The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 163Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1838 |
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... inscriptions , if any . The communications of J. R. in our next . Erratum in our last , Review of Ar- chæologia , p . 601 , column 2nd , line 34 , for " the statement should be corrected so far as it avers , " read " so far as to make ...
... inscriptions , if any . The communications of J. R. in our next . Erratum in our last , Review of Ar- chæologia , p . 601 , column 2nd , line 34 , for " the statement should be corrected so far as it avers , " read " so far as to make ...
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... inscriptions , will justify his * The Oasis Magna contains no monuments of an earlier period than the reign of Darius ; that is , five centuries before our era , or 2300 years old ; while Thebes abounded in magnificent edifices at least ...
... inscriptions , will justify his * The Oasis Magna contains no monuments of an earlier period than the reign of Darius ; that is , five centuries before our era , or 2300 years old ; while Thebes abounded in magnificent edifices at least ...
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... inscription justifies many restorations made by that most ingenious and excellent scholar Dr. Young , and confirms most of M. Le- tronne's various readings . On the southern portion of the first propylon are other Greek inscriptions ...
... inscription justifies many restorations made by that most ingenious and excellent scholar Dr. Young , and confirms most of M. Le- tronne's various readings . On the southern portion of the first propylon are other Greek inscriptions ...
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... inscription . They afford satisfactory evidence of the flourishing state of the Oasis during the reign of these ... inscriptions . The travellers now left the Oasis without an opportunity of visiting the neighbouring one of Dakkel ...
... inscription . They afford satisfactory evidence of the flourishing state of the Oasis during the reign of these ... inscriptions . The travellers now left the Oasis without an opportunity of visiting the neighbouring one of Dakkel ...
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... inscriptions , declaring the family and virtues of the defunct , or expressing some brief moral aphorism . Monumental ... inscription , said to have been dis- covered on a leaden plate in the grave , be genuine , is , I imagine , very ...
... inscriptions , declaring the family and virtues of the defunct , or expressing some brief moral aphorism . Monumental ... inscription , said to have been dis- covered on a leaden plate in the grave , be genuine , is , I imagine , very ...
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