The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 31
... originally belonged to her , has never been accurately ascertained . The country on each side of the Bahr el - Abyaḍ is very thickly peopled ; it is generally thought that the population of this and the other provinces which belonged to ...
... originally belonged to her , has never been accurately ascertained . The country on each side of the Bahr el - Abyaḍ is very thickly peopled ; it is generally thought that the population of this and the other provinces which belonged to ...
Page 83
... originally a mere local deity , occupied at Thebes , will be best understood from the translation of a hymn to him written in hieratic during the XVIIIth or XIXth dynasty : - * AMEN - RĀ . " Adoration of Amen - Rã , the bull in ...
... originally a mere local deity , occupied at Thebes , will be best understood from the translation of a hymn to him written in hieratic during the XVIIIth or XIXth dynasty : - * AMEN - RĀ . " Adoration of Amen - Rã , the bull in ...
Page 116
... originally built . A wall sculptured with figures runs round it ; and within is a grove of lofty trees , planted round a large temple in which the image is placed . The width and length of the precinct is each way a stade [ 600 feet ] ...
... originally built . A wall sculptured with figures runs round it ; and within is a grove of lofty trees , planted round a large temple in which the image is placed . The width and length of the precinct is each way a stade [ 600 feet ] ...
Page 124
... originally served as the place for women at the service . On the north side it stops short at the choir , forming a kind of transept , which , however , does not project beyond the north aisle ..... On the south side of the church the ...
... originally served as the place for women at the service . On the north side it stops short at the choir , forming a kind of transept , which , however , does not project beyond the north aisle ..... On the south side of the church the ...
Page 125
... originally a Coptic church dedicated to St. Michael , which was sold to the Jews by a patriarch called Michael towards the end of the ninth century ; it measures 65 feet × 35 feet , and is said to contain a copy of the Law written by ...
... originally a Coptic church dedicated to St. Michael , which was sold to the Jews by a patriarch called Michael towards the end of the ninth century ; it measures 65 feet × 35 feet , and is said to contain a copy of the Law written by ...
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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