Hyksos

English Alternative forms en Hycsos Etymology From en grc Ὑκσώς, grc Ὑξώς,grc Check capitalization and use of "κσ" vs. "ξ". The Wörterbuch der Ägyptischen Sprache gives it capitalized, with "κσ". Perseus shows it the same way in the text of Flavius Josephus’s Contra Apionem. L&S has it uncapitalized, but still with "κσ". from en egy ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst foreign ruler, Hyksos, from egy ḥqꜣ ruler + egy ḫꜣst foreign land. Noun p en historical A mixed group of Asiatic people from Western Asia who took over the eastern Nile Delta, ending the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt and initiating the Second Intermediate Period. en 1981 w:William Irwin Thompson The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture Rider/Hutchinson & Co. London 238 But in the New Kingdom, after the invasion of the Hyksos in their horse-drawn chariots, the horse became a more powerful image. Anagrams en hkossy Koshys en 2-syllable words