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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... period of drought are practi- cally the same ; and there are , too , so many striking points of similarity in the habits and customs of the inhabitants , that they cannot all be accidental , but point either to a common origin or a ...
... period of drought are practi- cally the same ; and there are , too , so many striking points of similarity in the habits and customs of the inhabitants , that they cannot all be accidental , but point either to a common origin or a ...
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... period . At Asmara there is only one corridor inside , whereas most of the round churches have two - one for the people , corresponding to the court of the Gentiles , an inner one for the priests , the court of the Levites , and the ...
... period . At Asmara there is only one corridor inside , whereas most of the round churches have two - one for the people , corresponding to the court of the Gentiles , an inner one for the priests , the court of the Levites , and the ...
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... period we irreverently strove to obtain photographs of the scene . The second portion of the service consisted of the dance of the priests . Dancing in the Abyssinian Church is traditionally supposed to have been de- rived from the fact ...
... period we irreverently strove to obtain photographs of the scene . The second portion of the service consisted of the dance of the priests . Dancing in the Abyssinian Church is traditionally supposed to have been de- rived from the fact ...
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... period . The frontier of Abyssinia is , and always has been , a movable one ; no definite line of demarcation can be laid down on any side . When Abyssinia has been strong , the Christian element has extended very far north ; when ...
... period . The frontier of Abyssinia is , and always has been , a movable one ; no definite line of demarcation can be laid down on any side . When Abyssinia has been strong , the Christian element has extended very far north ; when ...
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... 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 to say much , but it seems to me not unlikely that this form of sepulture may have ...
... 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 to say much , but it seems to me not unlikely that this form of sepulture may have ...
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