The Land of Khemi: Up and Down the Middle NileW. Blackwood and sons, 1882 - 260 páginas |
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... Egypt was a medical prescription , and both my wife and I were too great invalids to profit by our opportuni- ties to the extent we could have wished . As I make no pretensions to being an Egyptolo- gist , vi PREFACE .
... Egypt was a medical prescription , and both my wife and I were too great invalids to profit by our opportuni- ties to the extent we could have wished . As I make no pretensions to being an Egyptolo- gist , vi PREFACE .
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... extent that the province stood a fair chance of being ruined , and its fertility of being de- stroyed , when the change of government took place under which it has begun to prosper with surprising rapidity . Unfortunately , one of its ...
... extent that the province stood a fair chance of being ruined , and its fertility of being de- stroyed , when the change of government took place under which it has begun to prosper with surprising rapidity . Unfortunately , one of its ...
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... extent . The whole sub- ject is encompassed with difficulty . As a con- temporary record , the account which Manetho gives of the exodus is full of interest , as con- taining the Egyptian version of the expulsion of the Lepers , as he ...
... extent . The whole sub- ject is encompassed with difficulty . As a con- temporary record , the account which Manetho gives of the exodus is full of interest , as con- taining the Egyptian version of the expulsion of the Lepers , as he ...
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... extent , conformed to the religion of the country with which both Joseph and Moses were so intimately associ- ated , and in which the latter , with his great talents , had probably distinguished himself by his priestly learning . Indeed ...
... extent , conformed to the religion of the country with which both Joseph and Moses were so intimately associ- ated , and in which the latter , with his great talents , had probably distinguished himself by his priestly learning . Indeed ...
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... extent should have seemed a prodigy of engineering skill to the ancients . In addition to its great utility as a fertilising agent , it was invested with a character of sanctity which gave it a wide celebrity . The sacred croco- dile ...
... extent should have seemed a prodigy of engineering skill to the ancients . In addition to its great utility as a fertilising agent , it was invested with a character of sanctity which gave it a wide celebrity . The sacred croco- dile ...
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