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... Egyptian Thyoth and Sanchoniathon of Berytus , form exclusively the basis.1 The most rigid perspicuity originally ... Egypt , and the Cabiri made memoirs of these transactions . " 2 Now , of these , and the like records of ante ...
... Egyptian Thyoth and Sanchoniathon of Berytus , form exclusively the basis.1 The most rigid perspicuity originally ... Egypt , and the Cabiri made memoirs of these transactions . " 2 Now , of these , and the like records of ante ...
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... Egyptian , and Grecian writers have been transmitted to us , yet the original works , and particularly those of the two former na- tions , have perished . Upon the history of Herodotus , little , if any , reliance can be placed . As ...
... Egyptian , and Grecian writers have been transmitted to us , yet the original works , and particularly those of the two former na- tions , have perished . Upon the history of Herodotus , little , if any , reliance can be placed . As ...
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... Egyptians , Chinese , and Assyrian dynasties . And , 1. Those of EGYPT are , first , The old Egyptian Chronographeon , which passed through the hands , first of Manetho and subsequently of Syncellus ; the latter of which was rather an ...
... Egyptians , Chinese , and Assyrian dynasties . And , 1. Those of EGYPT are , first , The old Egyptian Chronographeon , which passed through the hands , first of Manetho and subsequently of Syncellus ; the latter of which was rather an ...
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... Egyptian kings . " Hence , 3. The catalogue of Eratosthenes is now to be added to the above . This writer was a Cyrenian , and , having attained great eminence as a scholar at Athens , the seat of Grecian learning , he was invited into ...
... Egyptian kings . " Hence , 3. The catalogue of Eratosthenes is now to be added to the above . This writer was a Cyrenian , and , having attained great eminence as a scholar at Athens , the seat of Grecian learning , he was invited into ...
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... Egyptian kings . His first business was , to point out the defects of Manetho's work , which had originated after it so early a demand for one of greater accuracy . But , even in this work , though generally esteemed a vast improve ...
... Egyptian kings . His first business was , to point out the defects of Manetho's work , which had originated after it so early a demand for one of greater accuracy . But , even in this work , though generally esteemed a vast improve ...
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