The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, (Egypt), 1907 - 955 pages |
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... inscriptions . In transcribing Arabic names of places , the system in general use throughout Europe has been employed , but well - known names like " Cairo , " " Luxor , " etc . , . have not been altered . Similarly , the ordinary well ...
... inscriptions . In transcribing Arabic names of places , the system in general use throughout Europe has been employed , but well - known names like " Cairo , " " Luxor , " etc . , . have not been altered . Similarly , the ordinary well ...
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... inscriptions is very simple , and practically these records merely represent itineraries in which the names of conquered and tributary lands and peoples are given ; incidentally facts of interest are noted down . As the day and month ...
... inscriptions is very simple , and practically these records merely represent itineraries in which the names of conquered and tributary lands and peoples are given ; incidentally facts of interest are noted down . As the day and month ...
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... inscriptions throw much light on history . The lists of tribute are also useful , for they show what the products of ... inscription . on the Stele of Piankhi , the Ethiopian conqueror of Egypt , in the Egyptian Museum at Cairo , is ...
... inscriptions throw much light on history . The lists of tribute are also useful , for they show what the products of ... inscription . on the Stele of Piankhi , the Ethiopian conqueror of Egypt , in the Egyptian Museum at Cairo , is ...
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... inscriptions contain no evidence which would show that they were used during the period of the Hyksos , or during that immediately following . It is also impossible to identify the famine in Egypt which took place under Joseph's rule ...
... inscriptions contain no evidence which would show that they were used during the period of the Hyksos , or during that immediately following . It is also impossible to identify the famine in Egypt which took place under Joseph's rule ...
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... inscriptions . The route followed by the Israelites on leaving Egypt , as described in Exodus , was the one which historical considerations would lead us to expect them to take . They made their way first eastwards , and then to the ...
... inscriptions . The route followed by the Israelites on leaving Egypt , as described in Exodus , was the one which historical considerations would lead us to expect them to take . They made their way first eastwards , and then to the ...
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Abû Abydos Alexandria Åmen Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Arabs Aswân Atbara Barrage Berber Blue Nile British building built Cairo called canal capital Cataract chamber chapel Christians church columns Coptic Copts corvée dead Dêr Dervishes desert east excavations famous feet Gebel Gebel Barkal gods granite Greek Hathor hieroglyphic Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis Karnak Kharțûm king Lake land large number Luxor Mahdî Mariette Memphis Meroë metres miles from Cairo mosque Muḥammad Muḥammadans mummy Museum Napata Nekht Nile nome Nubia Oasis Omdurmân Osiris papyrus Pâshâ period Philæ pillars priests Ptaḥ Ptolemy pylon pyramid railway Rameses Rameses II reign river Roman royal ruins Sawâkin scenes Seti shrine side statue stele stone Sûdân Suez Sulțân suten temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen walls west bank White Nile worship XIIth dynasty XVIIIth