The Ancient Egyptians throwing a Virgin into the Nile
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| Title: | The Ancient Egyptians throwing a Virgin into the Nile |
| Author: | Unknown author |
| Summary: | "The ancient Egyptians were accustomed to appease the god of the Nile and induce him to bestow a bountiful inundation by throwing as a sacrifice into its sacred water a beautiful virgin." |
| Citable link to this page: | http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21497 |
| Date: | 1884 |
| Original Source | Loring, W.W. "A Confederate Soldier in Egypt". Dodd, Mead & Company: New York, 1884. p. 140a. |
| Subject | Nile River; Sacrifices (Egyptian) |
| About This Resource: | Forms part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) |
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The Ancient Egyptians throwing a Virgin into the Nile
(1884).
From Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA). http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21497
For more on properly formatting citations, see Citing TIMEA Resources.
From Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA). http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21497
For more on properly formatting citations, see Citing TIMEA Resources.
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TIMEA Visual Materials [1769]
This collection contains book illustrations, postcards, stereocards, photographs, and ephemera related to travel in the Middle East, primarily Egypt.
