The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, Agriculture and Early History, Volume 1John Murray, 1847 |
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... civilisation . To judge impartially of their character , we must examine the comparative state of other neigh- bouring and contemporary nations , and measure it by the standard of the era in which they lived . We should also bear in ...
... civilisation . To judge impartially of their character , we must examine the comparative state of other neigh- bouring and contemporary nations , and measure it by the standard of the era in which they lived . We should also bear in ...
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... . Another striking result derived from the ex- amination of Egyptian history , is the conviction , that , at the most remote period into which we have been able to penetrate , civilised communities al- ready existed A 4 PREFACE . vii.
... . Another striking result derived from the ex- amination of Egyptian history , is the conviction , that , at the most remote period into which we have been able to penetrate , civilised communities al- ready existed A 4 PREFACE . vii.
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... civilisation ! The most remote point , to which we can see , opens with a nation possessing all the arts of civilised life already matured ; and though penetrating so far into the early history of the world , we find that the infancy of ...
... civilisation ! The most remote point , to which we can see , opens with a nation possessing all the arts of civilised life already matured ; and though penetrating so far into the early history of the world , we find that the infancy of ...
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... civilisation , already far advanced , in the time even of Semiramis . We might , therefore , look for them among the wander- ing hordes of Asia ; and rather suppose them to have been a Scythian tribe , who , at that early epoch ...
... civilisation , already far advanced , in the time even of Semiramis . We might , therefore , look for them among the wander- ing hordes of Asia ; and rather suppose them to have been a Scythian tribe , who , at that early epoch ...
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... Civilisation and the Arts at that Period . Game of Draughts , and other Amusements Early Wars . Mines in the Desert Ports on the Red Sea , for Commerce with Arabia List of the Kings of the 18th Dynasty · 9999 40 43 · 4.4 - 45 • 46 · 47 ...
... Civilisation and the Arts at that Period . Game of Draughts , and other Amusements Early Wars . Mines in the Desert Ports on the Red Sea , for Commerce with Arabia List of the Kings of the 18th Dynasty · 9999 40 43 · 4.4 - 45 • 46 · 47 ...
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18th Dynasty According to Eusebius Ægyptus Africanus alluded Amasis Amosis Amunoph ancient authors Anysis appears Apries Arabs arms army Ascended the Throne Assyria Asychis Beni Hassan Bocchoris brother buildings built called canal captives chariots Cheops civilisation conquests cubits deity Delta Diod Diodorus Diospolite Kings Egyp Egypt and Thebes Egyptian Egyptian monarch erected Ethiopia Eusebius event Exod Exodus father Greeks Hebrew Heliopolis Herod Herodotus hieroglyphics historian invaded Jews Joseph Karnak land Lower Egypt Manetho Medeenet Haboo Memnonium Memphis Menes mentioned monarch monuments Name from Ancient nations Neco Nile Nitocris nome obelisks omitted Osirei Osymandyas Pelusium period Persian Pharaoh Plin Pliny predecessors priests prince probably Psamaticus Pthah Ptolemy pyramids queen reign of Osirtasen remarkable Remeses Rhampsinitus river Sabaco Saïte says sculptures Sennacherib Sesostris Sethos Shepherds stone Strabo succeeded successor Suphis supposed Syria Tanites temple Thebaïd Theban Thebes Thothmes tians Tirhakah tomb town upper wall Wood-cut
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Page 77 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : the land of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Page 55 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Page 178 - And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord ; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Page 163 - Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Page 77 - And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Page 166 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land : for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Page 178 - And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Page 175 - Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: and I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation ; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
Page 173 - 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 163 - His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.