The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, (Egypt), 1902 - 674 pages |
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Page xvii
... distance to the north of it Mr. Garstang began to work ; in the course of his excavations he discovered several maṣṭaba tombs of the Early Empire . Three miles south - west of Bêt Khallâf , in the desert , he discovered in 1900-01 the ...
... distance to the north of it Mr. Garstang began to work ; in the course of his excavations he discovered several maṣṭaba tombs of the Early Empire . Three miles south - west of Bêt Khallâf , in the desert , he discovered in 1900-01 the ...
Page xxiv
... Suakin to Erkourt , a distance of 40 miles , has been constructed . The net revenue of the Post Office was rather less than £ E5,000 . A tract of country about 300 miles long , and χχίν NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT .
... Suakin to Erkourt , a distance of 40 miles , has been constructed . The net revenue of the Post Office was rather less than £ E5,000 . A tract of country about 300 miles long , and χχίν NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT .
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... distance of about 550 miles , Lord Wolseley's entire force , which consisted of 11,000 British and 7,000 Egyptian troops , 800 whalers , and 130,000 tons of stores and war materials . In 1885 , 1886 , and 1896 his firm again rendered ...
... distance of about 550 miles , Lord Wolseley's entire force , which consisted of 11,000 British and 7,000 Egyptian troops , 800 whalers , and 130,000 tons of stores and war materials . In 1885 , 1886 , and 1896 his firm again rendered ...
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... distance by river is about 2,185 miles ; from Khartûm to Aswân is 1,130 miles ; and from Aswân to the 750 miles more , so that if we include the length of any of the larger tributaries of Lake Victoria in the length of the Nile , we may ...
... distance by river is about 2,185 miles ; from Khartûm to Aswân is 1,130 miles ; and from Aswân to the 750 miles more , so that if we include the length of any of the larger tributaries of Lake Victoria in the length of the Nile , we may ...
Page 74
... distance of 300 miles , the White Nile , known here as the " Somerset , " passes through a number of swamps , and then flows into the N.E. corner of Lake Albert ; from Lake Albert it flows in a broad , deep , and almost level stream for ...
... distance of 300 miles , the White Nile , known here as the " Somerset , " passes through a number of swamps , and then flows into the N.E. corner of Lake Albert ; from Lake Albert it flows in a broad , deep , and almost level stream for ...
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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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