The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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... head in the person of Menes . There is , however , no support to be obtained from the inscriptions for either of these theories . The kings of Egypt following after the mythical period are divided into thirty dynasties . For the sake of ...
... head in the person of Menes . There is , however , no support to be obtained from the inscriptions for either of these theories . The kings of Egypt following after the mythical period are divided into thirty dynasties . For the sake of ...
Page 34
... 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 its ...
... 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 its ...
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... heads are longer and their features are more European . The Copts are famous in ecclesiastical history for having embraced with extraordinary zeal and rapidity the doctrines of Christianity as preached by St. Mark at Alexandria . Before ...
... heads are longer and their features are more European . The Copts are famous in ecclesiastical history for having embraced with extraordinary zeal and rapidity the doctrines of Christianity as preached by St. Mark at Alexandria . Before ...
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... head of the Nile , Victoria Nyanza , is a huge basin , far below the level of the country round about , into which several streams empty themselves . About 200 miles below Kharțûm the united river receives , on the east side , the ...
... head of the Nile , Victoria Nyanza , is a huge basin , far below the level of the country round about , into which several streams empty themselves . About 200 miles below Kharțûm the united river receives , on the east side , the ...
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... head of a ram , and is one of the oldest gods of the Egyptian religion . He was thought to possess some of the attributes of Åmen , Rā , and Ptaḥ , and shared with the last - named god the attribute of " maker of mankind . " At Phile he ...
... head of a ram , and is one of the oldest gods of the Egyptian religion . He was thought to possess some of the attributes of Åmen , Rā , and Ptaḥ , and shared with the last - named god the attribute of " maker of mankind . " At Phile he ...
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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