Ancient History of Egypt, Assyria, and BabyloniaLongman, 1862 - 418 pages |
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... gold he placed within it the body of his deceased daughter , which no doubt , according to the custom of the Egyptians , was embalmed , so that it might not moulder away . The process of em- balming consisted of filling the body with ...
... gold he placed within it the body of his deceased daughter , which no doubt , according to the custom of the Egyptians , was embalmed , so that it might not moulder away . The process of em- balming consisted of filling the body with ...
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... gold , were left exposed . A golden orb , to repre- sent the sun , was placed between the horns - the cow lying down with the limbs under the body . In size it was equal to a large living cow . Sweet perfumes were burnt near it , and a ...
... gold , were left exposed . A golden orb , to repre- sent the sun , was placed between the horns - the cow lying down with the limbs under the body . In size it was equal to a large living cow . Sweet perfumes were burnt near it , and a ...
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... gold and silver vases , ebony , ivory , gold - dust , ingots of gold , and rings are recorded as being amongst the treasures and curiosi- ties brought from conquered lands both in Asia and Africa EGYPT AFTER THE HYKSOS - ABOUT B.C. 1520 ...
... gold and silver vases , ebony , ivory , gold - dust , ingots of gold , and rings are recorded as being amongst the treasures and curiosi- ties brought from conquered lands both in Asia and Africa EGYPT AFTER THE HYKSOS - ABOUT B.C. 1520 ...
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... gold to the amount of the improbable sum of seventy millions sterling . The part of Ethiopia in which they were found received its name from the word noub , meaning gold , and was called Nubia , or the land of gold ; and from the time ...
... gold to the amount of the improbable sum of seventy millions sterling . The part of Ethiopia in which they were found received its name from the word noub , meaning gold , and was called Nubia , or the land of gold ; and from the time ...
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... gold or other costly material . The custom of washing the feet before dinner is mentioned in the time of Joseph , who ordered his servants to fetch water for his brethren , that they might wash their feet before they ate . The Egyptians ...
... gold or other costly material . The custom of washing the feet before dinner is mentioned in the time of Joseph , who ordered his servants to fetch water for his brethren , that they might wash their feet before they ate . The Egyptians ...
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Page 356 - ... the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 367 - And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this. But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Page 358 - At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 323 - And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Page 108 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said : — " My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 358 - And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation...
Page 41 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 353 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 289 - When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 50 - And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.