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With whatever relish Hadrian and his party may have looked forward to their trip , it may be doubted if the anxious liturgists and the toiling peasantry of the Nile valley , already over - burdened with taxes and obligations to the ...
With whatever relish Hadrian and his party may have looked forward to their trip , it may be doubted if the anxious liturgists and the toiling peasantry of the Nile valley , already over - burdened with taxes and obligations to the ...
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Weber has proposed 22 October , the day of the Nile festival , with the body remaining in the water three days and nights before its recovery - like that of Osiris . Bonneau suggests 28 October . We can only be sure that it was in the ...
Weber has proposed 22 October , the day of the Nile festival , with the body remaining in the water three days and nights before its recovery - like that of Osiris . Bonneau suggests 28 October . We can only be sure that it was in the ...
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How easy it was for even the strongest young swimmer to die in the treacherous currents of the Nile has been illustrated in the account of the death of Hector , the young favourite of Alexander the Great . The Nile incessantly claimed ...
How easy it was for even the strongest young swimmer to die in the treacherous currents of the Nile has been illustrated in the account of the death of Hector , the young favourite of Alexander the Great . The Nile incessantly claimed ...
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Scandal of the centuries | 1 |
Antinous the young Greek c 11023 | 15 |
Hadrian the Roman Emperor 76123 | 33 |
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