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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... number of years of the reign of each king, given by Africanus and Eusebius ... number of beings called Shesu eru, or “followers of Horus”; of their deeds and ... large series of small, independent principalities, which were united under ...
... number of years of the reign of each king, given by Africanus and Eusebius ... number of beings called Shesu eru, or “followers of Horus”; of their deeds and ... large series of small, independent principalities, which were united under ...
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... large number of kings who ruled during this period are known, but they cannot, at present, be arranged in exact chronological order. . 2500. Se- This king is known to us through.
... large number of kings who ruled during this period are known, but they cannot, at present, be arranged in exact chronological order. . 2500. Se- This king is known to us through.
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... large number of young men to be massacred at Alexandria. 217. Macrinus. 218. Elagabalus. 249. Decius. Christians persecuted. 253. Valerianus. Christians persecuted. 260. Gallienus. Persecution of Christians stayed. Zenobia, Queen of ...
... large number of young men to be massacred at Alexandria. 217. Macrinus. 218. Elagabalus. 249. Decius. Christians persecuted. 253. Valerianus. Christians persecuted. 260. Gallienus. Persecution of Christians stayed. Zenobia, Queen of ...
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... large number of them have reproduced, without the slightest alteration, many of the personal features of their ancestors who lived seven thousand years ago. The traveller is often accompanied on a visit to a tomb of the Ancient Empire ...
... large number of them have reproduced, without the slightest alteration, many of the personal features of their ancestors who lived seven thousand years ago. The traveller is often accompanied on a visit to a tomb of the Ancient Empire ...
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... large mouths and full lips. The colour of their skin becomes darker as the south is approached. The whole of the ... number of Copts in Egypt to-day is estimated at about 350,000, and the greater number of them are engaged in the trades ...
... large mouths and full lips. The colour of their skin becomes darker as the south is approached. The whole of the ... number of Copts in Egypt to-day is estimated at about 350,000, and the greater number of them are engaged in the trades ...
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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