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Some have seen a likeness to a Turanian original in the features , and others have insisted , probably rightly , that the king for whom the monument was originally made was a foreigner . Judging from the style of the work and the form ...
Some have seen a likeness to a Turanian original in the features , and others have insisted , probably rightly , that the king for whom the monument was originally made was a foreigner . Judging from the style of the work and the form ...
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The Mamlûks derive their name from the fact that they were originally slaves , who were either purchased or captured in The Bahri Mamlûks , i.e. , “ the white slaves of the war .
The Mamlûks derive their name from the fact that they were originally slaves , who were either purchased or captured in The Bahri Mamlûks , i.e. , “ the white slaves of the war .
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Between Aswân and a little south of Esnah the river Hows between sandstone hills , except at the plains of Kom Ombos and Edfù ; these plains were originally ancient deltas of rivers coming down from the high ranges which kirt the Red ...
Between Aswân and a little south of Esnah the river Hows between sandstone hills , except at the plains of Kom Ombos and Edfù ; these plains were originally ancient deltas of rivers coming down from the high ranges which kirt the Red ...
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The population of the provinces south of Egypt , which originally belonged to her , has never been accurately ascer tained . The country on each side of the Baḥr el - Abyad is very thickly peopled ; it is generally thought that the ...
The population of the provinces south of Egypt , which originally belonged to her , has never been accurately ascer tained . The country on each side of the Baḥr el - Abyad is very thickly peopled ; it is generally thought that the ...
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... which lies about fourteen miles to the north of Cairo ; the Rosetta Barrage has 61 arches and two locks , and is about 1,512 feet long ; the Damietta Barrage has 61 arches ( originally 71 ) and two locks , and is about 1,730.
... which lies about fourteen miles to the north of Cairo ; the Rosetta Barrage has 61 arches and two locks , and is about 1,512 feet long ; the Damietta Barrage has 61 arches ( originally 71 ) and two locks , and is about 1,730.
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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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