View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 348 pages |
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... ground , the French philosophers hazarded a conjecture respecting a number of dates , of which the following are some of the most remarkable . 1. The depth of the soil round the colossal statue of Memnon , at Thebes , gives only 0.106 ...
... ground , the French philosophers hazarded a conjecture respecting a number of dates , of which the following are some of the most remarkable . 1. The depth of the soil round the colossal statue of Memnon , at Thebes , gives only 0.106 ...
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... ground for supposing that it must have been founded twelve hundred years anterior to the same epoch . 4. The pillar ... grounds which may be alleged for giving a preference in point of chronology to the Samaritan text , or even to the ...
... ground for supposing that it must have been founded twelve hundred years anterior to the same epoch . 4. The pillar ... grounds which may be alleged for giving a preference in point of chronology to the Samaritan text , or even to the ...
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... ground for apprehending , with the author just named , that , in process of time , the whole country may be raised to such a height that the river will not be able to overflow its banks ; and consequently that Egypt , from being the ...
... ground for apprehending , with the author just named , that , in process of time , the whole country may be raised to such a height that the river will not be able to overflow its banks ; and consequently that Egypt , from being the ...
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... ground ; but the beautiful temple , as it could not be removed , was left in its original position , and was accordingly looked down upon from every part of the new city : Heliopolis , in like manner , as we are informed by Strabo , was ...
... ground ; but the beautiful temple , as it could not be removed , was left in its original position , and was accordingly looked down upon from every part of the new city : Heliopolis , in like manner , as we are informed by Strabo , was ...
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... ground . The rapid stream carried off all that was before it ; the inhabitants of all ages , with their corn and cattle , were washed away in an instant . In Upper Egypt , where the villages are not raised above the level even of the ...
... ground . The rapid stream carried off all that was before it ; the inhabitants of all ages , with their corn and cattle , were washed away in an instant . In Upper Egypt , where the villages are not raised above the level even of the ...
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