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... EGYPT . ALEXANDRIAN CHRONOLOGY . EGYPTIAN INSCRIPTIONS , from the British Museum and other Sources . 216 Plates , in Folio . EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS , being an Attempt to Explain their Nature , Origin , and Meaning . With a Vocabulary .
... EGYPT . ALEXANDRIAN CHRONOLOGY . EGYPTIAN INSCRIPTIONS , from the British Museum and other Sources . 216 Plates , in Folio . EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS , being an Attempt to Explain their Nature , Origin , and Meaning . With a Vocabulary .
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... Egyptian Serpent of Goodness , which is sometimes represented with a human head . It stands upon its folds , and is thus distinguished from the Serpent of Evil that creeps on its belly . It is the Cobra , a snake that has the power of ...
... Egyptian Serpent of Goodness , which is sometimes represented with a human head . It stands upon its folds , and is thus distinguished from the Serpent of Evil that creeps on its belly . It is the Cobra , a snake that has the power of ...
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... Egypt . Inscript . , 2nd Series , pl . 16 . This battle with the Serpent of Wickedness , who is always supposed to be conquered , is a never failing subject in the Egyptian religious sculptures . See Notes on Reve- lation vi . 2 and xx ...
... Egypt . Inscript . , 2nd Series , pl . 16 . This battle with the Serpent of Wickedness , who is always supposed to be conquered , is a never failing subject in the Egyptian religious sculptures . See Notes on Reve- lation vi . 2 and xx ...
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... Egypt . Phut , or North Africa . Canaan . Seba , or Meroë . Havilah , or Arabia . Sheba , part of ditto . Dedan , part of ditto . Nimrod , who dwelt in Babylon ; whence Asshur , or the Assyrians , and Nineveh . Ludim , or the Egyptian ...
... Egypt . Phut , or North Africa . Canaan . Seba , or Meroë . Havilah , or Arabia . Sheba , part of ditto . Dedan , part of ditto . Nimrod , who dwelt in Babylon ; whence Asshur , or the Assyrians , and Nineveh . Ludim , or the Egyptian ...
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... [ Abraham's wife ] , and commended her before Pharaoh . " 1 ) The word " Pharaoh , " the Egyptian for " the King , " written in hieroglyphics . The figure of the sky is Pa , the ; the bird , the vowel A or Ou GENESIS . 13.
... [ Abraham's wife ] , and commended her before Pharaoh . " 1 ) The word " Pharaoh , " the Egyptian for " the King , " written in hieroglyphics . The figure of the sky is Pa , the ; the bird , the vowel A or Ou GENESIS . 13.
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