The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 10
... coffin are in the British Museum . Some copies of the Book of the Dead say that the 64th chapter of that work was compiled during the reign of this king . Dynasty V , from Elephantine . 3366. Teṭ - ka - Ra . The Precepts of Ptah - hetep ...
... coffin are in the British Museum . Some copies of the Book of the Dead say that the 64th chapter of that work was compiled during the reign of this king . Dynasty V , from Elephantine . 3366. Teṭ - ka - Ra . The Precepts of Ptah - hetep ...
Page 50
... coffins , tombs , temples , etc. , in which figures or representations of objects are employed , are usually termed ' Hieroglyphic ' ( from the Greek iepoyupukos ) ; for writing on papyri a cursive form of hieroglyphic called ' Hieratic ...
... coffins , tombs , temples , etc. , in which figures or representations of objects are employed , are usually termed ' Hieroglyphic ' ( from the Greek iepoyupukos ) ; for writing on papyri a cursive form of hieroglyphic called ' Hieratic ...
Page 78
... coffins as early as the XIIth dynasty ( B.C. 2500 ) , and this practice was continued down to the time of the Roman Empire . The walls of tombs were covered with extracts from it , and scribes and people of rank had buried with them ...
... coffins as early as the XIIth dynasty ( B.C. 2500 ) , and this practice was continued down to the time of the Roman Empire . The walls of tombs were covered with extracts from it , and scribes and people of rank had buried with them ...
Page 91
... coffin at Heliopolis ! 41. Hail , hidden one , mighty one , Osiris in the Netherworld ! 42. Hail , thou that unitest his soul to heaven , thine enemy is fallen ! ISIS ,, Auset , the mother of Horus and wife of Osiris ,, Ausar , was the ...
... coffin at Heliopolis ! 41. Hail , hidden one , mighty one , Osiris in the Netherworld ! 42. Hail , thou that unitest his soul to heaven , thine enemy is fallen ! ISIS ,, Auset , the mother of Horus and wife of Osiris ,, Ausar , was the ...
Page 134
... coffins , mummies , etc. In the year 1878 the waters of the Nile actually entered the Museum . As the whole neighbourhood round about was filled with granaries and warehouses packed with inflammable goods , the need for removing the ...
... coffins , mummies , etc. In the year 1878 the waters of the Nile actually entered the Museum . As the whole neighbourhood round about was filled with granaries and warehouses packed with inflammable goods , the need for removing the ...
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