The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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... contains the names of sixty - one of his ancestors . They are not arranged in any chronological order , but the tablet is of the highest historical importance , for it records the names of some of the rulers from the XIIIth to the ...
... contains the names of sixty - one of his ancestors . They are not arranged in any chronological order , but the tablet is of the highest historical importance , for it records the names of some of the rulers from the XIIIth to the ...
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... Hekatæus . He was not so able a writer nor so accurate an observer as Herodotus , and his work contains many blunders . Other important ancient writers : - on Egypt are Strabo , * Chaeremon , † Josephus EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 7.
... Hekatæus . He was not so able a writer nor so accurate an observer as Herodotus , and his work contains many blunders . Other important ancient writers : - on Egypt are Strabo , * Chaeremon , † Josephus EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 7.
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... contains thirty - six , but judging by the monu- ments the number was nearer forty . The nome ( hesp ) was divided into four parts ; 1 , the capital town ( nut ) ; 2 , the cultivated land ; 3 , the marshes , which could only at times be ...
... contains thirty - six , but judging by the monu- ments the number was nearer forty . The nome ( hesp ) was divided into four parts ; 1 , the capital town ( nut ) ; 2 , the cultivated land ; 3 , the marshes , which could only at times be ...
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... contains about 6,500 miles , and the Nile Valley with the Fayyûm 5,000 miles . The Oases of the Libyan Desert and the Peninsula of Sinai are considered as parts of Egypt . Lower and Upper Egypt are each divided into seven Provinces ...
... contains about 6,500 miles , and the Nile Valley with the Fayyûm 5,000 miles . The Oases of the Libyan Desert and the Peninsula of Sinai are considered as parts of Egypt . Lower and Upper Egypt are each divided into seven Provinces ...
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... contain alphabetic characters . Inscriptions upon statues , coffins , tombs , temples , etc. , in which figures or representations of objects are employed , are usually termed ' Hieroglyphic ' ( from the Greek iepoyupukos ) ; for ...
... contain alphabetic characters . Inscriptions upon statues , coffins , tombs , temples , etc. , in which figures or representations of objects are employed , are usually termed ' Hieroglyphic ' ( from the Greek iepoyupukos ) ; for ...
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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