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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... AND CHARACTERISTICS OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION . Egyptian chronology depends upon monuments recording con- temporary facts Monuments mentioning the year of a reign . 32 33 Monuments furnishing evidence of a succession of reigns Royal lists.
... AND CHARACTERISTICS OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION . Egyptian chronology depends upon monuments recording con- temporary facts Monuments mentioning the year of a reign . 32 33 Monuments furnishing evidence of a succession of reigns Royal lists.
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... Royal lists and their verification by the monuments Royal list of Abydos PAGE 34 37 38 Evidence of the reality of sovereigns named . 39 Omissions of this list 41 Genealogies . Manetho 46 47 Absolute dates 48 Egyptian monarchy anterior ...
... Royal lists and their verification by the monuments Royal list of Abydos PAGE 34 37 38 Evidence of the reality of sovereigns named . 39 Omissions of this list 41 Genealogies . Manetho 46 47 Absolute dates 48 Egyptian monarchy anterior ...
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... royal name or that of Bere- nike . All his other attempts were simple failures . " He mistook Autokrator for Arsinoe , and Cæsar for 1 That the oval rings contained royal names was first pointed out by the Danish scholar Zoega , who was ...
... royal name or that of Bere- nike . All his other attempts were simple failures . " He mistook Autokrator for Arsinoe , and Cæsar for 1 That the oval rings contained royal names was first pointed out by the Danish scholar Zoega , who was ...
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... royal names . Whole systems of Egyptian chronology have been devised by men inca- pable of reading and understanding a single line of Egyptian . Till 1850 , the only genuine scholars who can be mentioned in addition to Lepsius , are Mr ...
... royal names . Whole systems of Egyptian chronology have been devised by men inca- pable of reading and understanding a single line of Egyptian . Till 1850 , the only genuine scholars who can be mentioned in addition to Lepsius , are Mr ...
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... not historical , but religious . For us , the royal texts of Karnak , Abydos and Saqâra , are of his- torical value ; but they have a purely religious mean- ing on the walls where they were found . We ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION . 27.
... not historical , but religious . For us , the royal texts of Karnak , Abydos and Saqâra , are of his- torical value ; but they have a purely religious mean- ing on the walls where they were found . We ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION . 27.
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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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