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A thousand miles up the Nile

A thousand miles up the Nile

by Amelia B. Edwards

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Author
Edwards, Amelia B., 1831-1892
Original Publication
United States: A.L.Burt, 1888.
Credits
Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject
Egypt -- History -- 19th century
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70565
Release Date
April 16, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A THOUSAND MILES UP THE NILE.
  2. 2.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  3. 3.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. CAIRO AND THE GREAT PYRAMID.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. CAIRO AND THE MECCA PILGRIMAGE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. CAIRO TO BEDRESHAYN.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. SAKKARAH AND MEMPHIS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. BEDRESHAYN TO MINIEH.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. MINIEH TO SIUT.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. SIUT TO DENDERAH.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THEBES AND KARNAK.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. THEBES TO ASSUAN.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. ASSUAN AND ELEPHANTINE.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. THE CATARACT AND THE DESERT.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. PHILÆ.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. PHILÆ TO KOROSKO.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. KOROSKO TO ABOU SIMBEL.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. RAMESES THE GREAT.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. ABOU SIMBEL.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE SECOND CATARACT.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. DISCOVERIES AT ABOU SIMBEL. — WEST WALL. [130] — SOUTH WALL. — TRANSLATION. [136] — NORTH WALL. — EAST WALL.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. BACK THROUGH NUBIA.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. SILSILIS AND EDFU.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. THEBES.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. ABYDUS AND CAIRO.
  28. 28.APPENDIX I. A. M’CALLUM, ESQ., TO THE EDITOR OF “THE TIMES.” [270]
  29. 29.APPENDIX II. THE EGYPTIAN PANTHEON.
  30. 30.APPENDIX III. THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF OF THE EGYPTIANS.
  31. 31.APPENDIX IV. EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY.
  32. 32.APPENDIX V. CONTEMPORARY CHRONOLOGY OF EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA, AND BABYLON.
  33. 33.BURT’S LIBRARY OF THE World’s Best Books .

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