View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryOliver, 1844 - 460 pages |
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... farther proof of this hypothesis , we are informed that the sepoys who joined the British army in Egypt , under Lord Hutchinson , imagined that they found their own temples in the ruins of Dendera , and were greatly exasperated at the ...
... farther proof of this hypothesis , we are informed that the sepoys who joined the British army in Egypt , under Lord Hutchinson , imagined that they found their own temples in the ruins of Dendera , and were greatly exasperated at the ...
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... farther supported by the celebrity which the Ethiopians had acquired in the earliest age that tradition or poetry has revealed to us . The annals of the Egyptian priests Clio , chap . 197 . * Herodotus , Euterpe , chap . 84 . were full ...
... farther supported by the celebrity which the Ethiopians had acquired in the earliest age that tradition or poetry has revealed to us . The annals of the Egyptian priests Clio , chap . 197 . * Herodotus , Euterpe , chap . 84 . were full ...
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... farther refined by a lofty and spiritual import . It has been said of the Hebrews , that they were men in religion , and children in every thing else . This observation may be reversed in the case of the Egyptians ; for , while in the ...
... farther refined by a lofty and spiritual import . It has been said of the Hebrews , that they were men in religion , and children in every thing else . This observation may be reversed in the case of the Egyptians ; for , while in the ...
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... farther south than the springs which Bruce reached in the meadows of Geesh ; for it is well known that the rainy season in every part of the torrid zone accompanies the vertical position of the sun . But from these considerations ...
... farther south than the springs which Bruce reached in the meadows of Geesh ; for it is well known that the rainy season in every part of the torrid zone accompanies the vertical position of the sun . But from these considerations ...
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... farther from the river ; so that at a certain distance it consists almost entirely of pure argil . This substance is employed in several arts among the Egyptians . It is formed into excellent bricks , as well as into a variety of ...
... farther from the river ; so that at a certain distance it consists almost entirely of pure argil . This substance is employed in several arts among the Egyptians . It is formed into excellent bricks , as well as into a variety of ...
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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