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The joining of the fragments of the papyrus was undertaken by Seyffarth , who produced a roll from them on which were twelve columns , with from twenty - six to thirty names in each column . A subsequent examination of the fragments ...
The joining of the fragments of the papyrus was undertaken by Seyffarth , who produced a roll from them on which were twelve columns , with from twenty - six to thirty names in each column . A subsequent examination of the fragments ...
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... waterwheels of Sulêmân Wâd şamr , who murdered Colonel Stewart , were destroyed , and on the 24th , orders having been received to withdraw , the river column made ready to return to Kôrti , which was reached on the 8th of March .
... waterwheels of Sulêmân Wâd şamr , who murdered Colonel Stewart , were destroyed , and on the 24th , orders having been received to withdraw , the river column made ready to return to Kôrti , which was reached on the 8th of March .
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On June 7 the two columns joined hands , and a fierce fight ensued . The Sirdar's arrangements were so skilfully made and carried out , that the Dervishes were utterly routed ; they lost about 1,000 killed and wounded , and 500 were ...
On June 7 the two columns joined hands , and a fierce fight ensued . The Sirdar's arrangements were so skilfully made and carried out , that the Dervishes were utterly routed ; they lost about 1,000 killed and wounded , and 500 were ...
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The expert researches made by Mr. Somers Clarke at Al - kâb , Karnak , Dêr al - Baħarî , and other sites , have revealed some very curious facts about the scantiness and insecurity of the foundations of columns , etc. , and the wonder ...
The expert researches made by Mr. Somers Clarke at Al - kâb , Karnak , Dêr al - Baħarî , and other sites , have revealed some very curious facts about the scantiness and insecurity of the foundations of columns , etc. , and the wonder ...
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The question that now arises is , “ Are the foundations of all the columns of Egyptian temples as badly made ? " and none but an expert can answer it satisfactorily . It is clear that we owe the preserva : ion of most of the temples to ...
The question that now arises is , “ Are the foundations of all the columns of Egyptian temples as badly made ? " and none but an expert can answer it satisfactorily . It is clear that we owe the preserva : ion of most of the temples to ...
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Page 412 - And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 370 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Page 117 - His Britannic Majesty's Government declare that they have no intention of altering the political status of Egypt. The Government of the French Republic, for their part, declare that they will not obstruct the action of Great Britain in that country by asking that a limit of time be fixed for the British occupation or in any other manner...
Page 339 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Page 379 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Page 13 - And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Page 411 - And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
Page 13 - God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Page 13 - For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.