A thousand miles up the Nile
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"A work of Amelia B. Edwards. Enjoy it! Known as the Godmother of Egyptology, Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards traveled through Egypt at a time when archeology was in its infancy in that country and literally anyone with a spade or trowel could go exploring through the magnificent, untouched ruins. She was one of a group of amazing Victorian women who ignored the repressive 19th century attitudes toward female scientists and defied society to follow their passion for history. A Thousand Miles up the Nile was first published in 1877. The title refers to the approximate distance from Alexandria to t...
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- A THOUSAND MILES UP THE NILE.
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER I. CAIRO AND THE GREAT PYRAMID.
- CHAPTER II. CAIRO AND THE MECCA PILGRIMAGE.
- CHAPTER III. CAIRO TO BEDRESHAYN.
- CHAPTER IV. SAKKARAH AND MEMPHIS.
- CHAPTER V. BEDRESHAYN TO MINIEH.
- CHAPTER VI. MINIEH TO SIUT.
- CHAPTER VII. SIUT TO DENDERAH.
- CHAPTER VIII. THEBES AND KARNAK.
- CHAPTER IX. THEBES TO ASSUAN.
- CHAPTER X. ASSUAN AND ELEPHANTINE.
- CHAPTER XI. THE CATARACT AND THE DESERT.
- CHAPTER XII. PHILÆ.
- CHAPTER XIII. PHILÆ TO KOROSKO.
- CHAPTER XIV. KOROSKO TO ABOU SIMBEL.
- CHAPTER XV. RAMESES THE GREAT.
- CHAPTER XVI. ABOU SIMBEL.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE SECOND CATARACT.
- CHAPTER XVIII. DISCOVERIES AT ABOU SIMBEL.
- WEST WALL.[130]
- SOUTH WALL.
- TRANSLATION.[136]
- NORTH WALL.
- EAST WALL.
- CHAPTER XIX. BACK THROUGH NUBIA.
- CHAPTER XX. SILSILIS AND EDFU.
- CHAPTER XXI. THEBES.
- CHAPTER XXII. ABYDUS AND CAIRO.
- APPENDIX I. A. M’CALLUM, ESQ., TO THE EDITOR OF “THE TIMES.”[270]
- APPENDIX II. THE EGYPTIAN PANTHEON.
- APPENDIX III. THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF OF THE EGYPTIANS.
- APPENDIX IV. EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY.
- APPENDIX V. CONTEMPORARY CHRONOLOGY OF EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA, AND BABYLON.
- BURT’S LIBRARY OF THE World’s Best Books.
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