Maspero
Americannoun
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It would seem, therefore, that Professor Maspero is right in holding that Osiris was primarily the god of Busiris in the Delta.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Much the same occurred if, as M. Maspero points out, in Egypt the animals were worshipped first, and then later the gods supposed to be present in the animals.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
Professor Maspero says that an oven for baking bread was to be found in the courtyard of every house in Chaldaea; close by were kept the grinding stones.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
But the best proof of its artificial nature is to be found in a fact first pointed out by Professor Maspero.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Maspero objects that Egypt in the time of Menephta was still too powerful for the Israelites to carry out their exodus.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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