The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, (Egypt), 1902 - 674 pages |
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... Romans , Arabs , and Turks . It is for this reason that no attempt has been made to describe , otherwise than in the briefest manner possible , its history under these foreign rulers , and only such facts connected with them as are ...
... Romans , Arabs , and Turks . It is for this reason that no attempt has been made to describe , otherwise than in the briefest manner possible , its history under these foreign rulers , and only such facts connected with them as are ...
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... Romans Muhammadans The Byzantines ... : Dates assigned to the Egyptian Dynasties by Egypto- logists ... Progress in Egypt under British Rule IO 13 16 19 19 19 21 24 26 50 51 The Country of Egypt 57 The Nomes of Egypt 61 The Ancient ...
... Romans Muhammadans The Byzantines ... : Dates assigned to the Egyptian Dynasties by Egypto- logists ... Progress in Egypt under British Rule IO 13 16 19 19 19 21 24 26 50 51 The Country of Egypt 57 The Nomes of Egypt 61 The Ancient ...
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... Roman period was discovered at Kôm esh - Shukâfa , near Pompey's Pillar , in the quarry at this place , by some workmen , and thanks to the exertions of Dr. Botti , the Director of the Museum at Alexandria , this extremely interesting ...
... Roman period was discovered at Kôm esh - Shukâfa , near Pompey's Pillar , in the quarry at this place , by some workmen , and thanks to the exertions of Dr. Botti , the Director of the Museum at Alexandria , this extremely interesting ...
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... Roman period which have been found in Alexandria , and is very instructive . It is , unfortunately , impossible to assign an exact date to it , but it was probably built in the first century B.C. or the first century A.D. The name of ...
... Roman period which have been found in Alexandria , and is very instructive . It is , unfortunately , impossible to assign an exact date to it , but it was probably built in the first century B.C. or the first century A.D. The name of ...
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... Roman writers upon Egypt are many ; and of these the best known are Herodotus , Manetho , and Diodorus Siculus . Herodotus devotes the whole of the second and the beginning of the third book of his work to a history of Egypt and the ...
... Roman writers upon Egypt are many ; and of these the best known are Herodotus , Manetho , and Diodorus Siculus . Herodotus devotes the whole of the second and the beginning of the third book of his work to a history of Egypt and the ...
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Abydos Alexandria Amen Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Apis Arabs Aswân beautiful body building built buried Cairo called canal Cataract chamber Christians church coffin columns comest Coptic Copts corvée dead deceased Dêr Egyptian excavations famous feet Gebel Gebel Barkal Girgeh Gizeh gods gold granite Greek Hail Hathor head hieroglyphics Horus Hyksos inlaid inscribed inscriptions Isis Karnak Khnemu-hetep king Kur'ân Lake Lake Moeris land large number limestone lord Luxor Mahdi Mariette Memphis Meroë metres miles from Cairo mosque Muḥammad Muḥammadan mummy Museum Nekht Nile nome Nubia Osiris Papyrus Pâsha pillars priests Ptaḥ Ptolemy pylon pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign river Roman royal ruins Sakkâra sarcophagus says scenes Seti shrine side sphinxes statue stele stone Sûdân Suez temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen Vth dynasty Wâdî walls west bank worship XIIth dynasty XVIIIth
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Page 244 - 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 - Koran, and often recommended therein jointly with prayer; the former being held of great efficacy in causing the latter to be heard of God: for which reason the Khalif Omar Ebn Abd'alaziz used to say, "that prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of his palace, and alms procure us admission.
Page 221 - 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 225 - 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 250 - 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 172 - 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 250 - 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 183 - 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 330 - Yet the labyrinth surpasses even the pyramids. For it has twelve courts enclosed with walls, with doors opposite each other, six facing the north, and six the south, contiguous to one another ; and the same exterior wall encloses them.