Mariette, Auguste; Dickerman, Lysander [Hrsg.]: The monuments of Upper Egypt (Boston, 1890)

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MONUMENTS OF UPPEK EGYPT.

INTRODUCTION.

Before embarking on the Nile the visitor
should have mastered certain data which will
afford a kind of preparation for the journey he
is about to undertake. We will endeavor to
supply, in as concise a form as possible, some of
the requisite knowledge. We shall first treat of
the sources from whence Egyptology, generally
speaking, springs; we shall then refer succes-
sively to History, Chronology, and Religion, and
after noticing Language and Writing, we will
conclude by presenting together, in one chap-
ter, under the head of Generalities, a few notes
which could not well find a suitable place else-
where.

I. - SOURCES.

All the monuments we are going to meet
with belong to that civilization which formerly

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