- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Editor's Introduction
- A Note on the Text and Illustrations
-
Introduction.
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Chapter I. The Harbours and City of Alexandria.1 -
Chapter II. The Environs of Alexandria. -
Chapter III. Voyage from Alexandria to the Nile. -
Chapter IV. Physical Sketch of Egypt. -
Chapter V. Resheeʼd, or Rosetta. -
Chapter VI. Voyage up the Branch of Resheeʼd. -
Chapter VII. The Eastern Branch of the Nile, and the adjacent districts, &c. -
Chapter VIII. Historical Illustrations of the Topography of Musr (or Cairo) and its Environs.1 -
Chapter IX. Booʼlaʼck. -
Chapter X. Description of Musr (or Cairo).† -
Chapter XI. The Citadel of Musr, or Cairo. -
Chapter XII. The Environs of Musr, or Cairo.1 -
Chapter XIII. The Moosʼlim Dynasties in Egypt. -
Chapter XIV. History of Mohhamʼmad ʼAlʼee, and of the remarkable events which have taken place in Egypt since its evacuation by the French, in the year 1801.1 -
Chapter XV. The Pyramids of El-Geeʼzeh.1 -
Chapter XVI. The Pyramids of Abʼoo Seer, Sackʼckaʼrah, and Dahʼshooʼr, and the site, remains, &c., of the City of Memphis. -
Chapter XVII. Ordinary circumstances of the Voyage up the Nile.† -
Chapter XVIII. From Musr to Benʼee Sooweyʼf.1 -
Chapter XIX. El-Feiyooʼm. -
Chapter XX. From Benʼee Sooweyʼf to El-Minʼyeh. -
Chapter XXI. El-Minʼyeh, Benʼee Hhasʼan, and Antinoë. -
Chapter XXII. Hermopolis Magna, &c., to Asyoo't. -
Chapter XXIII. Asyoo't, &c., to Girʼga. -
Chapter XXIV. Girʼga, Abydos, &c.—Denʼdarʼa. -
Chapter XXV. Ckinʼë, Ckooft, Ckoo's, &c., to Thebes. -
Chapter XXVI. Thebes.1 -
Chapter XXVII. Armen't, &c.—Isʼna.1 -
Chapter XXVIII. Eilethyia—Adʼfoo. -
Chapter XXIX. Gebʼel es-Silʼsilʼeh—Koʼm Oomʼboo, &c., to Aswaʼn. -
Chapter XXX. Elephantine, Aswaʼn, the Cataracts, &c. -
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Chapter XXXI. Philæ, and its environs. -
Chapter XXXII. The Nubians. -
Chapter XXXIII. Deboʼd, and Ckurdaʼseh, &c. -
Chapter XXXIV. Taʼfeh and Ckalaʼbʼsheh. -
Chapter XXXV. Dendooʼr, Gurʼf Hhoseyʼn, Dekʼkeh, &c. -
Chapter XXXVI. Waʼdee es-Soobooʼă, Hhassaʼyeh, and Ed-Dirʼr. -
Chapter XXXVII. Ibreeʼm, &c.—to Abʼoo Simʼbil. -
Chapter XXXVIII. Abʼoo Simʼbil, or Absemʼbel. -
Chapter XXXIX. From Abʼoo Simʼbil to Waʼdee Hhalʼfa. - Supplement. On the Ancient Egyptians.
- Illustrations
- Bibliography
The Pyramids of Abʼoo Seer, Sackʼckaʼrah, and Dahʼshooʼr, and the site, remains, &c., of the City of Memphis.
The Pyramids of Abʼoo Seer, Sackʼckaʼrah, and Dahʼshooʼr, and the site, remains, &c., of the City of Memphis.
- Chapter:
- (p.199) Chapter XVI. The Pyramids of Abʼoo Seer, Sackʼckaʼrah, and Dahʼshooʼr, and the site, remains, &c., of the City of Memphis.
