The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son (Egypt) Limited, 1901 - 671 pages |
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... side of the Bahr el - Abyad is very thickly peopled ; it is generally thought that the population of this and the other provinces which belonged to Egypt in the time of Ismâ'îl amounts to about ten millions . 64 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS ...
... side of the Bahr el - Abyad is very thickly peopled ; it is generally thought that the population of this and the other provinces which belonged to Egypt in the time of Ismâ'îl amounts to about ten millions . 64 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS ...
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... side with their legs doubled up in such wise that the knees were almost on a level with the chin . The head was bent forwards slightly , and the fore- * M. Amélineau has described the excavations which he made at ' Amrah and other ...
... side with their legs doubled up in such wise that the knees were almost on a level with the chin . The head was bent forwards slightly , and the fore- * M. Amélineau has described the excavations which he made at ' Amrah and other ...
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... side .... A regular ceremonial system is observable ...... From the uniformity of the details it is clear that a ... sides were oriented at an angle of 15 ° E. of the magnetic north . Close by this tomb was another , which had been ...
... side .... A regular ceremonial system is observable ...... From the uniformity of the details it is clear that a ... sides were oriented at an angle of 15 ° E. of the magnetic north . Close by this tomb was another , which had been ...
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... side of the Nile . Every male between 15 and 50 years of age was liable to serve in the corvée , and each quarter of the male population was expected to serve for 45 days during the summer . In 1881 nearly one - half of the men who were ...
... side of the Nile . Every male between 15 and 50 years of age was liable to serve in the corvée , and each quarter of the male population was expected to serve for 45 days during the summer . In 1881 nearly one - half of the men who were ...
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... side of each face the inclination changes , and while the lower portion of the face forms an angle of 54 ° 11 ' with the horizon , the angle which the upper portion makes with the horizon is only 42 ° 59 ' . The pyramids of the Sûdân ...
... side of each face the inclination changes , and while the lower portion of the face forms an angle of 54 ° 11 ' with the horizon , the angle which the upper portion makes with the horizon is only 42 ° 59 ' . The pyramids of the Sûdân ...
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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.