View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryOliver, 1844 - 460 pages |
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... Copts , Arabs , Turks , Greeks , Jews , and Syrians - Characteristics- Cairo - Houses - Citadel - Joseph's Well , Joseph's Hall - Necro- polis - Tombs - Mosques - Palace at Shoubra - Splendid Pavil- ion - Comparison of Egypt before and ...
... Copts , Arabs , Turks , Greeks , Jews , and Syrians - Characteristics- Cairo - Houses - Citadel - Joseph's Well , Joseph's Hall - Necro- polis - Tombs - Mosques - Palace at Shoubra - Splendid Pavil- ion - Comparison of Egypt before and ...
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... Coptic Baptism - Levantines- Moslem Marriages ; Description by Mr Browne - Interior of a Harem Circassians - Ethiopian Women - Mode of Living among Turks ; among Europeans - Mosques - Mohammed Ali and Burckhardt - Language of Copts ...
... Coptic Baptism - Levantines- Moslem Marriages ; Description by Mr Browne - Interior of a Harem Circassians - Ethiopian Women - Mode of Living among Turks ; among Europeans - Mosques - Mohammed Ali and Burckhardt - Language of Copts ...
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... Copts , with the feeling natural to Christians of the Greek communion , have fixed on the 24th of June , the festival of St John , as the day which affords the first decisive token of the annual flood . Travellers , however , inform us ...
... Copts , with the feeling natural to Christians of the Greek communion , have fixed on the 24th of June , the festival of St John , as the day which affords the first decisive token of the annual flood . Travellers , however , inform us ...
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... Copt , whom he in- duced to go from Cairo for the purpose , not having suf- ficient confidence in his own pen . He adds , however , that not being satisfied with his protestations of accuracy , though the inscription was copied under ...
... Copt , whom he in- duced to go from Cairo for the purpose , not having suf- ficient confidence in his own pen . He adds , however , that not being satisfied with his protestations of accuracy , though the inscription was copied under ...
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... Coptic or ancient language of the country supplied the alphabetical sounds which composed any particular word . The first steps which led to this important discovery were made by Dr Young , who ascertained that certain figures in the ...
... Coptic or ancient language of the country supplied the alphabetical sounds which composed any particular word . The first steps which led to this important discovery were made by Dr Young , who ascertained that certain figures in the ...
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Alexandria ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians antiquity appears Arabian Arabs architecture arms army authority Belzoni beys Bitter Lakes building Cairo called canal capital celebrated chafing-dish chamber character colour columns Copts covered Dendera Denon described desert Diodorus dynasty edifice Egyp entrance erected Europe European eyes farther feet figures French granite Greek ground height Herodotus hieroglyphs hundred Ibrahim inches inhabitants inscriptions inundation king l'Egypte labour lake land latter length Luxor magnificence Mamlouks Manetho mentioned ments miles modern Mohammed monuments native Nile Nubia Oasis object observed pasha passage period person pillars possession present priests principal Psammeticus Ptolemy pyramids reader Red Sea regard reign remains remarkable resemblance river rock Roman ruins sacred Saladin sand says sculptures side similar statue stone Strabo sultan Syria temple Thebes thousand tion tomb town traveller troops Turks Upper Egypt valley viceroy walls whole