The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page vii
... Romans , Arabs and Turks . It is for this reason that no attempt has been made to describe , otherwise than in the briefest possible manner , its history under these foreign rulers , and only such facts connected with them as are ...
... Romans , Arabs and Turks . It is for this reason that no attempt has been made to describe , otherwise than in the briefest possible manner , its history under these foreign rulers , and only such facts connected with them as are ...
Page xii
... Romans ... The Byzantines Muḥammadans ... : : :: : : : : : : : : : ... ... ... ... V vii - ix X , xi I 9 I 2 14 ... 17 17 18 ... ... ... 19 22 ... 23 ... 27 28 ... 29 Dates assigned to the Egyptian Dynasties by Egypto . logists ...
... Romans ... The Byzantines Muḥammadans ... : : :: : : : : : : : : : ... ... ... ... V vii - ix X , xi I 9 I 2 14 ... 17 17 18 ... ... ... 19 22 ... 23 ... 27 28 ... 29 Dates assigned to the Egyptian Dynasties by Egypto . logists ...
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... . marched into Egypt . VII . The Greek and Roman writers upon Egypt are many ; and of these the best known are Herodotus , Manetho , and Diodorus Siculus . Herodotus devotes the whole 6 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT .
... . marched into Egypt . VII . The Greek and Roman writers upon Egypt are many ; and of these the best known are Herodotus , Manetho , and Diodorus Siculus . Herodotus devotes the whole 6 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT .
Page 8
... Romans . The rule of the Arabs which began A.D. 641 , ended A.D. 1517 , when the country was conquered by the Turks ; since this time Egypt has been nominally a pashalik of Turkey . The date assigned to the first dynasty is variously ...
... Romans . The rule of the Arabs which began A.D. 641 , ended A.D. 1517 , when the country was conquered by the Turks ; since this time Egypt has been nominally a pashalik of Turkey . The date assigned to the first dynasty is variously ...
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... Romans against Antiochus was asked for by the Egyptians . Coelesyria and Palestine were lost . to Egypt . He was poisoned B.C. 182 , and his son Ptolemy VI . Eupator , died in that same year . The Rosetta Stone was set up in the eighth ...
... Romans against Antiochus was asked for by the Egyptians . Coelesyria and Palestine were lost . to Egypt . He was poisoned B.C. 182 , and his son Ptolemy VI . Eupator , died in that same year . The Rosetta Stone was set up in the eighth ...
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Abydos Alexandria Amāsis Åmen Amen-Rā Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Apis Arabic Aswân beautiful body Bubastis building built Cæsar Cairo called canal chamber church coffin and mummy columns comest Coptic Copts dead dedicated Dêr Ethiopia excavations famous Fayyûm Gebel Barkal Gizeh gods granite granite sarcophagus Greek Hail Hathor Heliopolis hemt Herodotus hieroglyphic honour Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis IVth Karnak king of Egypt land large number Limestone statue lived lord Mariette Maspero maṣṭaba Memphis miles from Cairo monuments Mosque Muḥammad mummy Museum Nile Nubia obelisks Osiris papyrus priests Ptaḥ Ptolemy pylon pyramid Rameses Rameses II Red granite reign represented river Roman Room royal Sakkârah sarcophagus scarabs sculptures Serapeum Seti side sphinxes stele stone Suez Sulțân Suten tablets Tanis temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen Vth dynasty walls west bank worshipped XIIth XVIIIth