A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death of Cleopatra VII, B.C. 30: Egypt under the Amenemhats and HyksosK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1902 |
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... Mariette , Abydos , tom . 2 The texts are published by Birch ( Select Papyri , Sallier II . ) and Maspero , Recueil , II . p . 70 and plates ; the most recent renderings are by Amélineau ( Recueil , tom . x . pp 98-121 ) and by Griffith ...
... Mariette , Abydos , tom . 2 The texts are published by Birch ( Select Papyri , Sallier II . ) and Maspero , Recueil , II . p . 70 and plates ; the most recent renderings are by Amélineau ( Recueil , tom . x . pp 98-121 ) and by Griffith ...
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... royal architect and general 1 De Sacy's translation , p . 181 . 2 The obelisk is figured in Lepsius , Denkmäler , ii . plate 119 . 3 See Mariette , Abydos , tom . ii . plate 23 . surveyor of the district , that he succoured the needy.
... royal architect and general 1 De Sacy's translation , p . 181 . 2 The obelisk is figured in Lepsius , Denkmäler , ii . plate 119 . 3 See Mariette , Abydos , tom . ii . plate 23 . surveyor of the district , that he succoured the needy.
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... Mariette , Papyrus de Boulag , and Lanzone , Les Papyrus du Lac Moeris , Turin , 1896 . 2 Other names of the Lake were " Lake , " and www 66 Shetet , " i.e. , the " Shet - urt , " i.e. , " Great Lake . " B.C. 2300 ] DESCRIBED BY ...
... Mariette , Papyrus de Boulag , and Lanzone , Les Papyrus du Lac Moeris , Turin , 1896 . 2 Other names of the Lake were " Lake , " and www 66 Shetet , " i.e. , the " Shet - urt , " i.e. , " Great Lake . " B.C. 2300 ] DESCRIBED BY ...
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... be made of the famous sphinxes , which were discovered at Şân or Tanis by Mariette in 1861. These remarkable 1 See Hawara , Biahmu , and Arsinöe , p . 55 . B.C. 2300 ] SPHINXES OF AMENEMḤĀT III . 65 Human 64 [ B.C. 2300 PHARAOH'S CHAIRS.
... be made of the famous sphinxes , which were discovered at Şân or Tanis by Mariette in 1861. These remarkable 1 See Hawara , Biahmu , and Arsinöe , p . 55 . B.C. 2300 ] SPHINXES OF AMENEMḤĀT III . 65 Human 64 [ B.C. 2300 PHARAOH'S CHAIRS.
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... Mariette , however , were accepted on all sides , and his hypothesis was regarded as a fact . In 1893 the matter was again discussed by M. Golénischeff , " who proved that the results of M. Maspero's examina- 1 Revue Archéologique ...
... Mariette , however , were accepted on all sides , and his hypothesis was regarded as a fact . In 1893 the matter was again discussed by M. Golénischeff , " who proved that the results of M. Maspero's examina- 1 Revue Archéologique ...
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Page 146 - There was a king of ours whose name was Timaus. Under him it came to pass, I know not how, that God was averse to us, and there came, after a surprising manner, men of ignoble birth out of the eastern parts, and had boldness enough to make an expedition into our country, and with ease subdued it by force, yet without our hazarding a battle with them.
Page 49 - The water in this lake does not spring from the soil, for these parts are excessively dry, but it is conveyed through a channel from the Nile, and for six months it flows into the lake, and six months out again into the Nile.
Page 146 - Avaris, this he rebuilt, and made very strong by the walls he built about it, and by a most numerous garrison of two hundred and forty thousand armed men whom he put into it to keep it. Thither Salatis came in summer time, partly to gather his corn, and pay his soldiers their wages, and partly to exercise his armed men, and thereby to terrify foreigners.
Page 146 - At length they made one of themselves king, whose name was Salatis; he also lived at Memphis, and made both the upper and lower regions pay tribute, and left garrisons in places that were the most proper for them.
Page 148 - Egypt, and go, without any harm to be done to them, whithersoever they would; and that, after this composition was made, they went away with their whole families and effects, not fewer in number than two hundred and forty thousand, and took their journey from Egypt, through the wilderness, for Syria; but...
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Page 53 - I myself went through and saw, and relate from personal inspection. But the underground rooms I only know from report ; for the Egyptians who have charge of the building would, on no account, show me them, saying, that there were the sepulchres of the kings who originally built this labyrinth, and of the sacred crocodiles. I can therefore only relate what I have...
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