The Land of Khemi: Up and Down the Middle NileW. Blackwood and sons, 1882 - 260 páginas |
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... present state of the people , and which , moreover , tempted me , in spite of ignorance and inexperience , to venture a little upon the inexhaustible field of antiquarian research . My notes at the time I embodied in articles in ...
... present state of the people , and which , moreover , tempted me , in spite of ignorance and inexperience , to venture a little upon the inexhaustible field of antiquarian research . My notes at the time I embodied in articles in ...
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... its capital . There can be no doubt that in ancient days the cultivable area of the oasis was much greater than it is at present , as the indications of a town and irrigation works near the ruins of Kasr Kha- roon , 12 THE LAND OF KHEMI .
... its capital . There can be no doubt that in ancient days the cultivable area of the oasis was much greater than it is at present , as the indications of a town and irrigation works near the ruins of Kasr Kha- roon , 12 THE LAND OF KHEMI .
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... present day it measures twenty - three miles north and south , and twenty - eight miles east and west . The town of Medinet el Fayoum is situated on a plateau which is about the same level as the Nile . From here the country trends ...
... present day it measures twenty - three miles north and south , and twenty - eight miles east and west . The town of Medinet el Fayoum is situated on a plateau which is about the same level as the Nile . From here the country trends ...
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... present population is probably about 150,000 souls , of whom 9000 live in the chief town . This , after establishing ourselves in the quarters which had been kindly provided for us , we lost no time in exploring . It is the habit of ...
... present population is probably about 150,000 souls , of whom 9000 live in the chief town . This , after establishing ourselves in the quarters which had been kindly provided for us , we lost no time in exploring . It is the habit of ...
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... present day to the natives as Kom Faris . The most perfect relics of the magnificence of this once rich and populous city are to be found in the mosque of Kait Bey , which spans the Bahr Youssef , at the point where it finally emerges ...
... present day to the natives as Kom Faris . The most perfect relics of the magnificence of this once rich and populous city are to be found in the mosque of Kait Bey , which spans the Bahr Youssef , at the point where it finally emerges ...
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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