Lectures on the Elements of Hieroglyphics and Egyptian AntiquitiesC. J. G. & F. Rivington, 1829 - 493 Seiten |
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... attention to the discoveries recently made in decyphering and methodizing the sacred writings of ancient Egypt , induced by the lively interest which this subject has excited in almost every part of the civilized world . I now venture ...
... attention to the discoveries recently made in decyphering and methodizing the sacred writings of ancient Egypt , induced by the lively interest which this subject has excited in almost every part of the civilized world . I now venture ...
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... occasionally offer to the scholar and to the antiquary materials suffi- ciently interesting to engage their attention . CAMBRIDGE , June 1st , 1829 . CONTENTS . LECTURE I. INTRODUCTORY . Necessity of prior explanations PREFACE . xiii.
... occasionally offer to the scholar and to the antiquary materials suffi- ciently interesting to engage their attention . CAMBRIDGE , June 1st , 1829 . CONTENTS . LECTURE I. INTRODUCTORY . Necessity of prior explanations PREFACE . xiii.
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... attention . I seemed alone in the midst of all that is most sacred in the world ; a forest of enormous columns , adorned all round with beautiful figures and various ornaments from top to bottom . The graceful shape of the lotus , which ...
... attention . I seemed alone in the midst of all that is most sacred in the world ; a forest of enormous columns , adorned all round with beautiful figures and various ornaments from top to bottom . The graceful shape of the lotus , which ...
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... attention of scholars , and consequently the first that furnished any precise notions concerning the system adopted by the Egyptians in writing ; be- cause the hieroglyphics presented greater difficul- ties , and the Greek was ...
... attention of scholars , and consequently the first that furnished any precise notions concerning the system adopted by the Egyptians in writing ; be- cause the hieroglyphics presented greater difficul- ties , and the Greek was ...
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... attention and practice ; because , after some trouble , the division of the several words and phrases plainly indicated the direction in which they were to be read . Thus it was obvious that the intermediate parts of each inscription ...
... attention and practice ; because , after some trouble , the division of the several words and phrases plainly indicated the direction in which they were to be read . Thus it was obvious that the intermediate parts of each inscription ...
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Abraham according adopted Akerblad alphabet Amenophis Ammon amongst ancient antiquity arbitrary marks ascertain assertion belonging Belzoni called celebrated Champollion characters Chinese chronology considered Coptic Coptic language curious decyphering deities Diodorus discovery dynasty Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptians eighteenth dynasty employed endeavoured engraved Ethiopia evident exhibited existing Exodus express fact father figure glyphics goddess gods Greeks half circle Hebrew Hebrew text Herodotus hiero hieroglyphics historian Hyk-shos inscription invention Isis Israelites Jews Joseph Kohath language learned Lecture legend letters Mandou-ei Manetho mankind means mentioned mode of writing monarch monuments Moses nations Nile Nimrod obelisks object observed origin Osiris oval period Pharaoh phonetic Phtha priesthood priests prince Ptolemy racters Ramesses reign represented Rosetta stone sacred says seems Septuagint Sethosis shews signify signs Smé sort sovereigns Strabo suppose symbolical Table temples Thebes thing tian tion ture whole word
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Seite 427 - 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.
Seite 443 - And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation ? that ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Seite 104 - So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Seite 197 - Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
Seite 197 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Seite 432 - Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Seite 26 - The most sublime ideas that can be, formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins; for such is the difference not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as...
Seite 431 - Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
Seite 431 - An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever...
Seite 197 - And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand : all these were mighty men of valour. And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.