The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 28
... four parts ; 1 , the capital town ( nut ) ; 2 , the cultivated land ; 3 , the marshes , which could only at times be used for purposes of cultivation ; and 4 , the canals , which had to be kept clear and provided with sluices , etc. , 4 ...
... four parts ; 1 , the capital town ( nut ) ; 2 , the cultivated land ; 3 , the marshes , which could only at times be used for purposes of cultivation ; and 4 , the canals , which had to be kept clear and provided with sluices , etc. , 4 ...
Page 38
... four - fifths of the entire population of Egypt , and are chiefly employed in agricultural pursuits . In physical type they greatly resemble the ancient Egyptians as depicted on the monuments . Their com- plexion is dark ; they have ...
... four - fifths of the entire population of Egypt , and are chiefly employed in agricultural pursuits . In physical type they greatly resemble the ancient Egyptians as depicted on the monuments . Their com- plexion is dark ; they have ...
Page 46
... four miles wide , and during the inundation the distance from side to side is twenty - one miles . In an ordinary season it is about 24 feet deep . The source of the Nile was not discovered by Bruce , but by Captains Grant and Speke and ...
... four miles wide , and during the inundation the distance from side to side is twenty - one miles . In an ordinary season it is about 24 feet deep . The source of the Nile was not discovered by Bruce , but by Captains Grant and Speke and ...
Page 58
... four nnn mab , thirty tua , five @ śaā , a hundred sas ( ? ) , six ||| በ ቦባ chemennu , eight ww sechef , seven Moe I cha , a thousand I t'ebā , ten thousand hefnu , a hundred thou- sand ḥeḥ , a million The forms of the numbers 40 ...
... four nnn mab , thirty tua , five @ śaā , a hundred sas ( ? ) , six ||| በ ቦባ chemennu , eight ww sechef , seven Moe I cha , a thousand I t'ebā , ten thousand hefnu , a hundred thou- sand ḥeḥ , a million The forms of the numbers 40 ...
Page 70
... four of sowing XO1 & K τωβι November 27 December 27 μεxip January 26 6 åbet chemt pert Month three of growing H & lenwo February 25 6 åbet ftu pert ȧbeţ uā set Month four of growing March 27 Month one of inundation П & XON April 26 åbet ...
... four of sowing XO1 & K τωβι November 27 December 27 μεxip January 26 6 åbet chemt pert Month three of growing H & lenwo February 25 6 åbet ftu pert ȧbeţ uā set Month four of growing March 27 Month one of inundation П & XON April 26 åbet ...
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