cover image: Notes for the Nile : together with a metrical rendering of the hymns of ancient Egypt and of the precepts of Ptah-hotep (the oldest book in the world)

Notes for the Nile : together with a metrical rendering of the hymns of ancient Egypt and of the precepts of Ptah-hotep (the oldest book in the world)

1892

Introduction - precepts for travellers. -- I. On tombs. -- II. With Flinders Petrie at the Mêdêm pyramid. -- III. How I saw the great Pharaoh in the flesh: a reminiscence of the Bûlâk museum. -- IV. Seti I., the father of Pharaoh the Great: an historical sketch. -- V. First impressions of Thebes. -- IV. Hymns of ancient Egypt. -- VII. The precepts of Ptah-hotep; being a metrical rendering of the oldest book in the world. Rare Annex copy 1: Gift of Theodore Stanton.
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Authors

Rawnsley, H. D. (Hardwicke Drummond), 1851-1920

Format
Language material Electronic resource
Pages
xv, 324 p. ; 16 cm.
Place Discussed
Egypt
Provider
HathiTrust
Published in
Egypt
Reference
LC call number: DT61 .R2 1892; sdr-coo3292475; (OCoLC)2840916; Hathi: 012446807
Rights
Public domain only when viewed in the US. Learn more at http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/eb62e331a7b3b31cac081556652209ba