...lie says, — " it appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, \rere all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Nothing, we think, can be more animating than the following description of one of the temples of this...

...they had a sight of the ruins of Thebes, and landed at Luxor. " It appeared to me," says Belzoni, " like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur. The extensive propylcon, with the two obelisks,...

...was at a loss to conjecture how they could be brought thither. Of the ruins of Thebes he says, — " it appeared to me like entering a city of giants,...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Nothing, we think, can be more animating than the following description of one of the temples of this...

...short distune? from ' the hundred-gated city.' His approach to those stupendous remains seemed to be ' like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...temples as the only proofs of their former existence. But the colossal bust which he had undertaken to remore, occupied all his solicitudes. When he first...

...impossible to imagine the scene displayed ; it seemed to me like entering a city of giants, who had been all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various...temples as the only proofs of their former existence. As I entered these ruins, my first thought was to examine the colossal bust I had to take away ; I...

...Denon saw at a distance. " The most sublime ideas that can be formed from the most magnificent specimen of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect...leaving the ruins of their various temples as the proof of their existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one bf the most splendid...

...appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving ruins of their various temples, as the only proofs of their former existence." The remainder of the monuments of Egypt, from this point down to the mouths of the Nile, have been described...

...and admiration of every traveller who has beheld it. " It is absolutely impossible," says Belzoni, " to imagine the scene displayed, without seeing it....leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proof of their existence," After a brief examination of these mighty ruins, he crossed to the western...

...astonished spectator like the creations of some superior power, "fit appeared to me," says Belzoni, "like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Denon's description of the first view of Thebes by the French army, which he accompanied in the expedition...

...astonished spectator like the creations of some superior power. " fit appeared to me," says Belzoni, "like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Denon's description of the first view of Thebes by the French army, which he accompanied in the expedition...