The Nile-- notes for travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son (Egypt), 1907 - 955 pages |
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... native records of the Egyptians , and it is now possible to correct and modify many of the statements upon this subject made by Herodotus , Diodorus Siculus and other classical authors . It is important to note , too , that , as the ...
... native records of the Egyptians , and it is now possible to correct and modify many of the statements upon this subject made by Herodotus , Diodorus Siculus and other classical authors . It is important to note , too , that , as the ...
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... native kings ; it is thought that Joseph arrived in Egypt towards the end of this period . The name Hyksos is derived from the Egyptian Hequ Shaàsu , i.e. , “ princes of the Shasu , " or nomad tribes on the east and north - east of ...
... native kings ; it is thought that Joseph arrived in Egypt towards the end of this period . The name Hyksos is derived from the Egyptian Hequ Shaàsu , i.e. , “ princes of the Shasu , " or nomad tribes on the east and north - east of ...
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... native Nubian kingdom , and made Napata his capital . The order of the reigns of his successors is unknown . Dynasty XXIV . , from Saïs ( Sâ el - Ḥagar ) . 733. Bak - en - ren - f ( Bocchoris ) . Whilst Bak - en - ren - f was reigning ...
... native Nubian kingdom , and made Napata his capital . The order of the reigns of his successors is unknown . Dynasty XXIV . , from Saïs ( Sâ el - Ḥagar ) . 733. Bak - en - ren - f ( Bocchoris ) . Whilst Bak - en - ren - f was reigning ...
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... native king of Egypt . PERSIANS . 340. Artaxerxes III . ( Ochus ) . 338. Arses . 336. Darius III . ( Codomannus ) conquered by Alexander the Great at Issus . MACEDONIANS . 332. Alexander the Great visited the Oasis of Sîwa , and was ...
... native king of Egypt . PERSIANS . 340. Artaxerxes III . ( Ochus ) . 338. Arses . 336. Darius III . ( Codomannus ) conquered by Alexander the Great at Issus . MACEDONIANS . 332. Alexander the Great visited the Oasis of Sîwa , and was ...
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... of the Hijra , ie . , the " Era of the Flight . " The name given to the native Christians of Egypt by the Arabs , from ΚΥΠΤ & ΙOC for Αγύπτιος . A. D. 622 . The " Flight " referred to HISTORICAL SUMMARY , 71 Muḥammadans.
... of the Hijra , ie . , the " Era of the Flight . " The name given to the native Christians of Egypt by the Arabs , from ΚΥΠΤ & ΙOC for Αγύπτιος . A. D. 622 . The " Flight " referred to HISTORICAL SUMMARY , 71 Muḥammadans.
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Common terms and phrases
Abû Abydos Alexandria Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Arabs Aswân Atbara Barrage Blue Nile body British building built Cairo called canal capital Cataract chamber chapel Christians church columns Coptic Copts corvée Dêr Dervishes desert east excavations famous feet Gebel Barkal gods Government granite Greek Ḥalfa Hathor hieroglyphic Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis Karnak Khalifa Khartûm king Lake land large number Luxor Mariette Memphis Meroë metres miles from Cairo mosque Muḥammad Muḥammadan mummy Museum natives Nekht Nile nome Nubia Oasis Osiris papyrus Pâshâ period Philæ pillars priests probably Ptaḥ Ptolemy pylon pyramid railway Rameses Rameses II reign river Roman royal ruins sarcophagus Sawâkin scenes Seti shrine side statue stele stone Sûdân Suez suten temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen Wâdî walls west bank White Nile worship XIIth XVIIIth dynasty
Popular passages
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.