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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... Horus”; of their deeds and history nothing is known. Some have believed that during their rule Egypt was divided into two parts, each ruled by its own king ; and others have thought that the whole of Upper and Lower Egypt was divided ...
... Horus”; of their deeds and history nothing is known. Some have believed that during their rule Egypt was divided into two parts, each ruled by its own king ; and others have thought that the whole of Upper and Lower Egypt was divided ...
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... Horus ” (i.e., the Sun). It was Kamt. Baq seems to refer to and divided by the Egyptians into two parts: I. Upper Egypt Ta-res or Ta-qem , “the southern land;” and II. Lower Egypt , , Ta-me “the northern land.” The kings of Egypt styled ...
... Horus ” (i.e., the Sun). It was Kamt. Baq seems to refer to and divided by the Egyptians into two parts: I. Upper Egypt Ta-res or Ta-qem , “the southern land;” and II. Lower Egypt , , Ta-me “the northern land.” The kings of Egypt styled ...
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... Horus. 13. Atefchent. Saiut (Lycopolis, Arab. Sîû . 14. Atef-pe Kesi (Cusae). Hathor. 15. Un. Chemennu (Hermopolis). Thoth. a-ti. Taenterer (Denderah). Hathor ( (Abydos), in earlier times Teni (This). (Panopolis). ). An et 16. Me -ma et ...
... Horus. 13. Atefchent. Saiut (Lycopolis, Arab. Sîû . 14. Atef-pe Kesi (Cusae). Hathor. 15. Un. Chemennu (Hermopolis). Thoth. a-ti. Taenterer (Denderah). Hathor ( (Abydos), in earlier times Teni (This). (Panopolis). ). An et 16. Me -ma et ...
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... Horus. R Thoth. Ba-neb- e Bast. Uat'. Sept. Egypt proper terminates at Aswân (Syene); the territory south of that town for a certain distance on each side of the river Nile is called Nubia. The races who lived there in very early times ...
... Horus. R Thoth. Ba-neb- e Bast. Uat'. Sept. Egypt proper terminates at Aswân (Syene); the territory south of that town for a certain distance on each side of the river Nile is called Nubia. The races who lived there in very early times ...
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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