Early Egyptian History for the Young: With Descriptions of the Tombs and MonumentsMacmillan and Company, 1861 - 434 pages History of Egypt told in a series of letters to "my dear boys." |
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... sacred for at least four thousand years . What right had I to pry into the secrets of that serene lady , whose body was lying in the still unprofaned inner chamber ? We saw afterwards at Thebes many tombs , larger and inore remarkable ...
... sacred for at least four thousand years . What right had I to pry into the secrets of that serene lady , whose body was lying in the still unprofaned inner chamber ? We saw afterwards at Thebes many tombs , larger and inore remarkable ...
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... sacred bull Apis . We had to descend for some distance between two great heaps of sand , the sides of which I remember were rippled in delicate curves by the action of the wind , as we see the dry sand rippled on the sea - shore . At ...
... sacred bull Apis . We had to descend for some distance between two great heaps of sand , the sides of which I remember were rippled in delicate curves by the action of the wind , as we see the dry sand rippled on the sea - shore . At ...
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... sacred bulls . As one after another of these sacred animals died , fresh tombs were excavated for them in the solid rock , till their under - ground burial place grew to the size which we now see . We walked along the gallery to some ...
... sacred bulls . As one after another of these sacred animals died , fresh tombs were excavated for them in the solid rock , till their under - ground burial place grew to the size which we now see . We walked along the gallery to some ...
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... sacred Apis died . When we came back to the entrance , our guide showed us some tablets of stone with inscriptions on them , let into the wall . They record visits paid by kings and other great people from Memphis , to the burial place ...
... sacred Apis died . When we came back to the entrance , our guide showed us some tablets of stone with inscriptions on them , let into the wall . They record visits paid by kings and other great people from Memphis , to the burial place ...
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... sacred to priests and prophets , thrown over his shoulder , and a procession of people are marching up to him , each with - what ? Let us look closely . I am afraid it is an immense leg of beef , nothing more remarkable . What can Aimai ...
... sacred to priests and prophets , thrown over his shoulder , and a procession of people are marching up to him , each with - what ? Let us look closely . I am afraid it is an immense leg of beef , nothing more remarkable . What can Aimai ...
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Page 227 - Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
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Page 295 - Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 295 - I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
Page 311 - But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah ? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war : for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
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Page 297 - And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
Page 67 - So when they had gotten those that governed us under their power, they afterwards burnt down our cities, and demolished the temples of the gods, and used all the inhabitants after a most barbarous manner ; nay, some they slew, and led their children and their wives into slavery.
Page 314 - 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 297 - Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour. 9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.