Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of Ancient Egypt: Delivered in May and June, 1879Williams and Norgate, 1884 - 259 pages |
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... contain the same mythology as the Book of the Dead , and a great deal also which is not found there . But the interpretation of all these texts depends upon one and the same key ; and to those who cannot under- stand that as Rā is the ...
... contain the same mythology as the Book of the Dead , and a great deal also which is not found there . But the interpretation of all these texts depends upon one and the same key ; and to those who cannot under- stand that as Rā is the ...
Page xxi
... contained in the forty - third section of the Vishnu - smriti , and yet no one will suspect that Egyptian and Hindu doctrines are otherwise than absolutely independent of each other . Each religion has a hell of its own . Professor ...
... contained in the forty - third section of the Vishnu - smriti , and yet no one will suspect that Egyptian and Hindu doctrines are otherwise than absolutely independent of each other . Each religion has a hell of its own . Professor ...
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... contained many Bib- lical books . " Spurious monuments served the purposes of these interpreters quite as well as genuine ones . In the " Isiac table " Kircher discovered a variety of sacred mysteries favourable to Christianity ...
... contained many Bib- lical books . " Spurious monuments served the purposes of these interpreters quite as well as genuine ones . In the " Isiac table " Kircher discovered a variety of sacred mysteries favourable to Christianity ...
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... contained royal names was first pointed out by the Danish scholar Zoega , who was also the first in modern times to assert that some hieroglyphic characters were phonetic . Euergetes . " " His translations , " says Dr. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ...
... contained royal names was first pointed out by the Danish scholar Zoega , who was also the first in modern times to assert that some hieroglyphic characters were phonetic . Euergetes . " " His translations , " says Dr. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ...
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... contained in the Description de l'Egypte published in 1809 by the French government , as the result of a great scientific expedition , must be added the collections of Champollion , Rosellini and Prisse d'Avennes , Burton's Excerpta ...
... contained in the Description de l'Egypte published in 1809 by the French government , as the result of a great scientific expedition , must be added the collections of Champollion , Rosellini and Prisse d'Avennes , Burton's Excerpta ...
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Abydos Amenhotep II Amon ancient ancient Egypt Anubis Book Brugsch called Chabas chapter Christian cloth coffin Dead deceased deity Dendera derived divine doctrine dynasty earth Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptian mythology Egyptian religion Egyptian texts Egyptian word eighteenth dynasty eleventh dynasty evidence existence expressed eyes father Fravashi funereal goddess gods Greek Hail to thee hath Hathor heart heaven Hebrew Heliopolis Henotheism hieroglyphic Horus hymns Indo-European inscriptions Isis king language Lectures legend living Lord Maat manuscripts Mariette Max Müller meaning monuments moral mother Museum myth mythology Nephthys nether world Nile notion nutar nutra Osiris papyrus period prayers Ptah Pyramids Rameses reign religious Renenet represented Rougé royal sacred says scholars Seti signifies soul sovereign speak sun-god symbol tablet Tefnut Tehuti temple Thebes thine abode things thou art thou hast thy name tion tombs translated verb worship
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