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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... copied from hieratic manuscripts , and the identity is made apparent to the most unlearned eye . And if , as Klaproth asserts , Champollion had wished to destroy all trace of certain passages which occur in his text , he would certainly ...
... copied from hieratic manuscripts , and the identity is made apparent to the most unlearned eye . And if , as Klaproth asserts , Champollion had wished to destroy all trace of certain passages which occur in his text , he would certainly ...
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... copying , studying and interpreting Egyptian texts . The amount of work accomplished by him in eight years is almost incredible . He not only laid the foundations of a Grammar and Dictionary , but illustrated the history and religion of ...
... copying , studying and interpreting Egyptian texts . The amount of work accomplished by him in eight years is almost incredible . He not only laid the foundations of a Grammar and Dictionary , but illustrated the history and religion of ...
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... copying the inscriptions of a single tomb ; but though he worked indefatigably and ra- pidly , he was compelled to come away leaving a great part of his intended work unaccomplished . Would that we might rely upon the zeal of future ...
... copying the inscriptions of a single tomb ; but though he worked indefatigably and ra- pidly , he was compelled to come away leaving a great part of his intended work unaccomplished . Would that we might rely upon the zeal of future ...
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... copied by the same accomplished scholar from the walls of the temple at Edfu . It is written in the style of the heroic annals of the kings of Egypt , and accounts for the names of geographical localities by the exploits of the divine ...
... copied by the same accomplished scholar from the walls of the temple at Edfu . It is written in the style of the heroic annals of the kings of Egypt , and accounts for the names of geographical localities by the exploits of the divine ...
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... copied from texts written in the cursive or , as it is called , the hieratic character . Many of the errors of the manuscripts are to be traced to a confusion between signs which resemble each other in hieratic but not in hieroglyphic ...
... copied from texts written in the cursive or , as it is called , the hieratic character . Many of the errors of the manuscripts are to be traced to a confusion between signs which resemble each other in hieratic but not in hieroglyphic ...
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abode Abydos Amenhotep II Amon ancient ancient Egypt Anubis Book Brugsch called Chabas Champollion 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 father feast Fravashi funereal genius goddess gods Greek 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 mother Museum myth mythology Nephthys nether world notion nutar nutra Osiris papyrus period person prayers Ptah Pyramids Rameses reign religious Renenet represented Rougé royal sacred says scholars Semitic Seti signifies soul sovereign speak sun-god symbol tablet Tefnut Tehutimes temple Thebes thine things thou art thou hast tion tombs translated verb worship written
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