Early Egyptian history, for the young, by the author of 'Sidney Grey' and her sister [E. Keary].1861 |
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... rock , there was a sarcophagus of black stone , holding as we were told the remains of one of the sacred bulls . As one after another of these sacred animals died , fresh tombs were excavated for them in the solid rock , till their ...
... rock , there was a sarcophagus of black stone , holding as we were told the remains of one of the sacred bulls . As one after another of these sacred animals died , fresh tombs were excavated for them in the solid rock , till their ...
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... , while all the time we had before our eyes the three great Pyramids , standing on a ridge of rock which itself overtopped the smaller elevations round it . We passed the Sphinx before we reached the Pyra- mids EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 23.
... , while all the time we had before our eyes the three great Pyramids , standing on a ridge of rock which itself overtopped the smaller elevations round it . We passed the Sphinx before we reached the Pyra- mids EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 23.
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... rock ; there was once an altar situated between its paws , and a paved road , orna- mented with two stone lions in front , up which pro- cessions passed to do sacrifice at the altar . The Arabs are right in the sex which they assign to ...
... rock ; there was once an altar situated between its paws , and a paved road , orna- mented with two stone lions in front , up which pro- cessions passed to do sacrifice at the altar . The Arabs are right in the sex which they assign to ...
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... rock on which the Great Pyramid stands , and there wait till some change in the weather made it possible for us to mount our donkeys again and return to our boat . Here will be the place for us to talk about the fourth dynasty . Imagine ...
... rock on which the Great Pyramid stands , and there wait till some change in the weather made it possible for us to mount our donkeys again and return to our boat . Here will be the place for us to talk about the fourth dynasty . Imagine ...
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Annie Keary. dently worked during the period of the fourth dynasty . On the rocks round them still remain some hierogly ... rock , perhaps , by some workman of the mines , who little thought how much obliged to him we should be for his ...
Annie Keary. dently worked during the period of the fourth dynasty . On the rocks round them still remain some hierogly ... rock , perhaps , by some workman of the mines , who little thought how much obliged to him we should be for his ...
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