The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 67
... see 8 of trees to dance of strength 000 of grain to plough A to give of heaven foes of men A to walk , stand of flesh of light of country of gods B to breathe , smell of towns = ) = ) = ) - ) = ) F 2 EGYPTIAN WRITING . 67.
... see 8 of trees to dance of strength 000 of grain to plough A to give of heaven foes of men A to walk , stand of flesh of light of country of gods B to breathe , smell of towns = ) = ) = ) - ) = ) F 2 EGYPTIAN WRITING . 67.
Page 100
... stands by the side of the balance holding a palette and reed ready to record the result of the weighing as announced by the dog - headed ape which sits on the middle of the beam of the scales . In one aspect he is the god of the moon ...
... stands by the side of the balance holding a palette and reed ready to record the result of the weighing as announced by the dog - headed ape which sits on the middle of the beam of the scales . In one aspect he is the god of the moon ...
Page 107
... stands on the Thames Embankment . The smaller obelisk was taken to New York a few years later . The inscriptions show that both were made during the reign of Thothmes III . , about B.C. 1600 , and that Rameses II . , who lived about 250 ...
... stands on the Thames Embankment . The smaller obelisk was taken to New York a few years later . The inscriptions show that both were made during the reign of Thothmes III . , about B.C. 1600 , and that Rameses II . , who lived about 250 ...
Page 113
... stands on the island which forms part of the narrow tract of land which separates Lake Menzaleh from the Mediterranean . first body of workmen landed at the spot which afterwards became Port Sa'îd in 1859 , and for many years the place ...
... stands on the island which forms part of the narrow tract of land which separates Lake Menzaleh from the Mediterranean . first body of workmen landed at the spot which afterwards became Port Sa'îd in 1859 , and for many years the place ...
Page 114
... the Sherkîyeh province , is a town of about 40,000 inhabitants ; the railway station stands about one mile from the mounds which mark the site of the famous old city of Bubastis , * 114 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT .
... the Sherkîyeh province , is a town of about 40,000 inhabitants ; the railway station stands about one mile from the mounds which mark the site of the famous old city of Bubastis , * 114 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT .
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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