View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryHarper & Brothers, 1846 - 348 pages |
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... - Variety of Hypotheses - Reign of Menes determined ; his Actions - Account of Osymandias ; his Palace and Tomb - Chronological Tables - Invasion of the Shepherds - Quotation B from Manetho - Mistake as to the Israelites - Indian.
... - Variety of Hypotheses - Reign of Menes determined ; his Actions - Account of Osymandias ; his Palace and Tomb - Chronological Tables - Invasion of the Shepherds - Quotation B from Manetho - Mistake as to the Israelites - Indian.
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... Tombs -- Reflections .. CHAPTER V. .... Page 74 THE LITERATURE AND SCIENCE OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS . Remains of Egyptian Literature scanty but valuable - Meaning of Hie- roglyphics - Picture - writing - Progress towards an Alphabet ...
... Tombs -- Reflections .. CHAPTER V. .... Page 74 THE LITERATURE AND SCIENCE OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS . Remains of Egyptian Literature scanty but valuable - Meaning of Hie- roglyphics - Picture - writing - Progress towards an Alphabet ...
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... Tombs - Herment - Esneh- Eleithias - Striking Representations of Domestic Life - Edfou - Hadjur Silsili - Koum Ombos - Es Souan - Quarries of Syené- Island of Elephantiné - Concluding Remarks ... ..Page 153 CHAPTER VII . THE CIVIL ...
... Tombs - Herment - Esneh- Eleithias - Striking Representations of Domestic Life - Edfou - Hadjur Silsili - Koum Ombos - Es Souan - Quarries of Syené- Island of Elephantiné - Concluding Remarks ... ..Page 153 CHAPTER VII . THE CIVIL ...
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... View of the Northern Gate of Dendera or Tentyra .. General View of Edfou , the Ancient Apollinopolis Magna ............... Part of the City of Tombs at Cairo .... ... 202 ..... 283 A VIEW OF ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT , & c 14 CONTENTS .
... View of the Northern Gate of Dendera or Tentyra .. General View of Edfou , the Ancient Apollinopolis Magna ............... Part of the City of Tombs at Cairo .... ... 202 ..... 283 A VIEW OF ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT , & c 14 CONTENTS .
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... Tomb - Chronological Tables - Invasion of the Shepherds - Quotation from Manetho - Mistake as to the Israelites - Indian Tradition in regard to the Conquest of Egypt by Pastoral Chiefs - The Origin of the Pyramids - Hatred of Shepherds ...
... Tomb - Chronological Tables - Invasion of the Shepherds - Quotation from Manetho - Mistake as to the Israelites - Indian Tradition in regard to the Conquest of Egypt by Pastoral Chiefs - The Origin of the Pyramids - Hatred of Shepherds ...
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