View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 348 pages |
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... Towns - Of the Temple of Jupiter Ammon - Fountain of the Sun - Sacred Lake - Other Oases -Desert of the Thebaid - Berenice - Trade - Account of an imaginary City by Caillaud - Situation and Extent of Berenice - Emerald Moun- tains ...
... Towns - Of the Temple of Jupiter Ammon - Fountain of the Sun - Sacred Lake - Other Oases -Desert of the Thebaid - Berenice - Trade - Account of an imaginary City by Caillaud - Situation and Extent of Berenice - Emerald Moun- tains ...
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... the annual swelling of their river , would build their towns within the limits even of its greatest elevation . On the contrary , it is } believed that they were wont to place their cities on 36 PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL.
... the annual swelling of their river , would build their towns within the limits even of its greatest elevation . On the contrary , it is } believed that they were wont to place their cities on 36 PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL.
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... towns are at present under the level of the inundation ; while the most laborious efforts have in other parts become indispensable to prevent , by embanking , the destruction of their sacred buildings . Memphis , it is presumed , has ...
... towns are at present under the level of the inundation ; while the most laborious efforts have in other parts become indispensable to prevent , by embanking , the destruction of their sacred buildings . Memphis , it is presumed , has ...
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... towns celebrated in history have been buried in their own ruins , and the traveller searches for them in vain within the circuit of their ancient walls . Nor is this vicissitude confined to the works of human art . Even the great ...
... towns celebrated in history have been buried in their own ruins , and the traveller searches for them in vain within the circuit of their ancient walls . Nor is this vicissitude confined to the works of human art . Even the great ...
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... town of Paliputra stood on the Hellespont ; the river Strymon in Thrace was surnamed Palestinus ; the Pales- tini and the town Philistia were situated on the river Po in Italy ; and the god of shepherds , among the Latins , was ...
... town of Paliputra stood on the Hellespont ; the river Strymon in Thrace was surnamed Palestinus ; the Pales- tini and the town Philistia were situated on the river Po in Italy ; and the god of shepherds , among the Latins , was ...
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