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... the ruins of which are called Tell al - Amarna , and of the " heresy ” of the diskworshippers . The god whom this king delighted i.l. , the solar disk , which was regarded as the source of all things . The religion appears to have ...
... the ruins of which are called Tell al - Amarna , and of the " heresy ” of the diskworshippers . The god whom this king delighted i.l. , the solar disk , which was regarded as the source of all things . The religion appears to have ...
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He built a temple at Gebel Barkal , which is now in ruins , and another at Semnab . The latter was discovered and excavated by Mr. J. W. Crowfoot and the writer in 1905 , and the objects found in it are now in the Museum at Khartum .
He built a temple at Gebel Barkal , which is now in ruins , and another at Semnab . The latter was discovered and excavated by Mr. J. W. Crowfoot and the writer in 1905 , and the objects found in it are now in the Museum at Khartum .
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“ Next he visited the vast ruins of ancient Thebes . There yet remained on the towering piles Egyptian inscriptions , with a complete account of the city's past grandeur . One of the aged priests , who was desired to interpret the ...
“ Next he visited the vast ruins of ancient Thebes . There yet remained on the towering piles Egyptian inscriptions , with a complete account of the city's past grandeur . One of the aged priests , who was desired to interpret the ...
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... is between 26 feet 6 inches and 28 feet the country will be flooded ; and any rise beyond the last figure will spell misery and the ruin of many . The slope of water surface of the Nile is in summer 13 óvo , and in food12200 ...
... is between 26 feet 6 inches and 28 feet the country will be flooded ; and any rise beyond the last figure will spell misery and the ruin of many . The slope of water surface of the Nile is in summer 13 óvo , and in food12200 ...
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In other parts of the Oasis are a number of ruins of Roman and Christian buildings , and , as political offenders were banished there by the various rulers of Egypt , and Christians fled there for refuge , this is not to be wondered at ...
In other parts of the Oasis are a number of ruins of Roman and Christian buildings , and , as political offenders were banished there by the various rulers of Egypt , and Christians fled there for refuge , this is not to be wondered at ...
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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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