The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son (Egypt) Limited, 1901 - 671 pages |
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... means something like " Rā ( the Sun - god ) establishes becoming or existence " ; Teḥuti - mes means " born of Thoth , " or " Thoth's son . " These names are quite distinct from า ง ต his titles . Before the prenomen comes the title ...
... means something like " Rā ( the Sun - god ) establishes becoming or existence " ; Teḥuti - mes means " born of Thoth , " or " Thoth's son . " These names are quite distinct from า ง ต his titles . Before the prenomen comes the title ...
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... means it was possible to convey corn which had been loaded into ships at Memphis from that city into Yenbô , the port of Medina in Arabia , without transhipment . This canal was in use for about eighty years , when it became silted up ...
... means it was possible to convey corn which had been loaded into ships at Memphis from that city into Yenbô , the port of Medina in Arabia , without transhipment . This canal was in use for about eighty years , when it became silted up ...
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... means does the crocodile inflict death and destruction on any animal which it may have caught than by first striking it with its tail , and rendering it incapable of motion . " Bible ; this word may be compared with the Coptic The ...
... means does the crocodile inflict death and destruction on any animal which it may have caught than by first striking it with its tail , and rendering it incapable of motion . " Bible ; this word may be compared with the Coptic The ...
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... means " the double Mişor , " probably has reference to the " two lands " ( in Egypt . ) , over which the Egyptian kings , in their inscriptions , proclaimed their rule . The descendants of Cush are represented on the monuments by the ...
... means " the double Mişor , " probably has reference to the " two lands " ( in Egypt . ) , over which the Egyptian kings , in their inscriptions , proclaimed their rule . The descendants of Cush are represented on the monuments by the ...
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... the larger tributaries of Lake Victoria in the length of the Nile , we may say that this wonderful river is about 4,100 miles long . The White Nile " Lake . " * Nyanza means is so called because of the fine , whitish clay 73.
... the larger tributaries of Lake Victoria in the length of the Nile , we may say that this wonderful river is about 4,100 miles long . The White Nile " Lake . " * Nyanza means is so called because of the fine , whitish clay 73.
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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.