- Source:
- Description of Egypt
- Author(s):
Jason Thompson
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This chapter describes the author's journey from the pyramids of El-Gee'zeh to a tomb between Ab'oo Seer and Sack'cka'rah. It gives an overview of the pyramids of Ab'oo Seer and Sack'cka'rah. It describes the principal pyramids of Saek'eka'rah, other smaller pyramids and catacombs around them. Nearly halfway between the pyramids of Sack'cka'rah and those of Ab'oo Seer are the extensive Catacombs of Birds. In the side of the elevated rocky tract upon which the principal pyramid of Sack'cka'rah and others are situated, facing the plain of Memphis, are several large grottoes near the southern Pyramids of Sack'cka'rah. This chapter gives a brief account of these pyramids. Furthermore, it describes the Pyramids of Dah'shoo'r, which are four in number: two constructed of stone; and two of crude brick. The remains of the city of Memphis are so inconsiderable, that even the site of this famed metropolis of Egypt has been a subject of dispute.
Keywords: El-Gee'zeh, Ab'oo Seer, Sack'cka'rah, catacombs, Memphis
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Editor's Introduction
- A Note on the Text and Illustrations
-
Introduction.
† -
Chapter I. The Harbours and City of Alexandria.1 -
Chapter II. The Environs of Alexandria. -
Chapter III. Voyage from Alexandria to the Nile. -
Chapter IV. Physical Sketch of Egypt. -
Chapter V. Resheeʼd, or Rosetta. -
Chapter VI. Voyage up the Branch of Resheeʼd. -
Chapter VII. The Eastern Branch of the Nile, and the adjacent districts, &c. -
Chapter VIII. Historical Illustrations of the Topography of Musr (or Cairo) and its Environs.1 -
Chapter IX. Booʼlaʼck. -
Chapter X. Description of Musr (or Cairo).† -
Chapter XI. The Citadel of Musr, or Cairo. -
Chapter XII. The Environs of Musr, or Cairo.1 -
Chapter XIII. The Moosʼlim Dynasties in Egypt. -
Chapter XIV. History of Mohhamʼmad ʼAlʼee, and of the remarkable events which have taken place in Egypt since its evacuation by the French, in the year 1801.1 -
Chapter XV. The Pyramids of El-Geeʼzeh.1 -
Chapter XVI. The Pyramids of Abʼoo Seer, Sackʼckaʼrah, and Dahʼshooʼr, and the site, remains, &c., of the City of Memphis. -
Chapter XVII. Ordinary circumstances of the Voyage up the Nile.† -
Chapter XVIII. From Musr to Benʼee Sooweyʼf.1 -
Chapter XIX. El-Feiyooʼm. -
Chapter XX. From Benʼee Sooweyʼf to El-Minʼyeh. -
Chapter XXI. El-Minʼyeh, Benʼee Hhasʼan, and Antinoë. -
Chapter XXII. Hermopolis Magna, &c., to Asyoo't. -
Chapter XXIII. Asyoo't, &c., to Girʼga. -
Chapter XXIV. Girʼga, Abydos, &c.—Denʼdarʼa. -
Chapter XXV. Ckinʼë, Ckooft, Ckoo's, &c., to Thebes. -
Chapter XXVI. Thebes.1 -
Chapter XXVII. Armen't, &c.—Isʼna.1 -
Chapter XXVIII. Eilethyia—Adʼfoo. -
Chapter XXIX. Gebʼel es-Silʼsilʼeh—Koʼm Oomʼboo, &c., to Aswaʼn. -
Chapter XXX. Elephantine, Aswaʼn, the Cataracts, &c. -
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Chapter XXXI. Philæ, and its environs. -
Chapter XXXII. The Nubians. -
Chapter XXXIII. Deboʼd, and Ckurdaʼseh, &c. -
Chapter XXXIV. Taʼfeh and Ckalaʼbʼsheh. -
Chapter XXXV. Dendooʼr, Gurʼf Hhoseyʼn, Dekʼkeh, &c. -
Chapter XXXVI. Waʼdee es-Soobooʼă, Hhassaʼyeh, and Ed-Dirʼr. -
Chapter XXXVII. Ibreeʼm, &c.—to Abʼoo Simʼbil. -
Chapter XXXVIII. Abʼoo Simʼbil, or Absemʼbel. -
Chapter XXXIX. From Abʼoo Simʼbil to Waʼdee Hhalʼfa. - Supplement. On the Ancient Egyptians.
- Illustrations
- Bibliography