A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians, Volume 2John Murray, 1871 - Egypt |
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18th dynasty Acacia according adopted Alnwick Castle ancient Egyptians appearance Arab arch Beni Hassan blue boats body bottles bronze cattle centre cloth colour confined crop cubits custom Diodorus Doora dynasty early Eileithyias employed evidently feet figures found at Thebes frequently glass granite Greece Greeks Hassan Heptanomis Herodotus hieroglyphics imitation inches introduced inundation invention iron kind king land leather length linen lower Lower Egypt manufacture mentioned metal mode modern Egyptians monuments mummy Museum Nile Nilometers ordinary ornaments Osiris oxen paintings papyrus period Pharaoh piece plant Plin Pliny plough present day priests probably produce Ptolemy purpose Pyramids quantity quarries Remeses represented ring Romans rope round sails says scribe sculptures seed side sometimes Sown stone Strabo supposed talents weight temple Thebaďd Thebes thongs Thothmes threads tion trees upper Upper Egypt various vases weight wheat wood Woodcut wooden
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