Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 98
vast obehsks and colossal statues and blocks of the Egyp-tian temples were taken. There were three places on the Sinus Arabicus, whichshould be mentioned ; Berenice, in the southern extremity of Egypt; Arsinoe (nowSuez), at the head of the Sinus Heroopolites, the western arm of the Red Sea;… … y \ P.I. AFRICA. .ETHIOPIA. 55 In the vast deserts on the western or Lybian side of Egypt were the cultivated andinhabited spots called Oasis Magna, and Oasis Parva, the Great and the Little Oasis.The latter was in the division termed Heptanomis, south of lake Mceris. The GreatOasis is in the part…
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