The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, (Egypt), 1902 - 674 pages |
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... height , e.g. , Osiris and Sesostris were said to be 8 cubits 6 palms and 3 fingers in height , and Seso- chris was said to be 5 cubits high , and 3 cubits broad . The mastaba of Tcheser is a very imposing building , and the labour ...
... height , e.g. , Osiris and Sesostris were said to be 8 cubits 6 palms and 3 fingers in height , and Seso- chris was said to be 5 cubits high , and 3 cubits broad . The mastaba of Tcheser is a very imposing building , and the labour ...
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... heights , above the present Nile flood level . To - day the Nile is depositing in its bed at the rate of about o ° 12 metre per century . At Benha , Maḥallat Rûḥ ( in the Tanța district ) , and Ķalyûb ( all in the Delta ) , the ...
... heights , above the present Nile flood level . To - day the Nile is depositing in its bed at the rate of about o ° 12 metre per century . At Benha , Maḥallat Rûḥ ( in the Tanța district ) , and Ķalyûb ( all in the Delta ) , the ...
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... height of the Nile above mean sea - level at different build one there in the hope points of its course . SEA LEVEL ROSETTA CAIRO ASYUT LUXOR ASWAN FIRST CATARACTAbout 600 miles from CAIRO and about 305 feet above mean sea level WADI ...
... height of the Nile above mean sea - level at different build one there in the hope points of its course . SEA LEVEL ROSETTA CAIRO ASYUT LUXOR ASWAN FIRST CATARACTAbout 600 miles from CAIRO and about 305 feet above mean sea level WADI ...
Page 78
... height of the river at Aswân . When the maximum rise of the river is only 21 feet there will be famine in parts of Upper Egypt ; when the rise is between 21 and 23 feet much of the land of Upper Egypt will be imperfectly watered ; when ...
... height of the river at Aswân . When the maximum rise of the river is only 21 feet there will be famine in parts of Upper Egypt ; when the rise is between 21 and 23 feet much of the land of Upper Egypt will be imperfectly watered ; when ...
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... height of the inundation . caused but little inconvenience to the inhabitants of Egypt , as far as the results of agricultural labours were concerned , though an unusually high Nile would of course wash away whole villages and drown ...
... height of the inundation . caused but little inconvenience to the inhabitants of Egypt , as far as the results of agricultural labours were concerned , though an unusually high Nile would of course wash away whole villages and drown ...
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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 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.
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