ban'daged, _bound with strips of cloth_.
dy'nas ties, _governments; families of kings_.
ex plored', _searched; examined_.
pop'u lat ed, _peopled; filled with people_.
gen era' tions, _succession of families or peoples_.
e rect'ed, _raised; built_.
cal'cu lat ed, _estimated_.
flour'ished, _prospered; thrived_.
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EGYPT AND ITS RUINS.
PART I.
Egypt embraces that part of Africa occupied by the valley of the River
Nile. For many centuries, it was a thickly populated country, and at one
time possessed great influence and wealth, and had reached an advanced
state of civilization.
The history of Egypt extends through a period of about six thousand
years. During this time great cities were built which flourished for
hundreds of years.
Owing to wars and changes of government many of these cities were
destroyed, and nothing of them now remains but massive and extensive
ruins.
Pyramids were built, obelisks erected, canals projected, and many other
vast enterprises were carried out.
Remains of these are to be seen to-day, some in ruins, some fairly
preserved, and, altogether, they give present generations an idea of the
wealth and power of the different dynasties under which they were built.
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