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Annals of Egyptian Kings inscribed upon the walls of temples , obelisks , and buildings . The narrative of such inscriptions is very simple , and practically these records merely represent itineraries in which the names of conquered and ...
Annals of Egyptian Kings inscribed upon the walls of temples , obelisks , and buildings . The narrative of such inscriptions is very simple , and practically these records merely represent itineraries in which the names of conquered and ...
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One of the tablets is written in the language of Mitani , and others are inscribed with cuneiform characters in a language which is at present unknown ; and some of them have dockets in hieratic which state from what country they were ...
One of the tablets is written in the language of Mitani , and others are inscribed with cuneiform characters in a language which is at present unknown ; and some of them have dockets in hieratic which state from what country they were ...
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An inscription on the Island of Sâḥal says that seven years ' famine took place in his reign . His tomb was discovered at Bêt ... Tcheser worked the turquoise mines of Sinai , and his Horus name is inscribed on a rock at Wâdî Maghara .
An inscription on the Island of Sâḥal says that seven years ' famine took place in his reign . His tomb was discovered at Bêt ... Tcheser worked the turquoise mines of Sinai , and his Horus name is inscribed on a rock at Wâdî Maghara .
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3333. Unås , whose pyramid at Sak kâra was explored in 1881 by Prof. Maspero . The walls of the corridors and chambers of this pyramid are inscribed with B.C. 3333 . religious texts of a most important character 30 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS ...
3333. Unås , whose pyramid at Sak kâra was explored in 1881 by Prof. Maspero . The walls of the corridors and chambers of this pyramid are inscribed with B.C. 3333 . religious texts of a most important character 30 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS ...
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The walls of its chambers and corridors are inscribed with hieroglyphic texts . Rā - user - ka . He built a pyramid , probably at Sakkâra . 3233. Rā - meri , Pepi I. In his reign lived Unå , a man of humble birth , who began life in the ...
The walls of its chambers and corridors are inscribed with hieroglyphic texts . Rā - user - ka . He built a pyramid , probably at Sakkâra . 3233. Rā - meri , Pepi I. In his reign lived Unå , a man of humble birth , who began life in the ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Nile-- notes for travellers in Egypt |
| Author | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge |
| Publisher | T. Cook & Son (Egypt), 1907 |
| Length | 955 pages |
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