The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 12
... granite obelisks and built largely at Heliopolis . 2400. Amenemḥāt II . Chnemu - hetep , son of Neḥerȧ , whose tomb is at Beni - hasân , lived during the reign of this king . 2366. Usertsen II . 2333. Usertsen III . 2300. Amenemḥāt III ...
... granite obelisks and built largely at Heliopolis . 2400. Amenemḥāt II . Chnemu - hetep , son of Neḥerȧ , whose tomb is at Beni - hasân , lived during the reign of this king . 2366. Usertsen II . 2333. Usertsen III . 2300. Amenemḥāt III ...
Page 34
... granite head of the statue of Osorkon II . , presented to the British Museum ( No. 1063 ) by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund . The lower part of the nose is broken away , but enough of the upper part remains to show what was ...
... granite head of the statue of Osorkon II . , presented to the British Museum ( No. 1063 ) by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund . The lower part of the nose is broken away , but enough of the upper part remains to show what was ...
Page 46
... granite rocks which form the third cataract . Under the 22nd parallel N. lat . is the second cataract , which ends a few miles above Wâdi Ḥalfah , and about 180 miles lower down is the first cataract , which ends at Aswân , or Syene , a ...
... granite rocks which form the third cataract . Under the 22nd parallel N. lat . is the second cataract , which ends a few miles above Wâdi Ḥalfah , and about 180 miles lower down is the first cataract , which ends at Aswân , or Syene , a ...
Page 107
... granite brought from Aswân ; the shaft is about 70 feet , and the whole monument , including its pedestal , is rather more than 100 feet high . The fragments of the columns which lie around the base of this pillar are thought to have ...
... granite brought from Aswân ; the shaft is about 70 feet , and the whole monument , including its pedestal , is rather more than 100 feet high . The fragments of the columns which lie around the base of this pillar are thought to have ...
Page 112
... granite blocks bearing traces of cuneiform and hieroglyphic inscriptions recording the name of Darius . They appear to be the remains of one of a series of buildings erected along the line of the old canal which was restored and ...
... granite blocks bearing traces of cuneiform and hieroglyphic inscriptions recording the name of Darius . They appear to be the remains of one of a series of buildings erected along the line of the old canal which was restored and ...
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