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As for Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , then, I credit those who say it, and myself very much believe it to be the case; for I have seen that Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt projects into the sea beyond the neighboring land, and shells are exposed to view on the mountains, and things are coated with salt, so that even the pyramids show it, and the only sandy mountain in Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt is that which is above Mit Rahina [31.25,29.85] (inhabited place), Giza, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Memphis ;
As for Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , then, I credit those who say it, and myself very much believe it to be the case; for I have seen that Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt projects into the sea beyond the neighboring land, and shells are exposed to view on the mountains, and things are coated with salt, so that even the pyramids show it, and the only sandy mountain in Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt is that which is above Mit Rahina [31.25,29.85] (inhabited place), Giza, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Memphis ;
[2] besides,
Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa
Egypt
is like neither the neighboring land of
Arabian Peninsula [45,25] (region (general)), Asia
Arabia
nor
Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa
Libya
, not even like
Syria [38,35] (nation), Asia
Syria
(for
Syrians inhabit the seaboard of
Arabian Peninsula [45,25] (region (general)), Asia
Arabia
); it is a land of black and crumbling earth, as if it were alluvial deposit carried down the river from
Aethiopia;
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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