The Land of Khemi: Up and Down the Middle NileW. Blackwood and sons, 1882 - 260 páginas |
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... ment at Fayoum . I vainly tried one day to add to our larder with an extemporised fishing- rod and a worm ; but beyond a dozen small creatures , which collectively weighed about a pound and a half , I extracted nothing from the most ...
... ment at Fayoum . I vainly tried one day to add to our larder with an extemporised fishing- rod and a worm ; but beyond a dozen small creatures , which collectively weighed about a pound and a half , I extracted nothing from the most ...
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... ment was even adopted in stone , especially in quays by the river - side . " The modern cemetery of Medinet el Fay- oum , with its picturesque tombs , is placed amid these ruins at the point where they most nearly approach the town ...
... ment was even adopted in stone , especially in quays by the river - side . " The modern cemetery of Medinet el Fay- oum , with its picturesque tombs , is placed amid these ruins at the point where they most nearly approach the town ...
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... ment of Manetho , Moses passed the early part of his life as a priest in the temple dedicated to the worship of the sun at Heliopolis . The notice is curious , and runs as follows : " It is said that a priest who founded their ( the ...
... ment of Manetho , Moses passed the early part of his life as a priest in the temple dedicated to the worship of the sun at Heliopolis . The notice is curious , and runs as follows : " It is said that a priest who founded their ( the ...
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... ment , and the remainder to the peasants and native proprietors . Among these latter some are very rich ; and one of my fellow - passengers on this occasion , had an estate of about a thou- sand acres , on which he had built a handsome ...
... ment , and the remainder to the peasants and native proprietors . Among these latter some are very rich ; and one of my fellow - passengers on this occasion , had an estate of about a thou- sand acres , on which he had built a handsome ...
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... ment , that the province was highly esteemed before his time ; and the historical tradition is probably correct which attributes the reclaim- ing and conversion of the Fayoum to Phiops , the Moris of the Greeks and Romans , who was the ...
... ment , that the province was highly esteemed before his time ; and the historical tradition is probably correct which attributes the reclaim- ing and conversion of the Fayoum to Phiops , the Moris of the Greeks and Romans , who was the ...
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