The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page vii
... important facts connected with the fast - perishing remains of one of the most interesting and ancient civilizations that has been developed on the face of the earth . The existing guide books are generally too voluminous and diffuse ...
... important facts connected with the fast - perishing remains of one of the most interesting and ancient civilizations that has been developed on the face of the earth . The existing guide books are generally too voluminous and diffuse ...
Page x
... important points in the chronology of Egypt , it has been thought best to retain for the present the system of Dr. H. Brugsch . The suggestion that time - tables of the arrival and departure of the steamers at the various places on the ...
... important points in the chronology of Egypt , it has been thought best to retain for the present the system of Dr. H. Brugsch . The suggestion that time - tables of the arrival and departure of the steamers at the various places on the ...
Page 2
... importance for the history of the XIIIth and XIVth dynas- ties , because in this section the papyrus is tolerably perfect ; for the earlier dynasties it is of very little use . On the monuments each Egyptian king has usually two names ...
... importance for the history of the XIIIth and XIVth dynas- ties , because in this section the papyrus is tolerably perfect ; for the earlier dynasties it is of very little use . On the monuments each Egyptian king has usually two names ...
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... importance , for it records the names of some of the rulers from the XIIIth to the XVIIth dynasties , and gives the names of those of the XIth dynasty more completely than any other list . II . Annals of Egyptian Kings inscribed upon ...
... importance , for it records the names of some of the rulers from the XIIIth to the XVIIth dynasties , and gives the names of those of the XIth dynasty more completely than any other list . II . Annals of Egyptian Kings inscribed upon ...
Page 7
... Hekatæus . He was not so able a writer nor so accurate an observer as Herodotus , and his work contains many blunders . Other important ancient writers : - on Egypt are Strabo , * Chaeremon , † Josephus EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 7.
... Hekatæus . He was not so able a writer nor so accurate an observer as Herodotus , and his work contains many blunders . Other important ancient writers : - on Egypt are Strabo , * Chaeremon , † Josephus EGYPTIAN HISTORY . 7.
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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