A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death of Cleopatra VII, B.C. 30: Egypt under the Saïtes, Persians, and PtolemiesH. Frowde, 1902 |
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according Agesilaus Akhaemenes Alexander Alexandria Amasis Amasis II Amen-Ra Amyrtaeus Apis Apries Apryes army Arrhidaeus Arsinoë ARSINOË II Artaxerxes II Babylon Babylonian Bardiya battle Berenice brother building built called Cambyses canal carried cartouches Cyrene Cyrus Darius Darius II daughter Delta Denkmäler Diodorus Edfû Egyptian father Gaumāta goddess gods gold governor Greek Haker Herodotus hieroglyphic honour Horus name Inarôs inscribed inscription Isis Karnak King List king of Egypt land large numbers Lepsius Libyan lord Magian Manetho marched Memphis mercenaries Meroë monuments murdered Naucratis Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar II Nectanebus Nile Nubia Oasis Ochus Osiris Pelusium Persians Philadelphus Philae Philip Philip Arrhidaeus priests Psammetichus Psammetichus III Ptolemy II rebels Recueil revolt royal Saïs Saïte sanctuary sent ships shrine slain Smerdis Sogdianus soldiers South and North stele succeeded Syria Tachos temple Thebes throne took Uatchet Wâdî whilst Wiedemann Xerxes XXVIth Dynasty
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Page 10 - 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 9 - ... thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life...
Page 20 - Judah ; and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid ; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
Page 156 - And first, a coffin of beaten gold was provided, so wrought by " the hammer, as to answer to the proportion of the body ; it was " half filled with aromatic spices, which served as well to delight " the sense, as to prevent the body from putrefaction.
Page 12 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
Page 157 - In the third might be seen squadrons of horse drown up in regular battalia. In the fourth appeared a fleet ordered in a line of battle. At the entrance of the arch stood lions of gold, with their faces towards the entrance. — From the middle of every pillar an acanthus § of gold sprouted up, in branches spiring in slender threads to the very chapiters. Over the arch, about the middle of the roof on the outside, was spread a purple carpet in the open air, on which was placed a vast golden crown,...
Page 41 - Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are too great to leave me the power of weeping : but the misfortunes of a companion, reduced in his old age to want of bread, is a fit subject for lamentation.
Page 156 - Goatharts*; and to these were fastened golden rings of two handsbreadth in diameter; at which hung, for shew and pomp, little coronets of various colours, which, like so many flowers, afforded a pleasant prospect to the eye. Upon the top of the arch, was a fringe of network, to which were hung large bells, to the intent that the sound of them might be heard at a great distance. On both sides the arch, at the corners, stood an image of Victory in gold, bearing a trophy. A peristylium f of gold supported...
Page 157 - Within the peristylium, by a network of gold of a finger's thickness in the workmanship, hung four tables \, one by another equal to the dimensions of the wall, whereupon were pourtrayed all sorts of living creatures. The first table represented a chariot curiously wrought, wherein Alexander sat with a royal sceptre in his hand. About the king stood his...
Page 61 - I am DARIUS, the great King, the King of Kings, the King of Persia, the King of the provinces, the son of HYSTASPES, the grandson of ARSAMES, the Achaemenian.