A dictionary of the . not quite, dis-appeared. Of animals, the camel, horse,mule. ass. sheep, and goat are common,and the wolf. fox. jackal, hyena, weasel,jerboa, hare, gazelle, hippopotamus, andcrocodile were all found in considerablenumbers; but the last two are now foundonly in the upper Xile. Of birds, thevulture (Pharaohs hen^. eagle, falcon,hawk, kite, crow, lark, sparrow, hoopoea sacred bird), and the ostrich were themost common : and of reptiles, the co-bra, cerastes, and other species of ven-I omous snakes abounded, and are yet253 EGY EGY the dread of native and of
A dictionary of the . not quite, dis-appeared. Of animals, the camel, horse,mule. ass. sheep, and goat are common,and the wolf. fox. jackal, hyena, weasel,jerboa, hare, gazelle, hippopotamus, andcrocodile were all found in considerablenumbers; but the last two are now foundonly in the upper Xile. Of birds, thevulture (Pharaohs hen^. eagle, falcon,hawk, kite, crow, lark, sparrow, hoopoea sacred bird), and the ostrich were themost common : and of reptiles, the co-bra, cerastes, and other species of ven-I omous snakes abounded, and are yet253 EGY EGY the dread of native and of abound in the Nile and in LakeMenzaleh. Insects are well represented,the scorpion being among the most dan-gerous, -while swarms of flies, fleas, bee-tles (the scarabEeus being held sacred by the ancient Egyptians), and bugs ofvarious kinds attack man and beast,and occasionally swarms of locusts sweepover the land, reminding one of the plaguepreceding the Exodus, and of the descrip-tion of the invading army by the prophet. Joel. Ex. 10:12-15; Joel 2:1-11. Theprincipal minerals are granite, syenite,basalt, porphyry, limestone, alabaster,sandstone, and emeralds. The first fourwere formerly prized for the purposes ofarchitecture and sculpture. Language.—The sources of knowledge254 respecting ancient Egypt are chieflyfour: (1) the Pentateuch : (2) the writ-ings of Manetho, b. c. 300-250, whosework is lost, but fragments of whichhave come down to us through Jose-phus, Julius Africanus, and Eusebius;(3) the accounts of Greek travellers— EGY EGY Herodotus, b. c. 454, Diodorus Siculus,B. c. 58, and Strabo, B. c. 30 ; (4) themonumental inscriptions and papyrusrolls in the temples and tombs or aboutmummies. Copies of the inscriptionsand many of the papyrus rolls have beendiscovered during the present centuryand transferred to museums in London,Paris, Berlin, Leyden, Turin, and Bulak,and have been deciphered by Egyptolo-gists. The hieroglyphic signs on themonuments are partly ideo
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