Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History ; Derived from a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors, Volume 3

Murray, 1847

CHAPTER VIII	1

Some killed for their Skins The Ostrich its Eggs	20

Certain reputed Emeralds supposed to be Glass Winkel	25

The Kebsh or Wild Sheep Porcupine Bear unknown	26

Various Kinds of Sandals	32

This could not be used for cutting the Stone itself Bronze	39

A Cat accompanied them and was trained to catch	40

Mode of catching Ducks in Ponds Birds chiefly caught	44

Sign to indicate Silence not by the Finger to the Mouth	190

369	195

Rudders how acting Oars Man at the Head of	198

Bronze Statues when first cast The Process not repre	209

Origin of Navigation Ships of Burden originally	210

Sailed round Africa Foundation of Alexandria and Inter	214

Goguets Opinion respecting the burning of the Golden	221

Gilding Gold Leaf at first thick Some thick Leaf con	234

in the Nile	60

Extract from El Makrisi relative to	68

Skill in compounding Metals	71

Use of its Hide Corbag Whips used in former Times	72

Dogs not favoured by the modern Egyptians Cats well	76

The Crocodile timid Its Mode of Attack	78

Use of Glass for Windows not suited to a hot Climate	91

Difficulty in distinguishing false from real Stones Many	97

5	138

359	144

360	159

364	170

Boxes of various Forms Veneered and painted	178

366	179

Large Colossus on a Sledge at ElBersheh	180

Principle of the large Egyptian Scales No Steelyard	240

Representation of Iron in the Tombs of Thebes Some	246

Stone Knives found	256

No Change in Character after the Roman Conquest merely	267

King pass	270

Changes in Style at different Epochs but not of Charac	276

The Attack of a Fleet on a Lake or	296

Return and Triumph of the King Sculptures outside	298

Origin of the Doric Column	310

Brick Pyramids with vaulted Chambers Question respect	317

Sculpturing and polishing large Colossi surrounded	337

Their Costume not well defined	343

Short Hair at the Side of the Face Earrings	370

Bracelet of Thothmes III Rich Necklaces	380

Pins and Needles	383

Title	Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History ; Derived from a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors, Volume 3 Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History ; Derived from a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors, John Gardner Wilkinson
Author	John Gardner Wilkinson
Edition	3
Publisher	Murray, 1847

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