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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... towns in Phœnicia subject to the rule of Egypt could, when occasion required, write their despatches in cuneiform. The greater part of these tablets are now in the Museums of London and Berlin, some are at the Gîzeh Museum, and some are ...
... towns in Phœnicia subject to the rule of Egypt could, when occasion required, write their despatches in cuneiform. The greater part of these tablets are now in the Museums of London and Berlin, some are at the Gîzeh Museum, and some are ...
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... town (nut); 2, the cultivated land; 3, the marshes, which could only at times be used for purposes of cultivation; and 4, the canals, which had to be kept clear and provided with sluices, etc., for irrigation purposes. During the rule ...
... town (nut); 2, the cultivated land; 3, the marshes, which could only at times be used for purposes of cultivation; and 4, the canals, which had to be kept clear and provided with sluices, etc., for irrigation purposes. During the rule ...
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... town for a certain distance on each side of the river Nile is called Nubia. The races who lived there in very early times caused the Egyptians much trouble, and we know from the tomb-inscriptions at Aswân that expeditions were sent ...
... town for a certain distance on each side of the river Nile is called Nubia. The races who lived there in very early times caused the Egyptians much trouble, and we know from the tomb-inscriptions at Aswân that expeditions were sent ...
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... towns like Alexandria, Port Sa'îd, Suez, 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 ...
... towns like Alexandria, Port Sa'îd, Suez, 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 ...
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... towns form a class quite distinct from the Egyptians of the country; the townsfolk represent a mixture of many nationalities, and their character and features change according to the exigencies of the time and circumstances in which ...
... towns form a class quite distinct from the Egyptians of the country; the townsfolk represent a mixture of many nationalities, and their character and features change according to the exigencies of the time and circumstances in which ...
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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