The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, (Egypt), 1902 - 674 pages |
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... inscribed upon the walls of temples , obelisks , and buildings . The narrative of such inscriptions is very simple , and practically these records merely represent itineraries in which the names of conquered and tributary lands and ...
... inscribed upon the walls of temples , obelisks , and buildings . The narrative of such inscriptions is very simple , and practically these records merely represent itineraries in which the names of conquered and tributary lands and ...
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... inscribed in cuneiform were found at Tell el - Amarna . The inscriptions relate to a period of Egyptian history which falls in the fifteenth century B.C. , and they are letters from the kings of Babylon , and cities of Mesopotamia and ...
... inscribed in cuneiform were found at Tell el - Amarna . The inscriptions relate to a period of Egyptian history which falls in the fifteenth century B.C. , and they are letters from the kings of Babylon , and cities of Mesopotamia and ...
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... inscribed with cuneiform characters in a language which is at present unknown ; and some of them have dockets in hieratic which state from what country they were brought . The discovery of these tablets shows that there must have been ...
... inscribed with cuneiform characters in a language which is at present unknown ; and some of them have dockets in hieratic which state from what country they were brought . The discovery of these tablets shows that there must have been ...
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... inscribed in hieroglyphics , Greek and demotic with a decree made at Canopus by the priesthood , assembled there from all parts of Egypt , in honour of Ptolemy III . It mentions the great benefits which he had conferred upon Egypt , and ...
... inscribed in hieroglyphics , Greek and demotic with a decree made at Canopus by the priesthood , assembled there from all parts of Egypt , in honour of Ptolemy III . It mentions the great benefits which he had conferred upon Egypt , and ...
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... inscribed . The large mud sealings of the wine jars bore impressions of inscribed seals , and these proved beyond a doubt that the building wherein they were found was a royal one . An examination of the tombs of less importance close ...
... inscribed . The large mud sealings of the wine jars bore impressions of inscribed seals , and these proved beyond a doubt that the building wherein they were found was a royal one . An examination of the tombs of less importance close ...
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Abydos Alexandria Åmen Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Arabs Aswân beautiful body building built Cæsar Cairo called canal Cataract chamber Christians church coffin and mummy columns comest contains Coptic Copts dead deceased Dêr Dervishes east bank Egyptian Ethiopia excavations famous feet Gebel Barkal Gizeh goddess gods granite Greek Hail Hathor head hieroglyphics Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis Karnak king Lake land large number lord Luxor Mahdi Mariette Memphis Meroë miles from Cairo mosque Muḥammad Muḥammadan mummy Museum Napata Nekht Nile nome Nubia offerings Osiris Papyrus Pâsha Philæ pillars priests Ptaḥ Ptolemy Ptolemy IX pylon pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign represented river Roman royal ruins Sakkârah sarcophagus scenes sculptures Seti shrine side sphinxes statue stele stone Strabo Sûdân temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen Wâdî walls west bank worship XIIth dynasty XVIIIth