The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page vii
... carry in their memories some of the more important facts connected with the fast - perishing remains of one of the most interesting and ancient civilizations that has been developed on the face of the earth . The existing guide books ...
... carry in their memories some of the more important facts connected with the fast - perishing remains of one of the most interesting and ancient civilizations that has been developed on the face of the earth . The existing guide books ...
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... carried his vic- torious arms into Mesopotamia , and one of his successors , Amenophis III . , delighted to go there and shoot the lions with which the country abounded . During one of these hunting expeditions he fell in love with the ...
... carried his vic- torious arms into Mesopotamia , and one of his successors , Amenophis III . , delighted to go there and shoot the lions with which the country abounded . During one of these hunting expeditions he fell in love with the ...
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... carried sufficiently far to show that they will throw most valuable light upon the social condition of Egypt and of the countries which were subject to her at that time . One of the tablets is written in the language of Mitani , and ...
... carried sufficiently far to show that they will throw most valuable light upon the social condition of Egypt and of the countries which were subject to her at that time . One of the tablets is written in the language of Mitani , and ...
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... carried on across the Arabian desert between Egypt and Arabia . The other kings of the XIth dynasty bore the names of Åntef - ãa , Àn - åntef , Amentuf , An - aa , and Mentu - hetep . Se - anch - ka - Ra appears to have been the ...
... carried on across the Arabian desert between Egypt and Arabia . The other kings of the XIth dynasty bore the names of Åntef - ãa , Àn - åntef , Amentuf , An - aa , and Mentu - hetep . Se - anch - ka - Ra appears to have been the ...
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... carried on between them and the Egyptians ; it is thought that the Egyptians regarded them as kinsmen . The aboriginal inhabitants of Phoenicia were probably the kinsfolk of the descendants of Mișraim , called by the Bible Canaanites ...
... carried on between them and the Egyptians ; it is thought that the Egyptians regarded them as kinsmen . The aboriginal inhabitants of Phoenicia were probably the kinsfolk of the descendants of Mișraim , called by the Bible Canaanites ...
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