The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son (Egypt) Limited, 1901 - 671 pages |
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... building of railways in the Delta , and the enlarging of the canals with the view of improving irrigation and of facilitating communication . He it was who supported the project of making the Suez Canal , and he gave M. de Lesseps the ...
... building of railways in the Delta , and the enlarging of the canals with the view of improving irrigation and of facilitating communication . He it was who supported the project of making the Suez Canal , and he gave M. de Lesseps the ...
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... building stone in Egypt . These strata have been greatly affected by the great earth movements of the Miocene period , which re- sulted in the formation of the Red Sea , Gulf of Suez , Gulf of Aqaba , the Jordan Valley , and the Nile ...
... building stone in Egypt . These strata have been greatly affected by the great earth movements of the Miocene period , which re- sulted in the formation of the Red Sea , Gulf of Suez , Gulf of Aqaba , the Jordan Valley , and the Nile ...
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... building , etc. , of the Ethiopians are all of Egyptian origin , and in this , as in so many other points relating to the history of Egypt , the Greeks were either misinformed , or they misunderstood what they were told . An examination ...
... building , etc. , of the Ethiopians are all of Egyptian origin , and in this , as in so many other points relating to the history of Egypt , the Greeks were either misinformed , or they misunderstood what they were told . An examination ...
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... building were broken , it was clear that he had come upon a tomb belonging to an extremely ancient period ; in the tombs of the neolithic period the vessels , etc. , are found whole . The building contained 21 chambers , and was ...
... building were broken , it was clear that he had come upon a tomb belonging to an extremely ancient period ; in the tombs of the neolithic period the vessels , etc. , are found whole . The building contained 21 chambers , and was ...
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... building wherein they were found was a royal one . An examination of the tombs of less importance close by led to conclusions of a far- reaching and important character . M. de Morgan was accompanied in his work by the eminent German ...
... building wherein they were found was a royal one . An examination of the tombs of less importance close by led to conclusions of a far- reaching and important character . M. de Morgan was accompanied in his work by the eminent German ...
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Abydos Alexandria Amen Amen-Ra Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Apis Arabs Aswân beautiful body building built buried Cairo called canal Cataract chamber Christians church coffin colour columns comest Coptic Copts dead Dêr Egyptian excavations famous Fayyûm feet Gebel Gebel Barkal Gizeh gods gold granite Greek Hail Hathor Heliopolis Herodotus hieroglyphics Horus Hyksos inlaid inscribed inscriptions Isis Karnak Khnemu-hetep king Kur'ân Lake Lake Moeris land large number lord Luxor Mahdi Mariette Memphis Meroë miles from Cairo mosque Muḥammad Muḥammadan mummy Museum Nekht Nile nome Nubia Oasis Osiris papyrus Pâsha pillars priests Ptaḥ Ptolemy pylon pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign river Roman ruins Sakkârah sarcophagus says scenes Seti shrine side sphinxes statue stele stone Strabo Sûdân Suez temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen Vth dynasty Wâdî walls west bank worshipped XIIth dynasty XVIIIth
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Page 193 - And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
Page 246 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Page 223 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Page 227 - They will ask thee concerning wine and lots. Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some things of use unto men; but their sinfulness is greater than their use.
Page 252 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved • if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be de stroyed.
Page 174 - Hail to thee, maker of all beings, Lord of law, father of the gods ; maker of men, creator of beasts ; Lord of grains, making food for the beast of the field The One alone without a second King alone, single among the gods ; of many names, unknown is their number.
Page 252 - The sentence was executed with blind obedience, the volumes of paper or parchment were distributed to the four thousand baths of the city; and such was their incredible multitude that six months were barely sufficient for the consumption of this precious fuel.
Page 185 - Isis set out once more in search of the scattered members of her husband's body, using a boat made of the papyrus rush in order the more easily to pass through the lower and fenny parts of the country.
Page 301 - Epaphus, is the calf of a cow incapable of conceiving another offspring ; and the Egyptians say, that lightning descends upon the cow from heaven, and that from thence it brings forth Apis. This calf, which is called Apis, has the following marks : it is black, and has a square spot of white on the forehead ; and on the back the figure of an eagle ; and in the tail double hairs ; and on the tongue a beetle.