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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Page vi
... raised the great temples of Thebes was then spent in the hire of Greek mercenaries to surround a throne which native courage alone was no longer able to guard. The sovereigns were almost Greeks. It was then that Egypt was first open to ...
... raised the great temples of Thebes was then spent in the hire of Greek mercenaries to surround a throne which native courage alone was no longer able to guard. The sovereigns were almost Greeks. It was then that Egypt was first open to ...
Page vi
... raised the great temples of Thebes was then spent in the hire of Greek mercenaries to surround a throne which native courage alone was no longer able to guard . The sovereigns were almost Greeks . It was then that Egypt was first open ...
... raised the great temples of Thebes was then spent in the hire of Greek mercenaries to surround a throne which native courage alone was no longer able to guard . The sovereigns were almost Greeks . It was then that Egypt was first open ...
Page vii
... raising man's moral worth ; and after a reign or two we find that every public virtue was wanting among its citizens , while vice and luxury rioted in the palace . Every succeeding Ptolemy seemed worse than his father ; till Cleopatra ...
... raising man's moral worth ; and after a reign or two we find that every public virtue was wanting among its citizens , while vice and luxury rioted in the palace . Every succeeding Ptolemy seemed worse than his father ; till Cleopatra ...
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... raise it from the dead , while the god Anubis is preparing to un- wrap the bandages . ( Wilkinson's Materia Hieroglyphica , i . 17. ) Fig . 206. The vault of heaven is represented by the goddess Neith coloured blue , who forms an arch ...
... raise it from the dead , while the god Anubis is preparing to un- wrap the bandages . ( Wilkinson's Materia Hieroglyphica , i . 17. ) Fig . 206. The vault of heaven is represented by the goddess Neith coloured blue , who forms an arch ...
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... raised mounds standing like so many islands in the ocean . The river is then red with Abys- sinian soil , and when the fields are again left dry , in the beginning of November , they are found covered with a rich mud , and need little ...
... raised mounds standing like so many islands in the ocean . The river is then red with Abys- sinian soil , and when the fields are again left dry , in the beginning of November , they are found covered with a rich mud , and need little ...
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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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