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Page iii
... . Apries , son of Psammis - his deposition ( 161-169 ) . Tomb of Osiris ( 170 ) . Egyptian mysteries ( 171 ) . Reign of Amasis ( 172-177 ) . His favour to the Greeks ( 178-182 ) ... ... ... Page 1 iv CONTENTS OF VOL . II APPENDIX TO BOOK ...
... . Apries , son of Psammis - his deposition ( 161-169 ) . Tomb of Osiris ( 170 ) . Egyptian mysteries ( 171 ) . Reign of Amasis ( 172-177 ) . His favour to the Greeks ( 178-182 ) ... ... ... Page 1 iv CONTENTS OF VOL . II APPENDIX TO BOOK ...
Page vi
... Amasis for Apries by Nebuchad- 38. Amasis - Flourishing state of Egypt - Privileges granted to the Greeks - Treaty with Croesus - Persian invasion . 39. Defeat of the Egyp- nezzar . CONTENTS OF VOL . II . tians - Conduct of.
... Amasis for Apries by Nebuchad- 38. Amasis - Flourishing state of Egypt - Privileges granted to the Greeks - Treaty with Croesus - Persian invasion . 39. Defeat of the Egyp- nezzar . CONTENTS OF VOL . II . tians - Conduct of.
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... Amasis ( 16 ) . Expeditions planned by Cambyses ( 17 , 18 ) . Phoenicians refuse to attack Carthage ( 19 ) . Embassy to the Ethiopians ( 20.24 ) . Expedition fails ( 25 ) . Failure of the expedi- tion against Ammon ( 26 ) . Severities ...
... Amasis ( 16 ) . Expeditions planned by Cambyses ( 17 , 18 ) . Phoenicians refuse to attack Carthage ( 19 ) . Embassy to the Ethiopians ( 20.24 ) . Expedition fails ( 25 ) . Failure of the expedi- tion against Ammon ( 26 ) . Severities ...
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... Amasis . The writer is Damearchon , the son of Amebichus , and Pelephus ( ? ) the son of Udamus " ( ? ) . ( This Ph_looks rather like the old K or Q. ) In the same place are several other inscrip- tions , some of the same style and time ...
... Amasis . The writer is Damearchon , the son of Amebichus , and Pelephus ( ? ) the son of Udamus " ( ? ) . ( This Ph_looks rather like the old K or Q. ) In the same place are several other inscrip- tions , some of the same style and time ...
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... Amasis . ( Her . ii . 133 , 174. ) Of the kings and the laws respecting them , see At . Eg . W. vol . i . p . 249-255 , and compare notes on chs . 18 , 60 , 63 , 77 .— [ G . W. ] 6 Though fish were so generally eaten by the rest of the ...
... Amasis . ( Her . ii . 133 , 174. ) Of the kings and the laws respecting them , see At . Eg . W. vol . i . p . 249-255 , and compare notes on chs . 18 , 60 , 63 , 77 .— [ G . W. ] 6 Though fish were so generally eaten by the rest of the ...
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18th dynasty according Ægyptus afterwards Amasis Amun ancient animals appears Apries Arabian Arabic Asia Athenæus Bacchus Beni Hassan boat Book Bubastis Buto called canal CHAP crocodile cubits custom deity Delta desert Diodorus dotus early Egyp Egypt Egyptians Elephantiné embalmed Ethiopia evidently feet Gebel Berkel goddess gods Greece Greeks head Hecatæus height Heliopolis Hercules Hero Herodotus Herodotus says hieroglyphics Homer honour Horus inundation Ionians Isis island Jupiter king lake land length Libya linen Manetho Memphis Menes mentioned ments Meroë miles Minerva modern monuments Moris mouth Napata Nile nome note on ch oracle Osiris papyrus Phoenicians Plin Pliny Plut Plutarch priests probably Psammetichus Pselcis Ptolemy pyramid Red Sea reign Remeses represented river sacred Saïs sculptures Sebennytic seems Sesostris shows signifies stadia stone Strabo supposed Syria temple Thebaïd Thebes tians tion tombs town Upper wine women woodcut word worshipped xvii
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Page 164 - If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? 24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Page 378 - And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord ; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Page 68 - And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 376 - Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem ; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. and took Jehoahaz away : and he came to Egypt and died there.
Page 377 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 136 - They take first a crooked piece of iron, and with it draw out the brain through the nostrils, thus getting rid of a portion, while the skull is cleared of the rest by rinsing with drugs ; next they make a cut along the flank with a sharp Ethiopian stone...
Page 377 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land : for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Page 169 - 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 xv - ... method of discovery: He took two children of the common sort, and gave them over to a herdsman to bring up at his folds, strictly charging him to let no one utter a word in their presence, but to keep them in a sequestered cottage, and from time to time introduce goats to their apartment, see that they got their fill of milk, and in all other respects look after them. His object herein was to know, after the indistinct babblings of infancy were over, what word they would first articulate.
Page 183 - King Rhampsinitus was possessed, they said, of great riches in silver — indeed to such an amount, that none of the princes, his successors, surpassed or even equalled his wealth. For the better custody of this money, he proposed to build a vast chamber of hewn stone, one side of which was to form a part of the outer wall of his palace. The builder, therefore, having designs upon the treasures, contrived, as he was making...