A popular account of the ancient Egyptians. Revised and abridged from [Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians]. |
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... frequently represent a person of consequence in- specting the tillage of the field , either seated in a chariot , walking , or leaning on his staff , accompanied by a favourite dog . * Their mode of irrigation was the same in the field ...
... frequently represent a person of consequence in- specting the tillage of the field , either seated in a chariot , walking , or leaning on his staff , accompanied by a favourite dog . * Their mode of irrigation was the same in the field ...
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... frequently represent canals con- veying the water of the inundation into the fields ; and the pro- prietor of the estate is seen , as described by Virgil , plying in a light painted skiff or papyrus punt , and superintending the ...
... frequently represent canals con- veying the water of the inundation into the fields ; and the pro- prietor of the estate is seen , as described by Virgil , plying in a light painted skiff or papyrus punt , and superintending the ...
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... frequently seen the villages of the Delta standing , as Herodotus describes them , like islands in the Ægean Sea , with the same scenes of rescuing the cattle from the water . Guards were placed to watch the dykes , which protected the ...
... frequently seen the villages of the Delta standing , as Herodotus describes them , like islands in the Ægean Sea , with the same scenes of rescuing the cattle from the water . Guards were placed to watch the dykes , which protected the ...
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... frequently dis- pense with the hoe ; contenting themselves , also , with the same slight furrows as their predecessors , which do not exceed the depth of a few inches , measuring from the lowest part to the summit of the ridge . It is ...
... frequently dis- pense with the hoe ; contenting themselves , also , with the same slight furrows as their predecessors , which do not exceed the depth of a few inches , measuring from the lowest part to the summit of the ridge . It is ...
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... frequently drew the bier , or the sacred shrine , by a rope fastened to the upper part of the horns , without either yoke or pole . From a passage in Deuteronomy , " Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together , " it might be ...
... frequently drew the bier , or the sacred shrine , by a rope fastened to the upper part of the horns , without either yoke or pole . From a passage in Deuteronomy , " Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together , " it might be ...
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18th dynasty acacia according adopted Alnwick Castle ancient Egyptians animals appearance Arab arch bastinado Beni Hassan blue boats body bricks bronze cattle centre cloth colour confined cubits custom Diodorus dynasty early Eileithyias employed evidently figures fish found at Thebes frequently glass gold and silver granite Greece Greeks Hassan Heptanomis Herodotus hieroglyphics imitation inches introduced inundation invention iron Jews kind king known labour land leather length linen Lower Egypt manufacture mentioned metal mode modern Egyptians monuments mummy Museum Nile Nilometers ordinary ornaments Osiris paintings papyrus period persons Pharaoh Philoteras piece plant Plin Pliny plough present day priests probably Ptolemy punishment purpose Pyramids quantity quarries Remeses represented ring Romans rope round sails says scribe sculptures seed side sometimes Sown stone Strabo supposed talents weight temple Thebaïd Thebes Thothmes threads tion upper various vases weight wood Woodcut wooden
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