The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page viii
... hieroglyphic characters and their phonetic values , printed on pp . 61-68 , will , it is hoped , be useful to those who may like to spell out the royal names on tombs and temples and the commoner words which occur in the inscriptions ...
... hieroglyphic characters and their phonetic values , printed on pp . 61-68 , will , it is hoped , be useful to those who may like to spell out the royal names on tombs and temples and the commoner words which occur in the inscriptions ...
Page xii
... Modern Egyptians The Nile Egyptian Writing A list of some Hieroglyphic Signs Arabic Alphabet Coptic Alphabet Egyptian Months ... : : : : : : 32 36 45 50 62 68 69 70 The Religion and Gods of Egypt Alexandria ... The Pharos.
... Modern Egyptians The Nile Egyptian Writing A list of some Hieroglyphic Signs Arabic Alphabet Coptic Alphabet Egyptian Months ... : : : : : : 32 36 45 50 62 68 69 70 The Religion and Gods of Egypt Alexandria ... The Pharos.
Page xvi
... Hieroglyphic Names of the Principal Kings of Egypt ... Index ... ... ... 297 297 297 297 298 299 299 ... 299 301 ... 301 302 302 303 303 309 311-346 347-374 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT . EGYPTIAN HISTORY , THE xvi CONTENTS .
... Hieroglyphic Names of the Principal Kings of Egypt ... Index ... ... ... 297 297 297 297 298 299 299 ... 299 301 ... 301 302 302 303 303 309 311-346 347-374 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT . EGYPTIAN HISTORY , THE xvi CONTENTS .
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... hieroglyphic inscriptions which are being deciphered year after year shows that on the whole his work is trustworthy . A work more valuable than that of Herodotus is the Egyptian history of Manetho ( still living in B.C. 271 ) of ...
... hieroglyphic inscriptions which are being deciphered year after year shows that on the whole his work is trustworthy . A work more valuable than that of Herodotus is the Egyptian history of Manetho ( still living in B.C. 271 ) of ...
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... hieroglyphics , Greek and demotic with a decree made at Canopus by the priesthood , assembled there from all parts of Egypt , in honour of Ptolemy III . It mentions the great benefits which he had conferred upon Egypt , and states what ...
... hieroglyphics , Greek and demotic with a decree made at Canopus by the priesthood , assembled there from all parts of Egypt , in honour of Ptolemy III . It mentions the great benefits which he had conferred upon Egypt , and states what ...
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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