Valley of the Nile ...Nelson, 1867 - 224 pages |
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19th dynasty ABOU-SIMBEL adytum Amenoph Amun ancient antiquity Arab Assouan Athor bank beautiful built Cæsar Cailliaud Cataract chamber Champollion Christian colossal statues columns creed dedicated deity desert Dongola dynasty Eastern Egyptian Egyptian hieroglyphics embellished emblem erected Ethiopian excavated façade feet 6 inches feet broad feet high feet long figures glory gods granite Greek hall Harriet Martineau Heeren Heliopolis Herodotus hewn hieroglyphics inscriptions Isis Julius Cæsar Karnak king Kneph land Libyan Lower Egypt magnificent Manetho memorials Memphis Meroë miles modern monuments mysterious Nile Nubia Oasis obelisks Old Dongola Osiris painted palace palm Philæ pillars portico priests pronaos propyla propylon Ptolemy Pyramids queen race Rameses Rameses II reign remains remarkable represent river rock Roman ruins sacred sanctuary sand says Miss Martineau sculptured shrine side Siwah sphinxes stands stone superb Syene symbols temple Thebes Thothmes tombs traveller valley Wady Halfa walls Warburton waters Wilkinson worship