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In this position there had existed, probably from the very beginnings of
Egypt, a provincial city of some repute, called by its inhabitants Apé or Apiu,
and, with the feminine article prefixed, Tapé, or Tapiu, which some interpret
"The city of thrones".
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It is difficult for a European, or an American, who has not visited Egypt, to
realize the conception of a Great Pyramid. The pyramidal form has gone entirely
out of use as an architectural type of monumental perfection; nay, even as an
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Read more... [Difficult to realize the conception of a great pyramid]
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HERODOTUS was born at Halicarnassus, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, in
the early part of the fifth century, B. C. Of his life we know almost nothing,
except that he spent much of it traveling, to collect the material for his
writings, and that he finally settled down at Thurii, in southern Italy, where
his great work was composed. He died in 424 B. C. |
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Read more... [An Introduction About Herodotus]
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