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Also known as Mazoi, Madjai, Mejay

Medjay (Egyptian mḏꜣ.j, a nisba of mḏꜣ) was a demonym used in various ways throughout ancient Egyptian history to refer initially to a nomadic group from Nubia and later as a generic term for desert-ranger police. They were sometimes confused with the Pan-Grave culture.

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  • Origins
  • Pan-graves
  • Police force
  • Demise
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Medjay (Egyptian mḏꜣ.j, a nisba of mḏꜣ) was a demonym used in various ways throughout ancient Egyptian history to refer initially to a nomadic group from Nubia and later as a generic term for desert-ranger police. They were sometimes confused with the Pan-Grave culture.

==Origins== thumb|Painted bucranium from a Pan-Grave burial, dating to the [[Second Intermediate Period]]

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