The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 38
... passing , that AquaTos , Egypt , is thought by some to be derived from an ancient Egyptian name for Memphis , Het - ka - Ptaḥ , " The house of the genius of Ptaḥ . " The number of Copts in Egypt to - day is estimated at about 350,000 ...
... passing , that AquaTos , Egypt , is thought by some to be derived from an ancient Egyptian name for Memphis , Het - ka - Ptaḥ , " The house of the genius of Ptaḥ . " The number of Copts in Egypt to - day is estimated at about 350,000 ...
Page 74
... passed into everlasting life . If the result were unfavourable , the Devourer , a beast part lion , part hippopotamus , and part horse , stepped forward and claimed the dead man as his . Annihilation was the result . After death the ...
... passed into everlasting life . If the result were unfavourable , the Devourer , a beast part lion , part hippopotamus , and part horse , stepped forward and claimed the dead man as his . Annihilation was the result . After death the ...
Page 86
... passing through the two lands . and devours thee daily , according to that which Rā decreed should be done to thee . Thou art thrown down into the flame of fire which feeds upon thee ; thou art condemned to the fire of the eye of Horus ...
... passing through the two lands . and devours thee daily , according to that which Rā decreed should be done to thee . Thou art thrown down into the flame of fire which feeds upon thee ; thou art condemned to the fire of the eye of Horus ...
Page 98
... passed three days and three nights in this manner , after which Isis made their weapons fall . Horus fell down , crying out , ' I am thy son Horus , ' and Isis cried to the weapons , saying , ' Away , away , from my son Horus ' Her ...
... passed three days and three nights in this manner , after which Isis made their weapons fall . Horus fell down , crying out , ' I am thy son Horus , ' and Isis cried to the weapons , saying , ' Away , away , from my son Horus ' Her ...
Page 113
... Passing through Lake Balâḥ , el - Kantara , ' the bridge , ' a place situated on a height between the Balâḥ and Menzaleh Lakes , is reached . It is by this natural bridge that every invading army must have entered Egypt , and its ...
... Passing through Lake Balâḥ , el - Kantara , ' the bridge , ' a place situated on a height between the Balâḥ and Menzaleh Lakes , is reached . It is by this natural bridge that every invading army must have entered Egypt , and its ...
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