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Identifier: cu31924091762140 (find matches)
Title: History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient
Publisher: London : Grolier Society
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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ghost of its former self; the Persian governors hadneglected the city, and its princesses and their ministerswere so impoverished that they were unable to keep upits temples and palaces. Herodotus scarcely mentions it,and we can hardly wonder at it: he had visited the stillflourishing Memphis, where the temples were cared forand were filled with worshippers. What had Thebes toshow him in the way of marvels which he had not alreadyseen, and that, too, in a better state of preservation ? HisTheban ciceroni also told him the same stories that hehad heard in Lower Egypt, and he states that theirinformation agreed in the main with that which he hadreceived at Memphis and Heliopolis, which made it un-necessary to repeat it at length. Two or three thingsonly appeared to him worthy of mention. His admirationwas first roused by the 360 statues of the high priestsof Amon which had already excited the wonder of hisrival Hecatseus; he noted that all these personages were. Landing Place at Assouan
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