The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times Till the Conquest by the Arabs, A.D. 640, Volume 1George Bell and sons, 1885 - 842 pages |
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... Jews , of Greece , and of Rome , will always hold the first place in value ; that of the Jews , because it contains the history of our religion ; those of Greece and Rome for the poets and historians , the almost perfect works of art ...
... Jews , of Greece , and of Rome , will always hold the first place in value ; that of the Jews , because it contains the history of our religion ; those of Greece and Rome for the poets and historians , the almost perfect works of art ...
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... Jewish tradition begins a little earlier with the flight of the Israelites from Egypt , when the Egyptian kings already boasted of a long line of ancestors . Egypt was then a highly civilised country , the pyramids had been built near ...
... Jewish tradition begins a little earlier with the flight of the Israelites from Egypt , when the Egyptian kings already boasted of a long line of ancestors . Egypt was then a highly civilised country , the pyramids had been built near ...
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... Jews had become a people , before the Greeks had got an alphabet ; and they are among the causes of the lively interest with which we trace its history in the following ages . They marked these buildings with a serious gravity wholly ...
... Jews had become a people , before the Greeks had got an alphabet ; and they are among the causes of the lively interest with which we trace its history in the following ages . They marked these buildings with a serious gravity wholly ...
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... Jews , of Greece , and of Rome , will always hold the first place in value ; that of the Jews , because it contains the history of our religion ; those of Greece and Rome for the poets and historians , the almost perfect works of art ...
... Jews , of Greece , and of Rome , will always hold the first place in value ; that of the Jews , because it contains the history of our religion ; those of Greece and Rome for the poets and historians , the almost perfect works of art ...
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... Jewish tradition begins a little earlier with the flight of the Israelites from Egypt , when the Egyptian kings already boasted of a long line of ancestors . Egypt was then a highly civilised country , the pyramids had been built near ...
... Jewish tradition begins a little earlier with the flight of the Israelites from Egypt , when the Egyptian kings already boasted of a long line of ancestors . Egypt was then a highly civilised country , the pyramids had been built near ...
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Abou Simbel afterwards Alexander Alexandria Amasis Amun-Ra Amunothph Antigonus Arabs army Arridæus Artaxerxes Asia Minor Assyrian Athenians Babylon body Bubastis buildings built called Cambyses cataract chief coast conquered conqueror Cyprus Cyrene Darius death Delta Demetrius desert Diod Egyptian Ethiopia goddess gods gold Greece Greek Greek mercenaries head Hebrew held Heliopolis Herodotus hieroglyphics honour Hophra hundred Inarus inscriptions island Israelites Jews Judæa Karnak king's kingdom kings of Sais land Libyan Lower Egypt Macedonian Manetho marched Memphis Meroë mummy Napata nation Nectanebo neighbours Nile Nubia obelisks ornamented Osiris Osirtesen Pelusium perhaps Persians Phenicians Philadelphus priests province Pthah Ptolemy pyramids queen Rameses Rameses II Red Sea reign religion river sacred satrap sculpture sent ships Shishank side soldiers statues stone Syene Syria temple Thebaid Theban kings Thebes Thothmosis thousand throne tombs trade troops Upper Egypt valley walls worshipped
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