The Elements of Hieroglyphics and Egyptian Antiquities: In a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution, London, and the University of Cambridge |
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... Nile -Different names by which it was known - Its course and inundation - Division of Egypt - Attempt at ascertaining when it was first made - Difference between Modern and Ancient Egypt - Mistakes of the ancients - Causes which ...
... Nile -Different names by which it was known - Its course and inundation - Division of Egypt - Attempt at ascertaining when it was first made - Difference between Modern and Ancient Egypt - Mistakes of the ancients - Causes which ...
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... Nile , and that a large lake was excavated , to collect the superflu- ous waters . In short , it was during this period that the government of Egypt , the wisdom of its laws , and the learning of the priesthood , acquired that degree of ...
... Nile , and that a large lake was excavated , to collect the superflu- ous waters . In short , it was during this period that the government of Egypt , the wisdom of its laws , and the learning of the priesthood , acquired that degree of ...
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... Nile , was called Higher Egypt , the next was called Middle Egypt , and the last , near to the Mediterranean , was called Lower Egypt . Originally , during the hieratic government , the whole of this great country had but one capital ...
... Nile , was called Higher Egypt , the next was called Middle Egypt , and the last , near to the Mediterranean , was called Lower Egypt . Originally , during the hieratic government , the whole of this great country had but one capital ...
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... Nile . D'An- ville and Denon state its circumference to have been 36 miles ; its diameter not less than ten and a half . The number of its inhabitants was in pro- portion to these vast dimensions . Diodorus says , that the houses were ...
... Nile . D'An- ville and Denon state its circumference to have been 36 miles ; its diameter not less than ten and a half . The number of its inhabitants was in pro- portion to these vast dimensions . Diodorus says , that the houses were ...
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... Nile divided into two very unequal portions . To improve the strength and salubrity of this charming spot , Menes caused a new canal to be dug , into which he forced the waters of the Nile ; and in the old bed of the river he laid the ...
... Nile divided into two very unequal portions . To improve the strength and salubrity of this charming spot , Menes caused a new canal to be dug , into which he forced the waters of the Nile ; and in the old bed of the river he laid the ...
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Abydos Akerblad alphabet Ammon amongst ancient antiquity arbitrary marks ascertain belonging Belzoni bird called Cambyses Champollion Chinese chronology considered contained Coptic Coptic language curious decyphering deities demotic Diodorus discovery dynasty Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptians emblem employed enchorial endeavoured engraved Ethiopia exhibited existing express fact father figure glyphics goddess gods Greeks half circle Hebrew Herodotus hiero hierogly hieroglyphical characters historian Hyk-shos idea inscription instance invention Isis Karnac king language learned Lecture legend letter magnificent Manetho mankind means mentioned ments mode of writing monuments nations nature Nile obelisks object observed original Osiris oval Pharaohs phonetic Phtha priesthood priests prince pschent Ptolemy racters Ramesses raohs reign representation represented Roman Rosetta stone ruins sacred seems Septuagint serpent shew Shishak signify signs Smé sort sovereigns spelling Strabo syllable symbolical Table temple Thebes thing tians tion tomb vowels whole word
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Page 238 - I have no pleasure in them;" while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Page 472 - And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation ? that ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 106 - So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 221 - Behold the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 106 - And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Page 222 - Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
Page 226 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Page 171 - And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On . And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
Page 460 - Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Page 24 - The most sublime ideas that can be, formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins; for such is the difference not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as...