The Land of Khemi: Up and Down the Middle NileW. Blackwood and sons, 1882 - 260 páginas |
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... contain the débris of one of the oldest cities in Egypt , and would probably well repay exca- vation , as its name occurs on the monuments of the third dynasty , B.C. 3900 . It takes scarcely a quarter of an hour to traverse the ...
... contain the débris of one of the oldest cities in Egypt , and would probably well repay exca- vation , as its name occurs on the monuments of the third dynasty , B.C. 3900 . It takes scarcely a quarter of an hour to traverse the ...
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... contained in former days 366 towns and vil- lages , which , even supposing its limits to have far exceeded those that now exist , seems an over - estimate . The present population is probably about 150,000 souls , of whom 9000 live in ...
... contained in former days 366 towns and vil- lages , which , even supposing its limits to have far exceeded those that now exist , seems an over - estimate . The present population is probably about 150,000 souls , of whom 9000 live in ...
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... contain . Here at the base of the mound we observe a protruding skull , with short curly hair still clinging to it . We make an Arab manure - sifter exhume the mor- tal remains , and find clinging to the legs the wrappages of coarse ...
... contain . Here at the base of the mound we observe a protruding skull , with short curly hair still clinging to it . We make an Arab manure - sifter exhume the mor- tal remains , and find clinging to the legs the wrappages of coarse ...
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... contain tears . Beads were comparatively abundant , and we made quite an assortment of them . There were numerous fragments of glass bracelets , un- fortunately none perfect . From the appear- ance and shape of the broken amphora ...
... contain tears . Beads were comparatively abundant , and we made quite an assortment of them . There were numerous fragments of glass bracelets , un- fortunately none perfect . From the appear- ance and shape of the broken amphora ...
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... contained the chalice . In the midst of the congregation was a reading - desk , at which two of the deacons read from the lit- urgy , alternately in Coptic and Arabic . This was removed before the service was completed . The ...
... contained the chalice . In the midst of the congregation was a reading - desk , at which two of the deacons read from the lit- urgy , alternately in Coptic and Arabic . This was removed before the service was completed . The ...
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Amenemhat Amenemhat III ancient city ancient Egyptian Arab Arsinoë Arsinoite Nome Bahr Youssef bank Beni Hassan Birket el Kurûn Blackwood's Magazine boat built Cairo canal chambers Church cliff cloth columns Coptic Copts Crocodilopolis Crown 8vo crude brick Daira Sanieh date-trees desert dynasty Edinburgh Egypt Engravings excavations Fayoum Fcap feet formed fragments French morocco gardens gorge Greek Haybee Herodotus hieroglyphics History Hyksos Illahoon Illustrations inscription interesting irrigation Isis J. G. Lockhart JOHN Joseph Khedive king Labyrinth Lake Moris land Lepsius LL.D Maps Medinet el Fayoum ment miles Minieh modern monuments Moses mounds mummies Nile Nome numerous OLIPHANT picturesque Pinedjem Poems Portrait post 8vo priest Professor province Pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign remains river rock round ruins sarcophagi Scotland Second Edition sheikh side spot stone Strabo sugar-factories temple Third Edition tion tombs town University of Edinburgh village vols walls worship