-end in their research and sought new material elsewhere to make a breakthrough, with various records on Egyptian Mythology left behind and Egypt being geographically convenient for them, positioned at the top of Africa.[2] Like many other magicians, Aleister Crowley traveled to Egypt and incorporated the names of Isis, Osiris and Horus into his concept of Aeons.[2]
In 1904, while in Egypt on his honeymoon, Aleister Crowley contacted the entity Aiwass using his wife Rose Edith Kelly as a medium and obtained secret knowledge which he would compile into the Book of the Law.[3][2]
Chronology[]
Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index[]
Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index SS[]
- Main article: Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index SS
Leep, the magician who targets Index Librorum Prohibitorum for her knowledge of the Book of the Dead, is Egyptian.[4]
Coronzon Arc[]
- Main article: Coronzon Arc
Following the temporary sealing of Coronzon and the evacuation of Academy City, Aleister and Kamijou Touma's group travelled through several countries on their way to the United Kingdom. In Egypt, near an oasis in the desert, they left Lilith Crowley in Mina Mathers' care in an RV.[1][5] Heaven Canceller later made his way to their location, after healing Kihara Noukan who subsequently accompanied him, in order to create a proper body for Lilith.[6]
After Coronzon succeeding in freeing herself from her bonds, the RV in the Egyptian desert was among the various targets (including at least one pyramid) across the world subjected to her remote attacks, before it was borne aloft by Lilith's power and left for the UK.[7][8][9]
Locations[]
The locations listed below are locations which have been featured or referenced in some form within the series.
| Name | Type | Location | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | City | Egypt's second largest city, located on the coast of the Mediterranean. Founded by Alexander the Great, it came to serve as the capital during the Ptolemaic era. | |
| Cairo | City | The present-day capital of Egypt and its largest city. | |
| Nile | River | The longest river in Africa, which flows northwards through Egypt into the Mediterranean. The primary water source for Egypt and several other countries, it is also an important economic river and supported the ancient Egyptian civilization. | |
| Thebes | City | An ancient Egyptian city, the ruins of which lie in the contemporary city of Luxor along the Nile, that was the capital of Egypt for several periods in the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom eras of ancient Egypt. |
Known Characters from Egypt[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20 Prologue
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 14 Between the Lines 3
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 18 Chapter 3 Part 9
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index SS Part 4
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20 Epilogue
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 21 Prologue
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22 Chapter 2 Part 1
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22 Chapter 3 Part 7
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22 Chapter 3 Part 12