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A thousand miles up the Nile

Note 43 — Chapter VIII · THEBES AND KARNAK.

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i. e. Per Amen, or Pa-Amen; one of the ancient names of Thebes, which was the city especially dedicated to Amen. Also Apt, or Abot, or Apetou, by some ascribed to an Indo-Germanic root signifying abode. Another name for Thebes, and probably the one most in use, was Uas.

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