The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 36
... stood up against Israel , and moved David to number Israel . " I Chronicles xxi . I. 6 : Septigenta milia aetate militari . " Tacitus , Annals , Bk . ii . , 60 . rule of the Pharaohs has been greatly exaggerated , chiefly 36 The Modern ...
... stood up against Israel , and moved David to number Israel . " I Chronicles xxi . I. 6 : Septigenta milia aetate militari . " Tacitus , Annals , Bk . ii . , 60 . rule of the Pharaohs has been greatly exaggerated , chiefly 36 The Modern ...
Page 74
... stood by , watching the weighing of the heart by Anubis against a feather ,, emblematic of Law . If the result were favourable , the dead man was led by Horus into the presence of Osiris , where stood the four children of Horus , Mestha ...
... stood by , watching the weighing of the heart by Anubis against a feather ,, emblematic of Law . If the result were favourable , the dead man was led by Horus into the presence of Osiris , where stood the four children of Horus , Mestha ...
Page 98
... stood up like two men , and each paid no attention to what they had said . And the majesty of Horus was enraged against his mother Isis like a panther of the south , and she fled before him . On that day a terrible struggle took place ...
... stood up like two men , and each paid no attention to what they had said . And the majesty of Horus was enraged against his mother Isis like a panther of the south , and she fled before him . On that day a terrible struggle took place ...
Page 105
... stood close by Rakoti to the east of Alexandria near ' Pompey's Pillar , ' and is said to have been one of the most beautiful buildings in the world ; it was filled with remarkable statues and other works of art . It was destroyed by ...
... stood close by Rakoti to the east of Alexandria near ' Pompey's Pillar , ' and is said to have been one of the most beautiful buildings in the world ; it was filled with remarkable statues and other works of art . It was destroyed by ...
Page 106
... stood in the royal buildings in the Bruchium quarter of the town , between Lochias and the Heptastadium . The stone sarcophagus ( now in the British Museum , No. 10 ) , which was thought to have belonged to Alexander the Great , was ...
... stood in the royal buildings in the Bruchium quarter of the town , between Lochias and the Heptastadium . The stone sarcophagus ( now in the British Museum , No. 10 ) , which was thought to have belonged to Alexander the Great , was ...
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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