The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, (Egypt), 1902 - 674 pages |
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... the South and North , making an offering of a deep collar or breastplate to the Apis Bull , which stands on a pylon - shaped pedestal , and has a disk between its horns ; behind Apis RECENTLY DISCOVERED CATACOMB AT ALEXANDRIA . xxi.
... the South and North , making an offering of a deep collar or breastplate to the Apis Bull , which stands on a pylon - shaped pedestal , and has a disk between its horns ; behind Apis RECENTLY DISCOVERED CATACOMB AT ALEXANDRIA . xxi.
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... stands Anubis , with the solar disk and uræi on his head ; at the head of the bier stands Thoth , and at the feet is Horus , and under the bier are vases containing the intestines of the deceased dedicated to Qebḥsennuf ( hawk - headed ) ...
... stands Anubis , with the solar disk and uræi on his head ; at the head of the bier stands Thoth , and at the feet is Horus , and under the bier are vases containing the intestines of the deceased dedicated to Qebḥsennuf ( hawk - headed ) ...
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... stands in the First Cataract , a few miles south of Aswân . It is designed to hold up water to a level of 106 metres above mean sea level , or rather more than 20 metres above the low - water level of the Nile at site . Its total length ...
... stands in the First Cataract , a few miles south of Aswân . It is designed to hold up water to a level of 106 metres above mean sea level , or rather more than 20 metres above the low - water level of the Nile at site . Its total length ...
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... stand , the object being , of course , that alms may be given to them . A little before the middle of August , the criers , accompanied by little boys carrying coloured flags , announce the " Completion of the Nile , " i.e. , that the ...
... stand , the object being , of course , that alms may be given to them . A little before the middle of August , the criers , accompanied by little boys carrying coloured flags , announce the " Completion of the Nile , " i.e. , that the ...
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... stands an altar or table intended for offerings , and near it is a chamber in which a statue of the deceased was placed . The pit leading to the mummy chamber was square or 4260 " 0000000 00000 00001 00000000 were rectangular , and ...
... stands an altar or table intended for offerings , and near it is a chamber in which a statue of the deceased was placed . The pit leading to the mummy chamber was square or 4260 " 0000000 00000 00001 00000000 were rectangular , and ...
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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.