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... boats ( 96 ) . Routes in the flood - time ( 97 ) . Anthylla and Archandropolis ( 98 ) . History of Egypt - Mên ( 99 ) . His successors - Nitocris Moris ( 100-1 ) . Sesostris - his expeditions his works in Egypt ( 102-110 ) . His son ...
... boats ( 96 ) . Routes in the flood - time ( 97 ) . Anthylla and Archandropolis ( 98 ) . History of Egypt - Mên ( 99 ) . His successors - Nitocris Moris ( 100-1 ) . Sesostris - his expeditions his works in Egypt ( 102-110 ) . His son ...
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... boat .. P. 101 , ch . 58 , ib . ( No. II . ) A sacred ark ( Thebes . ) ( Thebes . ) P. 102 , ch . 58 , note ' . High - priest offering incense with sacred music , the harp , two flutes , and a guitar ( Leyden Museum . ) P. 102 , ch . 58 ...
... boat .. P. 101 , ch . 58 , ib . ( No. II . ) A sacred ark ( Thebes . ) ( Thebes . ) P. 102 , ch . 58 , note ' . High - priest offering incense with sacred music , the harp , two flutes , and a guitar ( Leyden Museum . ) P. 102 , ch . 58 ...
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... boat , and binding it with papyrus bands . P. 156 , ch . 96 , note 1 . ( Tombs at the Pyramids . ) ( No. III . ) Sail like that of a Chinese boat with the double mast of early times . P. 156 , ch . 96 , ib . ( Kom Ahmar . ) Boat ...
... boat , and binding it with papyrus bands . P. 156 , ch . 96 , note 1 . ( Tombs at the Pyramids . ) ( No. III . ) Sail like that of a Chinese boat with the double mast of early times . P. 156 , ch . 96 , ib . ( Kom Ahmar . ) Boat ...
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... Boat of the dead ( Thebes . ) ( No. 11. ) A gentleman in a boat with a cabin , towed by his servants on a lake in his grounds · ( Thebes . ) P. 160 , ch . 96 , ib . ( No. III . ) Large boat on the Nile ( Eileithyias . ) ( Thebes ...
... Boat of the dead ( Thebes . ) ( No. 11. ) A gentleman in a boat with a cabin , towed by his servants on a lake in his grounds · ( Thebes . ) P. 160 , ch . 96 , ib . ( No. III . ) Large boat on the Nile ( Eileithyias . ) ( Thebes ...
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... boat , you take forty days to reach the open main , while you may cross the gulf at its widest part in the space of half a day . In this sea there is an ebb and flow of the tide every day . My opinion is , that Egypt was formerly very ...
... boat , you take forty days to reach the open main , while you may cross the gulf at its widest part in the space of half a day . In this sea there is an ebb and flow of the tide every day . My opinion is , that Egypt was formerly very ...
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