View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 348 pages |
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... thousand years prior to the existence of all written deeds ; and they then gravely introduce him to the gods and demigods who had once condescended to dwell on the banks of the Nile , and to govern the fancied inhabitants of that ...
... thousand years prior to the existence of all written deeds ; and they then gravely introduce him to the gods and demigods who had once condescended to dwell on the banks of the Nile , and to govern the fancied inhabitants of that ...
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... thousand years of their government , as only the indication perhaps of some physical principle , or , more probably , the expression of a vast astronomical cycle . The sun , moon , and other leaders of the celestial host may , according ...
... thousand years of their government , as only the indication perhaps of some physical principle , or , more probably , the expression of a vast astronomical cycle . The sun , moon , and other leaders of the celestial host may , according ...
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... thousand one hundred and fifty - nine years before the birth of Christ . Manetho , the historian already men- tioned , inserted in his work a very intelligible notice of the misfortune which had befallen his country at that early pe ...
... thousand one hundred and fifty - nine years before the birth of Christ . Manetho , the historian already men- tioned , inserted in his work a very intelligible notice of the misfortune which had befallen his country at that early pe ...
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... thousand sol- diers . Hither he used to come in summer to furnish them with corn and pay , and he carefully disciplined them for a terror to foreigners . He died after he had reigned nineteen years . * " The next , called Baion ...
... thousand sol- diers . Hither he used to come in summer to furnish them with corn and pay , and he carefully disciplined them for a terror to foreigners . He died after he had reigned nineteen years . * " The next , called Baion ...
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... thousand years at most before the invasion of Darius Hystaspes , or , in other words , about 1508 before the Christian era . But we learn from the historian Justin that Timaus , the sixth king in succession from Targitaus , encountered ...
... thousand years at most before the invasion of Darius Hystaspes , or , in other words , about 1508 before the Christian era . But we learn from the historian Justin that Timaus , the sixth king in succession from Targitaus , encountered ...
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