Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Art, Manufactures, Religions, and Early History; Derived from a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existng, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors. Illustrated by Drawings of Those Subjects, Volume 1J. Murray, 1837 - Agriculture |
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... obtaining possession of Egypt , and that , too , at a period when the Pharaohs were in the zenith of their power . Nor is the assertion of the prophet Nahum , that Ethiopia and Egypt were the * Plin . vi . 35 . strength of Nó , less ...
... obtaining possession of Egypt , and that , too , at a period when the Pharaohs were in the zenith of their power . Nor is the assertion of the prophet Nahum , that Ethiopia and Egypt were the * Plin . vi . 35 . strength of Nó , less ...
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... obtained from the Bible , and from the monuments that re- main , both of which bespeak a people already far advanced in the arts and customs of civilised life . And though we must remain ignorant of their origin , and of the form of ...
... obtained from the Bible , and from the monuments that re- main , both of which bespeak a people already far advanced in the arts and customs of civilised life . And though we must remain ignorant of their origin , and of the form of ...
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... obtained possession of Libyia long before this epoch , since he speaks of the Libyans revolting from the first king of the third dynasty . Vide infrà , p . 26 . upper country . What may have happened before his accession с 3 CHAP . I ...
... obtained possession of Libyia long before this epoch , since he speaks of the Libyans revolting from the first king of the third dynasty . Vide infrà , p . 26 . upper country . What may have happened before his accession с 3 CHAP . I ...
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... obtained yrs . 20 years , and Egypt 2 possession of Egypt , and reigned 6 2. Arses 3. Darius 32. Arses , son of Ochus 43. Darius , conquered 4 Total by Alexander 9 Total 6 16 ( The whole number of years in the third book of Manetho is ...
... obtained yrs . 20 years , and Egypt 2 possession of Egypt , and reigned 6 2. Arses 3. Darius 32. Arses , son of Ochus 43. Darius , conquered 4 Total by Alexander 9 Total 6 16 ( The whole number of years in the third book of Manetho is ...
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... obtained the title of Pastor or Shepherd Kings . I have already shown there is authority for believing this event to ... obtain posses- sion of Egypt at so remote an era , history fur- nishes us with no authority for supposing any other ...
... obtained the title of Pastor or Shepherd Kings . I have already shown there is authority for believing this event to ... obtain posses- sion of Egypt at so remote an era , history fur- nishes us with no authority for supposing any other ...
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18th Dynasty According to Eusebius Ægyptus alludes Amasis Amosis Amunoph ancient authors appears Apries Arabs army Ascended the Throne Assyria Beni Hassan Bocchoris brother buildings built called canal captives chariots Cheops civilisation conquests cubits Darius deity Delta descent Diodorus Diospolite Kings Duration of Reign Egyp Egypt and Thebes Egyptian Egyptian monarch Eratosthenes erected Ethiopia Eusebius event Exod Exodus Greeks Hebrew Heliopolis Herod Herodotus hieroglyphics historian invaded Jews Joseph Karnak land Lower Egypt Manetho Medeenet Haboo Memnonium Memphis Menes mentioned monarch monuments Moris Name from ancient nations Neco Nepherites Nile Nitocris nome obelisks omitted Osirei period Persian Pharaoh Philoteras Plin Pliny predecessors priests prince probably Psamaticus Pthah Ptolemy pyramids queen reign of Osirtasen remarkable Remeses river Sabaco Saïte says sculptures Sesostris Sethos Shepherds stone Strabo succeeded successor Suphis suppose Tanites temple Thebaid Theban Thebes Thothmes tomb Total town Upper Vide my Egypt walls
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Page 77 - And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Page 77 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : the land of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Page 55 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Page 163 - Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Page 166 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land : for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Page 178 - And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Page 175 - Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: and I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation ; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
Page 173 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 163 - His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Page 49 - 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.