The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, (Egypt), 1902 - 674 pages |
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... ancient civilizations that has been developed on the face of the earth . The existing guide books are too full , and they contain too many details for such travellers . Experience has shown that the greater number of travellers in Egypt ...
... ancient civilizations that has been developed on the face of the earth . The existing guide books are too full , and they contain too many details for such travellers . Experience has shown that the greater number of travellers in Egypt ...
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... Ancient Egyptians 64 The Nile 73 The Oases ... 94 Ancient Egyptian Buildings , Sculpture , Painting , etc. Egyptian Writing 98 121 ... ... Arabic Alphabet Coptic Alphabet A list of some Hieroglyphic Signs Egyptian Months ... ... 133 139 ...
... Ancient Egyptians 64 The Nile 73 The Oases ... 94 Ancient Egyptian Buildings , Sculpture , Painting , etc. Egyptian Writing 98 121 ... ... Arabic Alphabet Coptic Alphabet A list of some Hieroglyphic Signs Egyptian Months ... ... 133 139 ...
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... ancient writers on Egypt are Strabo , * Chaeremon , † Josephus , ‡ Plutarch and Horapollo . || According to Manetho , there reigned over Egypt before Menȧ , or Menes , the first mortal king of that country , a number of beings who may ...
... ancient writers on Egypt are Strabo , * Chaeremon , † Josephus , ‡ Plutarch and Horapollo . || According to Manetho , there reigned over Egypt before Menȧ , or Menes , the first mortal king of that country , a number of beings who may ...
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... ANCIENT EMPIRE . Dynasty I , from This . 4400. Mena , * the first human king of Egypt , founded Memphis , having turned aside the course of the Nile , and established a temple service there . 4366. Teta , wrote a book on anatomy , and ...
... ANCIENT EMPIRE . Dynasty I , from This . 4400. Mena , * the first human king of Egypt , founded Memphis , having turned aside the course of the Nile , and established a temple service there . 4366. Teta , wrote a book on anatomy , and ...
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... ancient routes of commerce ; he established a coinage , and adopted a conciliatory and tolerant system of government , and favoured all attempts to promote the welfare of Egypt . 486. Xerxes I. 465. Artaxerxes I. , during whose reign ...
... ancient routes of commerce ; he established a coinage , and adopted a conciliatory and tolerant system of government , and favoured all attempts to promote the welfare of Egypt . 486. Xerxes I. 465. Artaxerxes I. , during whose reign ...
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Abydos Alexandria Amenophis ancient Egyptians Anubis Arabs Aswân beautiful boat body Bubastis building built Cairo called canal capital century ceremony chamber Christians church colour comest Coptic Coptic Church Copts corvée crown dead deceased earth east Egyptian excavations famous father feet festival Girgeh Gizeh gods granite Greek Hail Hathor head heart heaven Heliopolis hieroglyphic honour Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis Karnak king Kur'ân Lake land large number live lord Mahdi Mariette Mecca Memphis metres miles month mosque Muḥammad Muḥammadans mummy never Nile nome Oasis Osiris Papyrus Pâsha patriarch Persians pillars population prayer priests Prophet Ptaḥ Ptolemy pylon pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign religion represented river shrine side soul sphinxes statues stone Sûdân Suez Sulțân temple Thebes thee Thoth thou art tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen walls White Nile women worship XIIth dynasty
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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.