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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... doubt . When I speak of our being able to read and comprehend the language , you will not understand me as implying that all Egyptologists are equally learned and skilful . Nor are all Egyptian texts equally easy of translation.1 As in ...
... doubt . When I speak of our being able to read and comprehend the language , you will not understand me as implying that all Egyptologists are equally learned and skilful . Nor are all Egyptian texts equally easy of translation.1 As in ...
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... doubt . We can certainly conceive the case of a forged inscription on a tombstone , saying that John Smith died on the 9th September , 1876 , or ( were such the custom of the country ) in the 39th year of Queen Victoria ; but unless ...
... doubt . We can certainly conceive the case of a forged inscription on a tombstone , saying that John Smith died on the 9th September , 1876 , or ( were such the custom of the country ) in the 39th year of Queen Victoria ; but unless ...
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... doubt as to the length of each reign and of the whole dynasty . It is to this dynasty that the splendid tomb of Nahre - se - Chnumhotep at Benihassan belongs . His inscription mentions the first four sove- reigns as having honoured ...
... doubt as to the length of each reign and of the whole dynasty . It is to this dynasty that the splendid tomb of Nahre - se - Chnumhotep at Benihassan belongs . His inscription mentions the first four sove- reigns as having honoured ...
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... doubt that M. Renan is right to this extent , that certain languages as vehicles of thought are inferior to others , and that as long as men are confined to the inferior vehicle of thought , they are unable to raise themselves to the ...
... doubt that M. Renan is right to this extent , that certain languages as vehicles of thought are inferior to others , and that as long as men are confined to the inferior vehicle of thought , they are unable to raise themselves to the ...
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... doubt the musical taste of that great dignitary of the fifth dynasty , and to sup- pose that he preferred the accompaniments of his canine friends . There is , however , I believe , reason to sup- pose that the picture is intended to ...
... doubt the musical taste of that great dignitary of the fifth dynasty , and to sup- pose that he preferred the accompaniments of his canine friends . There is , however , I believe , reason to sup- pose that the picture is intended to ...
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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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