View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 348 pages |
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... nearly all the knowledge we possess of their manners and institutions may be attributed to a circumstance so very trivial as the choice which they made of their materials for building . As the rise of Egyp- tian power and wisdom ...
... nearly all the knowledge we possess of their manners and institutions may be attributed to a circumstance so very trivial as the choice which they made of their materials for building . As the rise of Egyp- tian power and wisdom ...
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... nearly 600 miles in length , and hemmed in , on either side , by a ridge of hills and a vast expanse of desert . Viewed as an alluvial basin , it owes its existence entirely to the Nile , which flows through it from south to north ...
... nearly 600 miles in length , and hemmed in , on either side , by a ridge of hills and a vast expanse of desert . Viewed as an alluvial basin , it owes its existence entirely to the Nile , which flows through it from south to north ...
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... nearly one - half of argillaceous earth , with about one - fourth of carbonate of lime ; the remainder consisting of water , oxide of iron , and carbonate of magnesia . On the very banks the slime is mixed with much sand , which it ...
... nearly one - half of argillaceous earth , with about one - fourth of carbonate of lime ; the remainder consisting of water , oxide of iron , and carbonate of magnesia . On the very banks the slime is mixed with much sand , which it ...
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... nearly nine months in the year . They continue with little intermission from May till Sep- tember ; but about the autumnal equinox they veer round to the east , where they remain nearly six weeks , with only slight deviations . About ...
... nearly nine months in the year . They continue with little intermission from May till Sep- tember ; but about the autumnal equinox they veer round to the east , where they remain nearly six weeks , with only slight deviations . About ...
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... nearly to the ancient Heptanomis ; and , about the conclu- sion of the fourth century , the eastern division of the Delta , between Arabia and the Phatnitic branch of the Nile , as high as Heliopolis , was erected into a new province ...
... nearly to the ancient Heptanomis ; and , about the conclu- sion of the fourth century , the eastern division of the Delta , between Arabia and the Phatnitic branch of the Nile , as high as Heliopolis , was erected into a new province ...
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