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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... give birth to the sun - god Horus , and Nephthys to nurse him . This is , of course , on the eastern horizon . Yet both Isis and Nephthys are called ' goddesses of the West . ' According to one of the glosses of the 17th chapter , Isis ...
... give birth to the sun - god Horus , and Nephthys to nurse him . This is , of course , on the eastern horizon . Yet both Isis and Nephthys are called ' goddesses of the West . ' According to one of the glosses of the 17th chapter , Isis ...
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... give any form to their deities , they only give them in symbols which have an occult meaning that renders them more venerable . " Apollonios , smiling at this , said , " O ye sages , great indeed is the advantage you have derived from ...
... give any form to their deities , they only give them in symbols which have an occult meaning that renders them more venerable . " Apollonios , smiling at this , said , " O ye sages , great indeed is the advantage you have derived from ...
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... is but a fragment of the texts actually in existence . Mariette Bey has published four folio volumes of plates from the temple of Denderah alone , but he gives them only as a selection . To copy the ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION . 23.
... is but a fragment of the texts actually in existence . Mariette Bey has published four folio volumes of plates from the temple of Denderah alone , but he gives them only as a selection . To copy the ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION . 23.
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Delivered in May and June, 1879 Peter Le Page Renouf. gives them only as a selection . To copy the whole would , he says , be the work of years . Dr. Dümichen has published another folio volume of texts of special interest , selected ...
Delivered in May and June, 1879 Peter Le Page Renouf. gives them only as a selection . To copy the whole would , he says , be the work of years . Dr. Dümichen has published another folio volume of texts of special interest , selected ...
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... give a very intelligent account of these marvels , which must have been scarce less astounding than those still to be seen at Thebes . But of Memphis there is at present hardly a trace left . And other great cities known to ancient ...
... give a very intelligent account of these marvels , which must have been scarce less astounding than those still to be seen at Thebes . But of Memphis there is at present hardly a trace left . And other great cities known to ancient ...
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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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