The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 309 pages |
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... inhabitants , that they cannot all be accidental , but point either to a common origin or a common in- fluence . For example , in both countries we have the wooden pillows for head rests , the same game is played with a series of holes ...
... inhabitants , that they cannot all be accidental , but point either to a common origin or a common in- fluence . For example , in both countries we have the wooden pillows for head rests , the same game is played with a series of holes ...
Page 74
... inhabitants had prepared a feast for our men , during the con- sumption of which we had to wait . The principal dish placed before them was a wall of stiff por- ridge , made of the red teff seed , into the inside of which was poured ...
... inhabitants had prepared a feast for our men , during the con- sumption of which we had to wait . The principal dish placed before them was a wall of stiff por- ridge , made of the red teff seed , into the inside of which was poured ...
Page 77
... inhabitants , that the white graves are those of good men who have died a natural death , and the black graves are those of evil - doers and those who died. BLACK AND WHITE TOMBS OF BOGOS BLACK AND WHITE TOMBS OF BOGOS FITAURARI ...
... inhabitants , that the white graves are those of good men who have died a natural death , and the black graves are those of evil - doers and those who died. BLACK AND WHITE TOMBS OF BOGOS BLACK AND WHITE TOMBS OF BOGOS FITAURARI ...
Page 78
... inhabitants who were buried thus assembled to sacrifice goats , & c . , at certain periods , and weep over the grave , and that at each of these times they added more stones to the pile . Of course , concerning this it is impos- sible ...
... inhabitants who were buried thus assembled to sacrifice goats , & c . , at certain periods , and weep over the grave , and that at each of these times they added more stones to the pile . Of course , concerning this it is impos- sible ...
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... inhabitants of Bogos . A great number of the Abyssinians are Roman Catholics here , and dwell in the village around the mission house . The valley of Keren is exceedingly fertile , quite the garden of the Italian colony ; they water ...
... inhabitants of Bogos . A great number of the Abyssinians are Roman Catholics here , and dwell in the village around the mission house . The valley of Keren is exceedingly fertile , quite the garden of the Italian colony ; they water ...
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