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Book Title: Discoveries in Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula of Sinai, in the Years, 1842-45, During the Mission Sent Out by His Majesty Fredrick William IV. of Prussia The author of the book: Carl Richard Lepsius Language: English Format files: PDF The size of the: 888 KB City - Country: No data Edition: General Books Date of issue: February 8th 2012 ISBN: 1150042931 ISBN 13: 9781150042935 Loaded: 2497 times Reader ratings: 4.2

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Excerpt: ... 155 LETTER XVIII. On The Blue River, Province Op Sennar. 13 North Latitude, March 2, 1844. To-day we reach the southernmost boundary of our African journey. To-morrow we go northward and homeward again. We shall come as far as the neighbourhood of Sero, the frontier between the provinces of Senn&r and Fasoql. Our time will not admit of more stay. I have travelled from Chartum hither with Abeken only. We gave up the desert journey to Mandera, the rather as the eastern regions are now unsafe by reason of the war in Taka. I now employ the time in learning the nature of the river, and the neighbouring country some days' journey beyond Sennar. The journey is worth the trouble, for the character of the whole laud decidedly changes in soil, vegetation, and animals, on passing Abu Haras, between Chartum and Sennar, at the embouchure of the Rahad. It was necessary for me to gain as much personal knowledge of the whole Nile valley, as far up as possible, since, the nature of this country, so limited in its width, has more influence than anything else upon the progress of its history. On the White River one cannot journey for more than a few days to the frontier of Mohammed Ali's conquests, without peculiar preparations and precautions. There are found the Shilluk on the western shore, and on the eastern, the Dinka, both native negro people, who are never the best friends with the northern folk. The Blue River is accessible to a much higher extent, and was, and is now, historically, of more consequence than the White, as it is the channel of communication between the north and Abyssinia. I should like to have proceeded into the province of Fasoql, the last under Egyptian dominion; but that will not tally with our reckoning; so we shall put a period to our southern jou...

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Karl or Carl Richard Lepsius was Prussian Egyptologist, linguist and pioneer of modern archaeology.

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