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Excerpt from The Antiquities of Egypt: With a Particular Notice of Those That Illustrate the Sacred Scriptures The northern portion was called Lower Egypt and here once stood the other great capital °of the whole empire, Memphis. But the three great pyramids of Ghizeh, the colossal sphynx in their neighbourhood, and the tombs hewn in the rocky platform on which they are erected, are the only remains of its former greatness: The hand of the spoiler has pressed heavily upon it, and the site of ancient Memphis is now covered with a forest of date palms. The vicinity of Egypt, however, to the land of Canaan, from which it is only separated by the portion of Arabia Petraea which extends to the shores of the Mediterranean, is the circumstance in its geographical position which renders its history and antiquities so peculiarly interesting and important. The Greek historians often allude to the relations, literary, political and commercial, that had at all times existed between the two countries, and their consequent interchange of manners and customs. But we know the fact upon far better authority. The Scrip tures of truth inform us that the oriental name of Egypt, D'fi'm. Mizraim, is also that of the third son of Ham, by Whose descendants it was first peopled, as well as the neighbouring countries. They also inform us that it was Canaan, the first born of Ham, who gave his name to the country which was afterwards colonized by his family, Gen. X. 6. 13. 20. This affinity would itself tend to pro mote close intercourse between the two neighbouring nations, Egypt and Canaan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The northern portion was called Lower Egypt and here once stood the other great capital °of the whole empire, Memphis. But the three great pyramids of Ghizeh, the colossal sphynx in their neighbourhood, and the tombs hewn in the rocky platform on which they are erected, are the only remains of its former greatness: The hand of the spoiler has pressed heavily upon it, and the site of ancient Memphis is now covered with a forest of date palms. The vicinity of Egypt, however, to the land of Canaan, from which it is only separated by the portion of Arabia Petraea which extends to the shores of the Mediterranean, is the circumstance in its geographical position which renders its history and antiquities so peculiarly interesting and important. The Greek historians often allude to the relations, literary, political and commercial, that had at all times existed between the two countries, and their consequent interchange of manners and customs. But we know the fact upon far better authority. The Scrip tures of truth inform us that the oriental name of Egypt, D'fi'm. Mizraim, is also that of the third son of Ham, by Whose descendants it was first peopled, as well as the neighbouring countries. They also inform us that it was Canaan, the first born of Ham, who gave his name to the country which was afterwards colonized by his family, Gen. X. 6. 13. 20. This affinity would itself tend to pro mote close intercourse between the two neighbouring nations, Egypt and Canaan.
Excerpt from The Antiquities of Egypt: With a Particular Notice of Those That Illustrate the Sacred Scriptures Egypt is situated in the centre of the ancient world. It lies between Asia and Africa, which has led to some ambiguity in the writings of modem geographers, by whom it is sometimes called an Asiatic, and sometimes an African country. It is separated from Europe by the Mediterranean, a sea of no great extent, and easy of navigation; so that it was well adapted by its position to communicate to other nations the civilization for which it was celebrated at a very early period, and which was always supposed to have originated there. This country was formerly divided into three great provinces. Upper Egypt, or the Thebaid, was the southern portion of the valley of the Nile, in which was situated one of the great capitals of the whole empire, Thebes. Several modem towns and villages, Luxor, Karnac, Gournou, etc., now occupy the site of this once vast city; and the stupendous remains of ancient buildings which are found in the neighbourhood of them all, still bear ample testimony to the former magnificence of Thebes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.