The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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... brought to a successful issue to the glory of the gods of Egypt and for the benefit of her inhabitants . This wonder- ful papyrus measures 135 feet by 17 inches , and was found in a box in the temple at Medînet Habû , built by Rameses ...
... brought to a successful issue to the glory of the gods of Egypt and for the benefit of her inhabitants . This wonder- ful papyrus measures 135 feet by 17 inches , and was found in a box in the temple at Medînet Habû , built by Rameses ...
Page 6
... brought her to Egypt , with another wife named AKA Kilkipa ( in cuneiform ✯ -NA Gi - lu - khi - pa ) , accompanied by 317 of her attendants . It will be some time before these inscriptions are fully made out , but the examination of ...
... brought her to Egypt , with another wife named AKA Kilkipa ( in cuneiform ✯ -NA Gi - lu - khi - pa ) , accompanied by 317 of her attendants . It will be some time before these inscriptions are fully made out , but the examination of ...
Page 14
... brought Nubia , Abyssinia , and Mesopotamia under the rule of Egypt . He was a great builder , and a liberal patron of the arts and sciences ; learned men like Pentaurt were attached to his court . He is famous as one of the oppressors ...
... brought Nubia , Abyssinia , and Mesopotamia under the rule of Egypt . He was a great builder , and a liberal patron of the arts and sciences ; learned men like Pentaurt were attached to his court . He is famous as one of the oppressors ...
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... brought forward by Prof. Lanzone of Turin , who , in 1890 , had in his possession a small statue of Osorkon II . , having precisely the same face and features . The XXIInd dynasty , to which this king belonged , were Semites , as their ...
... brought forward by Prof. Lanzone of Turin , who , in 1890 , had in his possession a small statue of Osorkon II . , having precisely the same face and features . The XXIInd dynasty , to which this king belonged , were Semites , as their ...
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... brought down from the Abyssinian mountains . * It is greatly to be hoped that Sir Colin Scott Moncrieff will be enabled to increase the scope of the valuable work which he has done in the Irrigation Department , and to gradually carry ...
... brought down from the Abyssinian mountains . * It is greatly to be hoped that Sir Colin Scott Moncrieff will be enabled to increase the scope of the valuable work which he has done in the Irrigation Department , and to gradually carry ...
Common terms and phrases
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