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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... priests who were to cultivate each of them - A further account of the scientific produc- tions of the Egyptians - Authorities of the classic writers -Libraries - Of Osymandias - Alexandria - An account of them - General observations 297 ...
... priests who were to cultivate each of them - A further account of the scientific produc- tions of the Egyptians - Authorities of the classic writers -Libraries - Of Osymandias - Alexandria - An account of them - General observations 297 ...
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... , therefore , the curiosity of mankind has been always very in- tense . They were supposed to be the characters in which the priests expressed , or rather concealed their knowledge ; and it was even thought that , 2 LECTURE I.
... , therefore , the curiosity of mankind has been always very in- tense . They were supposed to be the characters in which the priests expressed , or rather concealed their knowledge ; and it was even thought that , 2 LECTURE I.
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... priests had themselves lost the art of understanding them . In looking at the charac- ters , some of them had the appearance of some- thing like letters ; some were the pictures of birds or beasts ; some of the human figure : nothing ...
... priests had themselves lost the art of understanding them . In looking at the charac- ters , some of them had the appearance of some- thing like letters ; some were the pictures of birds or beasts ; some of the human figure : nothing ...
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... priests themselves , as the Sanscrit of India was once supposed to be ? How endless were these fields of inquiry ! Many writers offered their reasonings and conjectures on the subject , and from this moment the study of Egyptian ...
... priests themselves , as the Sanscrit of India was once supposed to be ? How endless were these fields of inquiry ! Many writers offered their reasonings and conjectures on the subject , and from this moment the study of Egyptian ...
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... priests 4000 years before its Founder . Others , with equal truth , imagined that the hieroglyphics on the Pam- philian obelisk were intended to preserve the me- mory of the victory which the believers in the Trinity and the Word ...
... priests 4000 years before its Founder . Others , with equal truth , imagined that the hieroglyphics on the Pam- philian obelisk were intended to preserve the me- mory of the victory which the believers in the Trinity and the Word ...
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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...