What are the major mountain ranges in egypt?
The hieroglyphic sign for “mountain” (djew) and that for “horizon” (akhet) are closely related. The djew glyph is depicted as two rounded hills or peaks with a valley or strip of earth between them. While this sign could depict two individual peaks in any mountain range, it approximated the mountain ranges which rose on either side of the Nile valley, and also had a deeper cosmic significance.
