Early Egyptian history, for the young, by the author of 'Sidney Grey' and her sister [E. Keary].1861 |
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... Ethiopian stone with which it was cased . " Some of these outer stones , of granite of Syene , still remain at the base of the third Pyramid , and prove the truth of Pliny's words . It contains two chambers , which were opened by ...
... Ethiopian stone with which it was cased . " Some of these outer stones , of granite of Syene , still remain at the base of the third Pyramid , and prove the truth of Pliny's words . It contains two chambers , which were opened by ...
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... Ethiopia . " From this point Herodotus allows himself to be carried by the course of the narrative far away from King Menkaré , to stories about Esop and Sappho , and about a person who made a present of iron roasting spits to the ...
... Ethiopia . " From this point Herodotus allows himself to be carried by the course of the narrative far away from King Menkaré , to stories about Esop and Sappho , and about a person who made a present of iron roasting spits to the ...
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... Ethiopian tribes , and probably some of the Asiatic nations on the borders of the Red Sea . An interesting record of his conquests was discovered as far down in the south as the second cataract . It is a stone tablet , once part of the ...
... Ethiopian tribes , and probably some of the Asiatic nations on the borders of the Red Sea . An interesting record of his conquests was discovered as far down in the south as the second cataract . It is a stone tablet , once part of the ...
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... Ethiopia , he occupies the position of a god , and kings are represented bringing offerings to him . The word good " is introduced into one of the variations of his name . Though justice and goodness are the third Se- sertasen's part in ...
... Ethiopia , he occupies the position of a god , and kings are represented bringing offerings to him . The word good " is introduced into one of the variations of his name . Though justice and goodness are the third Se- sertasen's part in ...
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... Ethiopia , more than a day's journey beyond the second cataract ; it had been established as the southern frontier of Egypt , by Seser- tasen the Good . The Nile falls there in a narrow channel between the rocks ; it is quite in the ...
... Ethiopia , more than a day's journey beyond the second cataract ; it had been established as the southern frontier of Egypt , by Seser- tasen the Good . The Nile falls there in a narrow channel between the rocks ; it is quite in the ...
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