The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and Appendices, Volume 2D. Appleton and Company, 1866 |
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... height , according to the hieroglyphics ; in a tomb near El Bersheh , or rather near Dayr E ' Nakhl . ( Fig . 1. ) The statue bound upon a sledge , with ropes passing over pieces of leather , or rather of lead , to prevent their ...
... height , according to the hieroglyphics ; in a tomb near El Bersheh , or rather near Dayr E ' Nakhl . ( Fig . 1. ) The statue bound upon a sledge , with ropes passing over pieces of leather , or rather of lead , to prevent their ...
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... heights in this vicinity which seemed to him to have once been islands , viz . , the peninsula of Kurtzolari ( Strabo's Artemita ) , and a small hill opposite Petalá ; but it may be questioned whether the representation of Kiepert ...
... heights in this vicinity which seemed to him to have once been islands , viz . , the peninsula of Kurtzolari ( Strabo's Artemita ) , and a small hill opposite Petalá ; but it may be questioned whether the representation of Kiepert ...
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... height at the rate at which it has risen in times gone by , how will it be possible for the inhabitants of that region to avoid hunger , when they will certainly have no rain , and the river will not be able to over- 9 dynasty . The ...
... height at the rate at which it has risen in times gone by , how will it be possible for the inhabitants of that region to avoid hunger , when they will certainly have no rain , and the river will not be able to over- 9 dynasty . The ...
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... height requisite for cutting the canals and admitting it into the interior of the plain ; and it is generally at its high- est about the end of September . This makes from 92 to 100 days , as Herodotus states . At the Cataracts the ...
... height requisite for cutting the canals and admitting it into the interior of the plain ; and it is generally at its high- est about the end of September . This makes from 92 to 100 days , as Herodotus states . At the Cataracts the ...
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... height , return for the sum- mer to the N. From the migration of cranes to Ethiopia arose the fable of the Cranes and Pygmies . The Ardea cinerea and garzetta , the platalea or spoonbill , the pelican , and some others remain the whole ...
... height , return for the sum- mer to the N. From the migration of cranes to Ethiopia arose the fable of the Cranes and Pygmies . The Ardea cinerea and garzetta , the platalea or spoonbill , the pelican , and some others remain the whole ...
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