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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... Cairo and the Second Cataract (Wadi alfah), printed in the following pages, are not in any way intended to form a “Guide to Egypt”: they are drawn up for the use of those travellers who have a very few weeks to spend in Egypt, and who ...
... Cairo and the Second Cataract (Wadi alfah), printed in the following pages, are not in any way intended to form a “Guide to Egypt”: they are drawn up for the use of those travellers who have a very few weeks to spend in Egypt, and who ...
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... Cairo,” in Arabic names “Rameses,” “Thothmes,” “Amenophis,” “Amsis,” “Psammetichus,” “Hophra” or “Apries,” etc., etc., have been used in preference to the more correct transcriptions “R uti- -messu,” “Te mes,” “ ,” “ ,” “Psemthek ...
... Cairo,” in Arabic names “Rameses,” “Thothmes,” “Amenophis,” “Amsis,” “Psammetichus,” “Hophra” or “Apries,” etc., etc., have been used in preference to the more correct transcriptions “R uti- -messu,” “Te mes,” “ ,” “ ,” “Psemthek ...
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... (Cairo) as their residence. imites govern Egypt, with Mar el-âhira 975. Azîz, son of Mu'izz, great grandson of 'Obêdallâh. 996. âkim, son of 'Aziz, founder of the Druses. This remarkable prince wished to be considered as God incarnate ...
... (Cairo) as their residence. imites govern Egypt, with Mar el-âhira 975. Azîz, son of Mu'izz, great grandson of 'Obêdallâh. 996. âkim, son of 'Aziz, founder of the Druses. This remarkable prince wished to be considered as God incarnate ...
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... Cairo, Damietta, and Isma'îlîya are governed by native rulers. In ancient days the population of Egypt proper is said to have been from seven and a-half to nine millions; at the present time it is probably well over eight millions. The ...
... Cairo, Damietta, and Isma'îlîya are governed by native rulers. In ancient days the population of Egypt proper is said to have been from seven and a-half to nine millions; at the present time it is probably well over eight millions. The ...
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... Cairo, in 1884, it amounted in 1882 to 6,806,381 persons, of whom 3,216,847 were men, and 3,252,869 were women. Of the 6,806,381 persons, 6,708,185 were inhabitants of the country, and 98,196 were nomads. It showed that there were in ...
... Cairo, in 1884, it amounted in 1882 to 6,806,381 persons, of whom 3,216,847 were men, and 3,252,869 were women. Of the 6,806,381 persons, 6,708,185 were inhabitants of the country, and 98,196 were nomads. It showed that there were in ...
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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