Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History: Derived from a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, with the Accoun Ts of Ancient AuthorsJ. Murray, 1837 |
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... Rhampsinitus ; his Monuments ; his Riches - 120 - 121 The Robbery of his Treasury , and a Thief taken in a Trap 122 The Artifice of his Brother . · Pardoned and rewarded by the King . Rhampsinitus's Visit to the Lower Regions Cheops ...
... Rhampsinitus ; his Monuments ; his Riches - 120 - 121 The Robbery of his Treasury , and a Thief taken in a Trap 122 The Artifice of his Brother . · Pardoned and rewarded by the King . Rhampsinitus's Visit to the Lower Regions Cheops ...
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... Rhampsinitus . Cheops , built the great pyramid and reigned 50 years . Cephren , his brother , built the 2d pyra- mid and reigned 56 years . Mycerinus , son of Cheops , left a pyra- mid . Asychis . Anysis , who was blind . The Egyp tian ...
... Rhampsinitus . Cheops , built the great pyramid and reigned 50 years . Cephren , his brother , built the 2d pyra- mid and reigned 56 years . Mycerinus , son of Cheops , left a pyra- mid . Asychis . Anysis , who was blind . The Egyp tian ...
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... Rhampsinitus of Herodotus , his successful wars may have been one of the great sources of the immense wealth he is said to have possessed . Among the Turks , it was long an established rule that no mosk could be founded by a Soltán who ...
... Rhampsinitus of Herodotus , his successful wars may have been one of the great sources of the immense wealth he is said to have possessed . Among the Turks , it was long an established rule that no mosk could be founded by a Soltán who ...
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... Rhampsinitus , succeeded Proteus . He does not appear to have been distinguished for the extent of his conquests abroad , but he sur- passed all his predecessors in the immense wealth he possessed , and in his fondness for riches . Dio ...
... Rhampsinitus , succeeded Proteus . He does not appear to have been distinguished for the extent of his conquests abroad , but he sur- passed all his predecessors in the immense wealth he possessed , and in his fondness for riches . Dio ...
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... Rhampsinitus heard what had happened he was enraged beyond measure ; but being re- solved on discovering the robber , he is said to have had recourse to this stratagem , which to me appears very improbable . He commanded his daughter to ...
... Rhampsinitus heard what had happened he was enraged beyond measure ; but being re- solved on discovering the robber , he is said to have had recourse to this stratagem , which to me appears very improbable . He commanded his daughter to ...
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18th Dynasty According to Eusebius Ægyptus Africanus alluded Amasis Amosis Amunoph ancient authors appears Apries Arabs army ascended the throne Assyria Beni Hassan Bocchoris brother buildings built called canal captives chariots Cheops civilisation conquests cubits deity Delta descent Diodorus Diospolite Kings Egyp Egypt and Thebes Egyptian Egyptian monarch erected Ethiopia Eusebius event Exod Exodus father Greeks Hebrew Heliopolis Herod Herodotus hieroglyphics historian invaded Jews Joseph Karnak land Lower Egypt Manetho Medeenet Haboo Memnonium Memphis Menes mentioned monarch monuments Moris Name from ancient Neco Nile Nitocris nome obelisks omitted Osirei Osymandyas Pelusium period Persian Pharaoh Plin Pliny predecessors priests prince probably Psamaticus Psammitichus Pthah Ptolemy pyramids queen reign of Osirtasen Remeses Rhampsinitus river Sabaco Saïte says sculptures Sesostris Sethos Shepherds stone Strabo succeeded successor Suphis suppose Syene Syria Tanites temple Thebaïd Theban Thebes Thothmes tians Tirhakah tomb Total town Upper Vide my Egypt wall
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Page 77 - And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Page 77 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Page 21 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 55 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Page 163 - Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Page 166 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land : for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Page 178 - And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Page 175 - Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: and I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation ; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
Page 176 - At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt : and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her : as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt : and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Page 12 - Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?