Land of Khemi: Up & Down the Middle NileBlackwood, 1882 - 260 páginas |
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... canal from the Nile , at the time of the exodus of the Jews , after he had afflicted them with the drudgery of hewing stones , and other laborious employments , ' thus establishing a connection between the Jews and the Fayoum ; though I ...
... canal from the Nile , at the time of the exodus of the Jews , after he had afflicted them with the drudgery of hewing stones , and other laborious employments , ' thus establishing a connection between the Jews and the Fayoum ; though I ...
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... canal , and bringing their produce to the town . I inspected the small boats , and having selected the one which was least old and leaky , had her cleaned , and an awning put up in the stern . I am thus par- ticular in describing the ...
... canal , and bringing their produce to the town . I inspected the small boats , and having selected the one which was least old and leaky , had her cleaned , and an awning put up in the stern . I am thus par- ticular in describing the ...
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... canal is only navigable for about fourteen miles in an exactly opposite direction to that of Cairo , which is about seventy miles distant , that the " number- less caravans " have not much reason to fear competition . It is true that in ...
... canal is only navigable for about fourteen miles in an exactly opposite direction to that of Cairo , which is about seventy miles distant , that the " number- less caravans " have not much reason to fear competition . It is true that in ...
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... canal by men in pairs working the double - lever sha- doofs , who laboriously swing up and down the long bars weighted with mud at one end and with a basket - work bucket at the other . Naked children of the tenderest years are pad ...
... canal by men in pairs working the double - lever sha- doofs , who laboriously swing up and down the long bars weighted with mud at one end and with a basket - work bucket at the other . Naked children of the tenderest years are pad ...
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... a work as important as the Pyramids , adjoining which is the tomb of the king who built the Labyrinth . After advancing about thirty or forty stadia beyond the first entrance of the canal , there is a table - shaped 64 THE LAND OF KHEMI .
... a work as important as the Pyramids , adjoining which is the tomb of the king who built the Labyrinth . After advancing about thirty or forty stadia beyond the first entrance of the canal , there is a table - shaped 64 THE LAND OF KHEMI .
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