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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... Thebes was captured, and Egypt was divided into twenty-two provinces, over some of which Assyrian viceroys were placed. A fragment of a Babylonian tablet states that Nebuchadnezzar II. marched into Egypt. VII. The Greek and Roman ...
... Thebes was captured, and Egypt was divided into twenty-two provinces, over some of which Assyrian viceroys were placed. A fragment of a Babylonian tablet states that Nebuchadnezzar II. marched into Egypt. VII. The Greek and Roman ...
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... Thebes. From the time of Nitocris to I. Egyptian history is nearly a blank. The names of a large number of kings who ruled during this period are known, but they cannot, at present, be arranged in exact chronological order. . 2500. Se ...
... Thebes. From the time of Nitocris to I. Egyptian history is nearly a blank. The names of a large number of kings who ruled during this period are known, but they cannot, at present, be arranged in exact chronological order. . 2500. Se ...
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... Thebes. B.C. etep. Se- nch-ka-R , , , 2466. I. ascended the throne of Egypt after hard fighting; he conquered the Uaua, a Libyan tribe that lived near Korosko in Nubia, and wrote a series of instructions for his son Usertsen I. The ...
... Thebes. B.C. etep. Se- nch-ka-R , , , 2466. I. ascended the throne of Egypt after hard fighting; he conquered the Uaua, a Libyan tribe that lived near Korosko in Nubia, and wrote a series of instructions for his son Usertsen I. The ...
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... Theban ruler of the XVIIth dynasty, a war broke out between the Egyptians and the Hyksos, which continued for many years, and resulted in the expulsion of the foreign rulers. Dynasty XVIII, from Thebes. B.C. 1700. , who re-established ...
... Theban ruler of the XVIIth dynasty, a war broke out between the Egyptians and the Hyksos, which continued for many years, and resulted in the expulsion of the foreign rulers. Dynasty XVIII, from Thebes. B.C. 1700. , who re-established ...
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... Thebes. B.C. 1400. Rameses I. 1366. Seti I. conquered the rebellious tribes in Western Asia, built the Memnonium at ... Thebes. 1200. Rameses III. was famous for his buildings, and for the splendid gifts which he made to the temples of ...
... Thebes. B.C. 1400. Rameses I. 1366. Seti I. conquered the rebellious tribes in Western Asia, built the Memnonium at ... Thebes. 1200. Rameses III. was famous for his buildings, and for the splendid gifts which he made to the temples of ...
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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