The Egyptian Sûdân: Its History and Monuments, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott, 1907 - Sudan |
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Abth Abû Amen Amen-hetep ancient appeared Arabs arrived Aswân Atbara Berber boat British Museum brought building built Cailliaud Cairo camels Captain caravans carried cartouches Cataract chamber chapel clear Dâr Denkmäler Dervishes desert dhurra Dongola east Egypt Egyptian excavations feet Ferlini figures Gebel Barkal gods gold Halfa hill Horus Hoskins inscribed inscription Inspector Island of Meroë journey Kerma Kharțûm king Kumma land large numbers layers Lepsius Lord Merawi Meroë Meroïtic miles monument Nagaa Napata natives night Nile Nubia Nûri officers Old Dongola ornamented Osiris Pâshâ passed pillars portion priests pylon pyramids queen railway Rameses Rameses II reign reliefs remains river rock ruins Sâî sand sculptured seen Semna Sennaar Seti shêkh side Sirdar soldiers stands steamer stele stones stood Sûdân temple Thebes Thothmes tomb travellers tribes Usertsen village visited Wâdî WADI HALFA wall whilst XVIIIth Dynasty
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Page 202 - Praise be to God the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the King of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, not of those who go astray.
Page 203 - ... several prayers were read. These pebbles were destined to be strewed over the tomb of the deceased in the manner which I had often observed upon tombs freshly made. Upon my inquiries concerning this custom, which I confessed to have never before seen practised in any Mohammedan country, the Faky answered, that it was a mere meritorious action, that there was no absolute necessity for it, but that it was thought that the soul of the deceased, when hereafter visiting the tomb, might be glad to...
Page 28 - Oriental dress : he attended lectures on chemistry, astronomy, mineralogy, medicine and surgery, and in the intervals of his studies he exercised himself by long journeys on foot, bareheaded, in the heat of the sun, sleeping upon the ground, and living upon vegetables and water.
Page 354 - Never were my feelings more ardently excited than in approaching, after so tedious a journey, to this magnificent necropolis. The appearance of the pyramids in the distance announced their importance; but I was gratified beyond my most sanguine expectations when I found myself in the midst of them. The pyramids of...
Page 274 - After clearing away a considerable amount of sand and earth, we found a number of mastabas, or rectangular benches, about three feet high, built of mud, and they so much resembled in form the tombs of ecclesiastical officials which I had seen in the churches of monasteries in Mesopotamia that for me it was impossible not to regard them as tombs. We dug through two of them and found bodies at a depth of about two feet below the surface of the ground, and the supposition was thus proved to be correct....
Page 457 - ... knowledge, that, about four thousand years ago, Egypt guarded the third cataract of the Nile, to prevent the influx of negroes. An inscription on the rocks near that place has been read. It is as follows :— "Frontier of the South. Done in the VIII., under KingSesonrtesen (III.), ever living; in order that it may not be permitted to any Negro to pass by it in navigating."* A wise monarch was King Sesourtesen;—pity that those who came after him had not profited by his example.
Page 13 - I know what sort of people you are. I have consulted my cup, and found in it that you are from a people of whom one of our prophets has said — ' There will come Franks under every kind of pretence to spy out the land.
Page 54 - I infinitely prefer those of Meroe. I expected to find few such remains here, and certainly nothing so imposing, so interesting, as these sepulchres, doubtless of the Kings and Queens of Ethiopia. I stood for some time lost in admiration. From every point of view I saw magnificent groups, pyramid rising behind pyramid, while the dilapidated state of many did not render them less interesting, though less beautiful as works of art. I easily restored them in my imagination ; and these effects of the...
Page 203 - Koran in loud songs, in the manner customary in the east, in which I joined them. This was continued for about half an hour, until dinner was brought in, which was very plentiful, as a cow had been killed upon the occasion. After a hearty meal, we recommenced our reading. One of the Shikhs produced a basket full of white pebbles, over which several prayers were read.
Page 33 - ... perhaps none are so capable of, estimating his character, as surely none can more sincerely lament his fate, than those who can bear testimony to the truth of his information ; who have trod the country that he has so well described, and gleaned the fields where he has reaped so ample an harvest.