The Elements of Hieroglyphics and Egyptian Antiquities: In a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution, London, and the University of CambridgeC.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1845 - 493 Seiten |
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... inscription was written first in hieroglyphics , and afterwards in some lan- guage that was known . It was then possible that the corresponding parts of the two inscriptions might be compared together , and the general mean- ing , at ...
... inscription was written first in hieroglyphics , and afterwards in some lan- guage that was known . It was then possible that the corresponding parts of the two inscriptions might be compared together , and the general mean- ing , at ...
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... inscription was not made up of symbols , it must have a reference to some language , and unless that language was known , nothing more could , even then , be made out , but that such par- ticular characters had such a particular meaning ...
... inscription was not made up of symbols , it must have a reference to some language , and unless that language was known , nothing more could , even then , be made out , but that such par- ticular characters had such a particular meaning ...
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... inscriptions , mummies , and monuments of all sorts , which are found in several museums , and particularly in the ... inscription in three several languages , or rather three different sets of characters ; one in D 2 INTRODUCTORY . 35.
... inscriptions , mummies , and monuments of all sorts , which are found in several museums , and particularly in the ... inscription in three several languages , or rather three different sets of characters ; one in D 2 INTRODUCTORY . 35.
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... inscription on the obe- lisk which had been carried to Rome , seems very doubtful ; but even if we wish to admit the reality of this story , as this reward was never claimed , - and we know of no work , or even attempt made to decypher ...
... inscription on the obe- lisk which had been carried to Rome , seems very doubtful ; but even if we wish to admit the reality of this story , as this reward was never claimed , - and we know of no work , or even attempt made to decypher ...
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... inscription , -we must conclude that the knowledge of the Romans about the nature and import of hieroglyphics was small indeed . This ignorance and misconception of the an- cients must be considered as one of the causes which have ...
... inscription , -we must conclude that the knowledge of the Romans about the nature and import of hieroglyphics was small indeed . This ignorance and misconception of the an- cients must be considered as one of the causes which have ...
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Abydos Akerblad alphabet Ammon amongst ancient antiquity arbitrary marks ascertain belonging Belzoni bird called Cambyses Champollion Chinese chronology considered contained Coptic Coptic language curious decyphering deities demotic Diodorus discovery dynasty Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptians emblem employed enchorial endeavoured engraved Ethiopia exhibited existing express fact father figure glyphics goddess gods Greeks half circle Hebrew Herodotus hiero hierogly historian Hyk-shos idea inscription instance invention Isis Karnac king language learned Lecture legend letter magnificent Manetho mankind means mentioned ments mode of writing monuments nations nature Nile obelisks object observed original Osiris Osorchon oval Pharaohs phonetic Phtha priesthood priests prince pschent Ptolemy racters Ramesses raohs reign representation represented Roman Rosetta stone ruins sacred seems Septuagint serpent shew Shishak signify signs Smé sort sovereigns spelling Strabo syllable symbolical Table temple Thebes thing tians tion tomb vowels whole word
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Seite 238 - I have no pleasure in them;" while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Seite 472 - 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 106 - 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 221 - 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 106 - And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Seite 222 - Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 5 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 226 - 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 171 - And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On . And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
Seite 460 - 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 24 - 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...