The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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... feet by 17 inches , and was found in a box in the temple at Medînet Habû , built by Rameses III .; it is now in the British Museum . IV . Decrees , Scarabs , Statues of Kings and Private Persons are fruitful sources of information about ...
... feet by 17 inches , and was found in a box in the temple at Medînet Habû , built by Rameses III .; it is now in the British Museum . IV . Decrees , Scarabs , Statues of Kings and Private Persons are fruitful sources of information about ...
Page 33
... feet , and sinewy legs and arms . His forehead was high , his chin square , his eyes large , his cheeks full , his mouth wide , his lips full , and his nose short and rounded . His jaws protruded slightly , and his hair was smooth and ...
... feet , and sinewy legs and arms . His forehead was high , his chin square , his eyes large , his cheeks full , his mouth wide , his lips full , and his nose short and rounded . His jaws protruded slightly , and his hair was smooth and ...
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... feet above the level of the sea . Flowing through the lake of Dembea it passes round the eastern frontier of Goyam , till , when nearing the 10th degree N. lat . , it takes a north- west direction , which it preserves until it reaches ...
... feet above the level of the sea . Flowing through the lake of Dembea it passes round the eastern frontier of Goyam , till , when nearing the 10th degree N. lat . , it takes a north- west direction , which it preserves until it reaches ...
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... feet deep . The source of the Nile was not discovered by Bruce , but by Captains Grant and Speke and Sir Samuel Baker . Its parents are the Albert Nyanza and Victoria Nyanza Lakes . The fountain - head of the Nile , Victoria Nyanza , is ...
... feet deep . The source of the Nile was not discovered by Bruce , but by Captains Grant and Speke and Sir Samuel Baker . Its parents are the Albert Nyanza and Victoria Nyanza Lakes . The fountain - head of the Nile , Victoria Nyanza , is ...
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... feet the best results from agricultural labour are obtained ; a couple of feet of water , more or less , is always attended with disastrous results either in the Delta or Upper Egypt . The dykes , or embankments , which kept the waters ...
... feet the best results from agricultural labour are obtained ; a couple of feet of water , more or less , is always attended with disastrous results either in the Delta or Upper Egypt . The dykes , or embankments , which kept the waters ...
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