The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 14
... ruins of which are called Tell el - Amarna , and of the heresy of the disk - worshippers . He was succeeded by a few kings who held the same religious opinions as himself . Dynasty XIX , from Thebes . 1400. Rameses I. 1366. Seti I ...
... ruins of which are called Tell el - Amarna , and of the heresy of the disk - worshippers . He was succeeded by a few kings who held the same religious opinions as himself . Dynasty XIX , from Thebes . 1400. Rameses I. 1366. Seti I ...
Page 109
... ruins of the ancient city of Athribis . About forty miles to the east of Alexandria lies the town of Rosetta , not far from the ancient Bolbitane . It was founded towards the end of the ninth century , and was once a flourishing seaport ...
... ruins of the ancient city of Athribis . About forty miles to the east of Alexandria lies the town of Rosetta , not far from the ancient Bolbitane . It was founded towards the end of the ninth century , and was once a flourishing seaport ...
Page 112
... ruins of a building which was exca- vated by M. de Lesseps . Granite slabs were found there inscribed with the name of Darius in Persian cuneiform characters and in hieroglyphics . The canal next passes through the Great Bitter Lake ...
... ruins of a building which was exca- vated by M. de Lesseps . Granite slabs were found there inscribed with the name of Darius in Persian cuneiform characters and in hieroglyphics . The canal next passes through the Great Bitter Lake ...
Page 113
... ruins of a building which appears to have been built by Rameses II . , and a little beyond Kanţara begins Lake Menzaleh . About twenty miles to the east are the ruins of Pelusium . The canal is carried through Lake Menzaleh in a ...
... ruins of a building which appears to have been built by Rameses II . , and a little beyond Kanţara begins Lake Menzaleh . About twenty miles to the east are the ruins of Pelusium . The canal is carried through Lake Menzaleh in a ...
Page 118
... ruins round about Sân by Mariette and Petrie prove that Tanis must have been one of the largest and most important cities in the Delta . The earliest monuments found here date from the time of Pepi I. , VIth dynasty , about B.C. 3233 ...
... ruins round about Sân by Mariette and Petrie prove that Tanis must have been one of the largest and most important cities in the Delta . The earliest monuments found here date from the time of Pepi I. , VIth dynasty , about B.C. 3233 ...
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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