The recent archaic discovery of ancient Egyptian mummies at Thebes : a lecture delivered to the members of the Young Men's Christian Association, at Margate, February 15th, 1883 / by Sir Erasmus Wilson.

  • Wilson, Erasmus, Sir, 1809-1884.
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1883
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Credit: The recent archaic discovery of ancient Egyptian mummies at Thebes : a lecture delivered to the members of the Young Men's Christian Association, at Margate, February 15th, 1883 / by Sir Erasmus Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    African desert of Sahara; beyond the eastern range is the Red Sea and the Peninsula of Sinai where stands Mount Horeb, from which Moses addressed his followers, the Israelites; and nearer the Mediterranean Sea the wide- spread desert of the wandering, where the children of Israel wandered hither and thither during forty years. To the south of the first cataract the country, in ancient times, was called the land of Kush. More recently it was named Nubia, a word derived from the Egyptian Nub, which signifies gold, and has reference to the gold mines of that territory. The people of this south country, from the first cataract to central Africa, are characterised by the blackness of their skin; and their country, in con- sequence of the colour of the inhabitants, received from the Greeks the name of Ethiopia. The Egyptians them- selves resembled at that time as they do at the present day, the people of Europe. In their pictures they colour their skin of a deep red for the men. and a yellow tint for the females. In Ethiopia we find the Nile formed by the union of two great streams, the principal of the two coming from the lakes of central Africa, and named from the clearness of its waters, the White Nile ; the other descending from the mountains of Abyssinia loaded with organic matter and dark in its colour, is the Blue Nile. At the point of meeting of these two great streams is the large town of Khartoom, once the chief emporium of the slave trade, and below Khartoom, the river, after making an immense loop to the west, pursues its journey northward to the first