The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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... river with a punctuality equal to that of many an English railway , can be readily obtained from the programmes issued at their offices all over the world . The transliteration of Egyptian and Arabic names is that in common use ...
... river with a punctuality equal to that of many an English railway , can be readily obtained from the programmes issued at their offices all over the world . The transliteration of Egyptian and Arabic names is that in common use ...
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... river Nile is called Nubia . The races who lived there in very early times caused the Egyptians much trouble , and we know from the tomb - inscriptions at Aswân that expeditions were sent against these peoples by the Egyptians as far ...
... river Nile is called Nubia . The races who lived there in very early times caused the Egyptians much trouble , and we know from the tomb - inscriptions at Aswân that expeditions were sent against these peoples by the Egyptians as far ...
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... the last few years is evident from the increased material prosperity of the country , and the administration of equitable laws which has obtained . THE NILE . The river Nile is one of the 44 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT .
... the last few years is evident from the increased material prosperity of the country , and the administration of equitable laws which has obtained . THE NILE . The river Nile is one of the 44 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT .
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Notes for Travellers in Egypt Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge. THE NILE . The river Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world ; its Egyptian name was Ḥāpi , & www www and the Arabs , call it baḥr , or ' sea . ' It is formed by the ...
Notes for Travellers in Egypt Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge. THE NILE . The river Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world ; its Egyptian name was Ḥāpi , & www www and the Arabs , call it baḥr , or ' sea . ' It is formed by the ...
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... river turns suddenly to the south - west , and flows in this direction until it reaches Donkola , where it again curves to the north . The river enters Nubia , flowing over a ledge of granite rocks which form the third cataract . Under ...
... river turns suddenly to the south - west , and flows in this direction until it reaches Donkola , where it again curves to the north . The river enters Nubia , flowing over a ledge of granite rocks which form the third cataract . Under ...
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