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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... known wont of myths , related as having occurred once . The expression hotep shu , implies that Shu is used for the Sunset as well as for the Dawn . Shu and Tefnut are called the Two Lions , but they are also represented by a single ...
... known wont of myths , related as having occurred once . The expression hotep shu , implies that Shu is used for the Sunset as well as for the Dawn . Shu and Tefnut are called the Two Lions , but they are also represented by a single ...
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... known to us through coins and monuments . It is in vain that I look here for evidence of transmission of " religious ideas . " Nor do I see " manifestly the Egyptian doctrine of hell's fire and torturings " in a passage XX PREFACE TO ...
... known to us through coins and monuments . It is in vain that I look here for evidence of transmission of " religious ideas . " Nor do I see " manifestly the Egyptian doctrine of hell's fire and torturings " in a passage XX PREFACE TO ...
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... known to us through authentic records of various kinds , extending through a period of not less than three thousand years . It may have been in existence for many centuries anterior to the earliest of the monuments which have been ...
... known to us through authentic records of various kinds , extending through a period of not less than three thousand years . It may have been in existence for many centuries anterior to the earliest of the monuments which have been ...
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... known better . It has been refuted by M. Champollion - Figeac , who in the Revue Archéologique of 1856 , 1857 and 1858 , has produced abundance of evidence from his brother's writings between the years 1808 and 1814. In his Mémoire sur ...
... known better . It has been refuted by M. Champollion - Figeac , who in the Revue Archéologique of 1856 , 1857 and 1858 , has produced abundance of evidence from his brother's writings between the years 1808 and 1814. In his Mémoire sur ...
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... known from the Coptic vocabulary . Champollion's hypothesis that the old Egyptian lan- guage was identical with Coptic , though a very imper- fect one , and productive even at the present day of many errors among those who discard it ...
... known from the Coptic vocabulary . Champollion's hypothesis that the old Egyptian lan- guage was identical with Coptic , though a very imper- fect one , and productive even at the present day of many errors among those who discard it ...
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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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