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The Aswân Dam stands in the First Ca miles south of Aswân . It is designed to hold up water to a level of 106 metres above mean sea level , or rather more than 20 metres above the low - water level of the Nile at site .
The Aswân Dam stands in the First Ca miles south of Aswân . It is designed to hold up water to a level of 106 metres above mean sea level , or rather more than 20 metres above the low - water level of the Nile at site .
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The criers converse with the boys that are with them , and invoke blessings upon the houses of the people before which they stand , the object being , of course , that alms may be given to them .
The criers converse with the boys that are with them , and invoke blessings upon the houses of the people before which they stand , the object being , of course , that alms may be given to them .
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On the ground inside a stele , or tombstone , which always faces the east , is found ; at its foot stands an altar or table intended for offerings , and near it is a chamber in which a statue of the deceased was placed .
On the ground inside a stele , or tombstone , which always faces the east , is found ; at its foot stands an altar or table intended for offerings , and near it is a chamber in which a statue of the deceased was placed .
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000 A to walk , stand DETERMINATIVES — continued . D of iron ooo of metals. o nu ta Xer I l þen 6 xnem ta k o ab må neb þes åa ♡ heb xent ng ba A ķ nā , ān . It Yes xent ņem # 7 mámax åm nef āu am uā , behā āḥā et her , + & resef w yer ...
000 A to walk , stand DETERMINATIVES — continued . D of iron ooo of metals. o nu ta Xer I l þen 6 xnem ta k o ab må neb þes åa ♡ heb xent ng ba A ķ nā , ān . It Yes xent ņem # 7 mámax åm nef āu am uā , behā āḥā et her , + & resef w yer ...
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[ And it [ shall stand side by side with a statue of the Lord of [ the gods ( ? ) , who giveth him the weapon of victory , [ and it shall be fashioned after the manner of the [ Egyptians , and a statue of this kind shall [ be set [ up ...
[ And it [ shall stand side by side with a statue of the Lord of [ the gods ( ? ) , who giveth him the weapon of victory , [ and it shall be fashioned after the manner of the [ Egyptians , and a statue of this kind shall [ be set [ up ...
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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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