The Chronology and Geography of Ancient Egypt: Illustrated by Plates of the Kings' Names and Maps of the CountryE. Moxon, 1849 - 21 pages |
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Alexander ALEXANDRIA Amasis Amosis Amun Amunmai Thor Amunothph ANCIENT EGYPT Antoninus approved ARABIA Arsinoë Artaxerxes Autocrator beloved BERENICE BONOMI LITH Bubastis built Burton Cæsar called canal CANOPIC capital CATARACT characters CHEBRA Chronology Cleopatra coast compared Coptos Darius daughter Delta desert Diodorus DOCKS Dynasty east Egypt ETHIOPIA fixed Gate gives Greek Herodotus Hophra immortal Isis ISLAND Isle king of kings Labaris lake Libyan LITTLE Manetho MEDITERRANEAN Memnonium Memphis miles mouth Necho Nectanebo Nile Nitocris nome OASIS Oimenepthah once Osiri Osirtesen perhaps Persian PHILOMETOR Place PLATE PORT predecessors Psammetichus Pthah Ptolemy PTOLEMY EUERGETES PTOLEMY PHILOPATOR pyramid queen M. H. Rameses reigned river ROAD rows S.SHARPE Salt says Scemiophra SEBEKRA SHARPE Shishank SOTER sovereigns spelt statue successors SYEN Tablet of Abydos TABLET OF KARNAK temple Theban kings third Thothmosis Thothmosis III translated widow wife Wilkinson's Thebes wwwww
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