Budge's Egypt: A Classic 19th-Century Travel GuideCourier Corporation, 2012 M08 13 - 336 pages Focusing on the monuments on either side of the Nile, the author describes Egyptians, their writing, religion and gods, plus historic locales and objects: Alexandria, Cairo, the Rosetta Stone, the pyramids, the Sphinx; the statue of Rameses II, the temples at Luxor and Karnak, major sites where royal mummies were discovered, and more. |
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... magic, and neglected his empire; when Artaxerxes III. (Ochus) marched against him, he fled from his kingdom, and the Persians again ruled Egypt. MACEDONIANS. 332. Alexander the Great founded Alexandria. He showed his.
... magic, and neglected his empire; when Artaxerxes III. (Ochus) marched against him, he fled from his kingdom, and the Persians again ruled Egypt. MACEDONIANS. 332. Alexander the Great founded Alexandria. He showed his.
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... Alexandria. He showed his toleration of the Egyptian religion, by sacrificing to the god Amen of Libya. PTOLEMIES. B.C. 305. Ptolemy I. Soter, son of Lagus, became king of Egypt after Alexander's death. He founded the famous Alexandrian ...
... Alexandria. He showed his toleration of the Egyptian religion, by sacrificing to the god Amen of Libya. PTOLEMIES. B.C. 305. Ptolemy I. Soter, son of Lagus, became king of Egypt after Alexander's death. He founded the famous Alexandrian ...
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... Alexandria. 217. Macrinus. 218. Elagabalus. 249. Decius. Christians persecuted. 253. Valerianus. Christians persecuted. 260. Gallienus. Persecution of Christians stayed. Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, invades Egypt A.D. 268. 270. Aurelian ...
... Alexandria. 217. Macrinus. 218. Elagabalus. 249. Decius. Christians persecuted. 253. Valerianus. Christians persecuted. 260. Gallienus. Persecution of Christians stayed. Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, invades Egypt A.D. 268. 270. Aurelian ...
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... Alexandria. Nestorius, from the two natures of Christ, inferred also two persons, a human and a divine. “In the Syrian school, Nestorius had been taught (A.D. 429—431) to abhor the confusion of the two natures, and nicely to ...
... Alexandria. Nestorius, from the two natures of Christ, inferred also two persons, a human and a divine. “In the Syrian school, Nestorius had been taught (A.D. 429—431) to abhor the confusion of the two natures, and nicely to ...
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... Alexandria; battle of the Pyramids; and French fleet destroyed off Abuîr by the English. 1801. French compelled by the English to evacuate Egypt. 1805. Muammad 'Ali appointed Pasha of Egypt. 1811. Assassination of the Mamelukes by him ...
... Alexandria; battle of the Pyramids; and French fleet destroyed off Abuîr by the English. 1801. French compelled by the English to evacuate Egypt. 1805. Muammad 'Ali appointed Pasha of Egypt. 1811. Assassination of the Mamelukes by him ...
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Abydos Alexandria Amen Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Antef Apis Arabic Aswân Autocrator Caesar beautiful building built Bûlâ Cairo called Cambyses canal cataract century chamber Chephren Chnemu Christians church coffin and mummy columns Coptic Copts crocodile Dêr E. A. Wallis Budge east bank etep Ethiopians excavations famous feet high Girgeh Gîzeh gods granite Greek Harmachis Hathor Heliopolis hemt hewn hieroglyphic Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis Karnak king of Egypt Lake land large number lived lord Manetho Mariette Memphis miles from Cairo monuments Mosque Museum Nile Nilometer Nubia obelisks Osiris papyrus Pepi Philæ priests Ptah Ptolemy pylon pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign represented river Roman royal Saârah sarcophagus scenes sculptures Serapeum Seti side sphinxes stele stone stood Strabo Suez Suten Tablet temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen walls west bank worshipped XIIth dynasty