The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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... court of Amenophis III . who understood the cuneiform characters , and that the officers in command over towns in Phoenicia subject to the rule of Egypt could , when occasion required , write their despatches in cuneiform . The greater ...
... court of Amenophis III . who understood the cuneiform characters , and that the officers in command over towns in Phoenicia subject to the rule of Egypt could , when occasion required , write their despatches in cuneiform . The greater ...
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... court . He is famous as one of the oppressors of the Israelites . 1300. Seti Meneptaḥ II . is thought to have been the Pharaoh of the Exodus . NEW EMPIRE . Dynasty XX , from Thebes . 1200. Rameses III . was famous for his buildings ...
... court . He is famous as one of the oppressors of the Israelites . 1300. Seti Meneptaḥ II . is thought to have been the Pharaoh of the Exodus . NEW EMPIRE . Dynasty XX , from Thebes . 1200. Rameses III . was famous for his buildings ...
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... court , and after a further acquaintance with her , made her nurse to one of her sons ... The goddess , discovering herself , requested that the pillar which supported the roof of the king's house might be given to her ; which she ...
... court , and after a further acquaintance with her , made her nurse to one of her sons ... The goddess , discovering herself , requested that the pillar which supported the roof of the king's house might be given to her ; which she ...
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... . Speaking generally there are three types of mosque * in * The word 66 mosque ” is derived from the Arabic o a " place of prayer . " Cairo : 1 , the court - yard surrounded by 126 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT . Mosques.
... . Speaking generally there are three types of mosque * in * The word 66 mosque ” is derived from the Arabic o a " place of prayer . " Cairo : 1 , the court - yard surrounded by 126 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT . Mosques.
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... court - yard surrounded by colonnades , as in the Mosques of ' Amr and Ţulûn ; 2 , the court yard surrounded by four gigantic arches , as in the Mosque of Sulțân Hasan , etc .; and 3 , the covered yard beneath a dome , as in the Mosque ...
... court - yard surrounded by colonnades , as in the Mosques of ' Amr and Ţulûn ; 2 , the court yard surrounded by four gigantic arches , as in the Mosque of Sulțân Hasan , etc .; and 3 , the covered yard beneath a dome , as in the Mosque ...
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