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... lies as a fertile land between two deserts . The Valley of Egypt commences at Assouan and the Island of Elephantine , at the spot known as the first cataract . At this point two chains of mountains stretch them- selves from south I.
... lies as a fertile land between two deserts . The Valley of Egypt commences at Assouan and the Island of Elephantine , at the spot known as the first cataract . At this point two chains of mountains stretch them- selves from south I.
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... known as the Delta , from its resemblance in form to the figure of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet . The mouths of the Nile are connected with one another by many canals which intersect the Delta , and there are several lakes ...
... known as the Delta , from its resemblance in form to the figure of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet . The mouths of the Nile are connected with one another by many canals which intersect the Delta , and there are several lakes ...
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... known by the name of the Khamseen . It is described as like the blast of a furnace , dry and of intense heat . A worse kind of wind , though not so frequent , is the simoom . This blows from the south - east . The atmosphere , while it ...
... known by the name of the Khamseen . It is described as like the blast of a furnace , dry and of intense heat . A worse kind of wind , though not so frequent , is the simoom . This blows from the south - east . The atmosphere , while it ...
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... known as the mirage often occurs - the deceptive appearance of water in the midst of the sandy plain . The oases are four in number , the largest being that of El Kargeh . It is situated seven days ' journey from Thebes , and is formed ...
... known as the mirage often occurs - the deceptive appearance of water in the midst of the sandy plain . The oases are four in number , the largest being that of El Kargeh . It is situated seven days ' journey from Thebes , and is formed ...
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... known among the Arabs by the name of Pharaoh's Packing -needles , and one of them which is standing , with the other prostrate beside it , is known generally as Cleopatra's Needle . The English have several times contemplated removing ...
... known among the Arabs by the name of Pharaoh's Packing -needles , and one of them which is standing , with the other prostrate beside it , is known generally as Cleopatra's Needle . The English have several times contemplated removing ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
according Alexandria alphabet amongst Ancient Egypt ancient Egyptian animals antiquity appearance Assyria bearing Beni Hassan Bible body Cairo cataract Champollion Christian deities desert Divine dynasty Egyp Egyptian history Egyptian language erected feet figure glyphics gods gold Greek head Hebrew Heliopolis Herodotus hiero hieroglyphics honour hundred idolatry inhabitants inscription inundation Israelites Jehovah Jews Joseph Karnac kind king of Egypt kingdom Kneph land of Egypt language latter Lower Egypt Luxor Manetho Memphis ments mighty miles mode modern monarch monu Moses mummies Museum nations Nile obelisk ornamented Osiris palace papyrus persons Pharaoh picture present priests princes Ptolemy Ptolemy Philadelphus pyramids Ramses reckoned records Red Sea reign rendered repre represented revelation river Roman Rosetta stone ruins sacred Scriptures sculptures shepherd Shishak side signs Solomon sound statue supposed symbols temple testimony Thebes Thothmes thou tian tion tombs trees truth Upper Egypt Valley worship writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 119 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Seite 170 - ... wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus...
Seite 186 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs...
Seite 80 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Seite 27 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Seite 78 - And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13 AND when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Seite 151 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Seite 123 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Seite 122 - ... backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, -without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful : who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Seite 24 - If they contain what is agreeable with the Book of God, in the Book of God is sufficient without them ; and If they contain what Is contrary to the Book of God, there is no need of them; so give orders for their destruction.