The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos
Excerpt: ... he describes was not the true Moeris of Egyptian geography; it was the Fayyûm itself buried beneath the flood. The total height of the colossi from the ground, according to Professor Petrie, was about sixty feet. Between this and the 304 feet assigned to them by the Greek traveller there is indeed a wide difference. But Herodotos could not have seen them close at hand, and the measurement he gives must have been a mere guess. It warns us, however, not to put overmuch faith in his statements, even when they are the results of personal observation. He was but a tourist, not a man of science, and he cared more for the tales pg 190 o…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4588-7875-5
- EAN: 9781458878755
- Produktnummer: 5292430
- Verlag: Books LLC, Reference Series
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.9 cm x D0.4 cm 304 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 304
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