The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... EGYPT .... .... 139 Antiquity of Egypt , Gods and Goddesses , Ethiopians , 139. Resemblances between Hindoos and Egyptians , 141 to 144 ; 183 , 191. Ancient travellers to Egypt , 145 . 146 , 148 , 188. Hieroglyphics deciphered , 147 ...
... EGYPT .... .... 139 Antiquity of Egypt , Gods and Goddesses , Ethiopians , 139. Resemblances between Hindoos and Egyptians , 141 to 144 ; 183 , 191. Ancient travellers to Egypt , 145 . 146 , 148 , 188. Hieroglyphics deciphered , 147 ...
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... Egypt , 253. Priesthood , 254. Magic , 254. Gods and Goddesses , 255. Temple , 255 . PERSIA ... 256 Zoroaster , 256 ... Egyptian , and Grecian Ideas , 289 to 291 ; 363. Aristotle , 364. Cicero , 365 . Decline of Faith , 370 . CELTIC ...
... Egypt , 253. Priesthood , 254. Magic , 254. Gods and Goddesses , 255. Temple , 255 . PERSIA ... 256 Zoroaster , 256 ... Egyptian , and Grecian Ideas , 289 to 291 ; 363. Aristotle , 364. Cicero , 365 . Decline of Faith , 370 . CELTIC ...
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... Egypt seem young . " The Hindoos believed themselves to have been the first inhabitants of this earth ; and their traditions place the creation of the world many millions of years farther back than we do . First , there was an age of ...
... Egypt seem young . " The Hindoos believed themselves to have been the first inhabitants of this earth ; and their traditions place the creation of the world many millions of years farther back than we do . First , there was an age of ...
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... Egypt , by a noble and blameless race of men , called Yadavas , who emigrated thither on account of the persecutions of a tyrant named Cansa ; and that after- ward a race of men called Pali , or Shepherds , went from India and conquered ...
... Egypt , by a noble and blameless race of men , called Yadavas , who emigrated thither on account of the persecutions of a tyrant named Cansa ; and that after- ward a race of men called Pali , or Shepherds , went from India and conquered ...
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... Egypt . He married her to a Bramin named Vasu- deva , descended from the Yadus , or Yadavas , the oldest and noblest line in India . Returning from the wedding , Cansa heard a prophetic voice declare , " The eighth son of Devaci is ...
... Egypt . He married her to a Bramin named Vasu- deva , descended from the Yadus , or Yadavas , the oldest and noblest line in India . Returning from the wedding , Cansa heard a prophetic voice declare , " The eighth son of Devaci is ...
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