# Canonical recap data for Ancient Egyptian Nile Inundation Festival (3100)
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slug: egyptian-inundation-festival
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/3100/egyptian-inundation-festival"
title: Ancient Egyptian Nile Inundation Festival
subtitle: Institutionalized celebration of the annual flood regulated by pharaonic decree demonstrates the entanglement of environmental cycles with state power and collective ceremony.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 3100-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 3100
decade: 3100
country:
name: Egypt
slug: egypt
summaryShort: The question of the race of the people of ancient Egypt was raised historically as a product of the early racial concepts of the 18th and 19th centuries, and was linked to models of racial hierarchy primarily based on craniometry and anthropometry. A variety of views circulated about the racial identity of the Egyptian
summaryLong: The question of the race of the people of ancient Egypt was raised historically as a product of the early racial concepts of the 18th and 19th centuries, and was linked to models of racial hierarchy primarily based on craniometry and anthropometry. A variety of views circulated about the racial identity of the Egyptians and the source of their culture.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Ancient Egyptian race controversy"
importance: 75
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_race_controversy"
  title: Ancient Egyptian race controversy
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: The question of the race of the people of ancient Egypt was raised historically as a product of the early racial concepts of the 18th and 19th centuries, and wa
wikidataQid: Q4752832
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701065141/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_race_controversy"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Ancient Egyptian race controversy
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_race_controversy"
