The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 49
... covered by the waters of the inundation grows more and more . It is estimated that , if all the land thus watered were thoroughly cultivated , Egypt would , for its size , be one of the richest countries in the world . The ancient ...
... covered by the waters of the inundation grows more and more . It is estimated that , if all the land thus watered were thoroughly cultivated , Egypt would , for its size , be one of the richest countries in the world . The ancient ...
Page 54
... covered at Bolbitane or Rosetta a basalt slab inscribed in the hieroglyphic , demotic , and Greek characters ; it was shortly after captured by the English army , and taken to London , where it was carefully examined by Dr. Thomas Young ...
... covered at Bolbitane or Rosetta a basalt slab inscribed in the hieroglyphic , demotic , and Greek characters ; it was shortly after captured by the English army , and taken to London , where it was carefully examined by Dr. Thomas Young ...
Page 78
... covered with extracts from it , and scribes and people of rank had buried with them large rolls of papyrus inscribed with its principal chapters , and ornamented with vignettes explana- tory of the text which ran beneath . Some of the ...
... covered with extracts from it , and scribes and people of rank had buried with them large rolls of papyrus inscribed with its principal chapters , and ornamented with vignettes explana- tory of the text which ran beneath . Some of the ...
Page 108
... covered with villages . In the year 1801 , the English dug a canal across the neck of land between the lake and the sea , and flooded the whole district thus occupied . During the last few years an attempt has been made to pump the ...
... covered with villages . In the year 1801 , the English dug a canal across the neck of land between the lake and the sea , and flooded the whole district thus occupied . During the last few years an attempt has been made to pump the ...
Page 124
... covered with a pointed roof with framed princi- pals like that at Abu's Sêfên . . . . Outside , the roof ...... ...... ..... The of Abu Sargah is plastered over with cement showing the king - posts projecting above the ridge - piece ...
... covered with a pointed roof with framed princi- pals like that at Abu's Sêfên . . . . Outside , the roof ...... ...... ..... The of Abu Sargah is plastered over with cement showing the king - posts projecting above the ridge - piece ...
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