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... Egyptian antiquities . In 1877 she published A Thousand Miles up the Nile , with illustra- tions by herself . Convinced that only by proper scientific investigations could the wholesale destruction of Egyptian antiquities be avoided ...
... Egyptian antiquities . In 1877 she published A Thousand Miles up the Nile , with illustra- tions by herself . Convinced that only by proper scientific investigations could the wholesale destruction of Egyptian antiquities be avoided ...
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... EGYPT Boundaries and Areas . - Egypt is bounded N. by the Mediter- ranean , S. by the Anglo - Egyptian Sudan , N.E. by Palestine , E. by the Red Sea , W. by Tripoli and the Sahara . The western frontier is ill - defined . The boundary ...
... EGYPT Boundaries and Areas . - Egypt is bounded N. by the Mediter- ranean , S. by the Anglo - Egyptian Sudan , N.E. by Palestine , E. by the Red Sea , W. by Tripoli and the Sahara . The western frontier is ill - defined . The boundary ...
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... Egypt , so the geology of the country is intimately related to it . The north and south direction of the river has been largely determined by faults , though the geologists of the Egyptian Survey are finding that the influence of ...
... Egypt , so the geology of the country is intimately related to it . The north and south direction of the river has been largely determined by faults , though the geologists of the Egyptian Survey are finding that the influence of ...
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... Egypt on their way to or from warmer or colder regions . Birds of prey are very numerous , including several varieties of eagles - the osprey , the spotted , the golden and the imperial . Of vultures the black and white Egyptian variety ...
... Egypt on their way to or from warmer or colder regions . Birds of prey are very numerous , including several varieties of eagles - the osprey , the spotted , the golden and the imperial . Of vultures the black and white Egyptian variety ...
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... Egyptian railway terminates . Korosko , 118 m . by river above Assuan , is a small place notable as the northern terminus of the caravan route from the Sudan across the Nubian desert . Since the building of the railway - which starts 96 ...
... Egyptian railway terminates . Korosko , 118 m . by river above Assuan , is a small place notable as the northern terminus of the caravan route from the Sudan across the Nubian desert . Since the building of the railway - which starts 96 ...
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acid action al-din Alexandria alternating current amirs ancient angles army Author became body British Cairo caliph called canal centre century charge chemical church circuit conductor connexion copper Coptic death density desert dielectric direction disk distance dynamo Edwards eggs Egyptian electric current electric force electrified electrodes electrolyte electromagnetic electromotive force electroscope elements England English equation Greek important induction insulated ions iron J. J. Thomson Khartum khedive king Kingdom land later Leyden jar London Lord Lord Kelvin Mahommed Malik Mamelukes measure Mehemet Mehemet Ali metal monuments native Nile Osman Digna Pasha period plane plate position potential pressure produced quantity railway reign result Roman solution strain stress Suakin Sudan sultan supply surface Syria temple theory tion tombs town traction troops unit Upper Egypt Wadi Halfa wire XIIth Dynasty
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