The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son (Egypt) Limited, 1901 - 671 pages |
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... leading to the chamber where the mummy lies , and of the muinmy chamber . The entrance to the maṣṭăba is through an opening on the eastern side , and this opening is often quite plain . Above XUE TZUE KU TEXUE KUE XUE the opening is a ...
... leading to the chamber where the mummy lies , and of the muinmy chamber . The entrance to the maṣṭăba is through an opening on the eastern side , and this opening is often quite plain . Above XUE TZUE KU TEXUE KUE XUE the opening is a ...
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... leading to the shrine , and it also was provided with swinging leaves that were probably plated with smu metal or copper . The shrine was , of course , at the other end of the building . At a later time , when all the chief ...
... leading to the shrine , and it also was provided with swinging leaves that were probably plated with smu metal or copper . The shrine was , of course , at the other end of the building . At a later time , when all the chief ...
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... leading to the throne of Osiris , kneels Ani upon a mat made of fresh reeds ; his right hand is raised in adoration , and in his left he holds the kherp He wears a whitened wig surmounted by a " cone , " the signification of which is ...
... leading to the throne of Osiris , kneels Ani upon a mat made of fresh reeds ; his right hand is raised in adoration , and in his left he holds the kherp He wears a whitened wig surmounted by a " cone , " the signification of which is ...
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... leading through the square eastward ; and in width it is about four plethra [ 400 feet ] : on each side of the road grow trees of enormous height ; it leads to the temple of Mercury . " * The goddess Bast who was worshipped there is ...
... leading through the square eastward ; and in width it is about four plethra [ 400 feet ] : on each side of the road grow trees of enormous height ; it leads to the temple of Mercury . " * The goddess Bast who was worshipped there is ...
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... leading to them were next planned and excavated . Around the core a truncated pyramid building was made , the angles of which were filled up with blocks of stone . Layer after layer of stone was then built around the work , which grew ...
... leading to them were next planned and excavated . Around the core a truncated pyramid building was made , the angles of which were filled up with blocks of stone . Layer after layer of stone was then built around the work , which grew ...
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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.