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With the help of a number of Arabs , M. Belzoni has been enabled to transport the Colossal head of the statue , known by the name of the bust or head of young Memnon ; why it is so called is not known . The inhabitants of Loumah are a ...
With the help of a number of Arabs , M. Belzoni has been enabled to transport the Colossal head of the statue , known by the name of the bust or head of young Memnon ; why it is so called is not known . The inhabitants of Loumah are a ...
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His companion , having raised his head , said , ' Holloa ! my dear friend , it is a bear ! ' and immediately rising , ran away . The bear bit the unfortunate man in several parts of the head , and having quite mangled it , sucked the ...
His companion , having raised his head , said , ' Holloa ! my dear friend , it is a bear ! ' and immediately rising , ran away . The bear bit the unfortunate man in several parts of the head , and having quite mangled it , sucked the ...
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favour from the first moment we saw him ; he wore on his head a species of coronet , formed , like most other of the royal ornaments , of silver . Both parties were so well pleased at meeting , that we soon lost sight of forms ...
favour from the first moment we saw him ; he wore on his head a species of coronet , formed , like most other of the royal ornaments , of silver . Both parties were so well pleased at meeting , that we soon lost sight of forms ...
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