The Golden Horn: And Sketches in Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, and the Hauraan, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1851 |
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... , and are ornamented with beautiful and elabo- rate sculpture . The candelabra are massive , and of gigantic size , forming one of the principal orna- ments of the mosque . CHAPTER III . VIEW FROM PERA ---- ALARMS OF FIRE.
... , and are ornamented with beautiful and elabo- rate sculpture . The candelabra are massive , and of gigantic size , forming one of the principal orna- ments of the mosque . CHAPTER III . VIEW FROM PERA ---- ALARMS OF FIRE.
Page 127
... sculptures and images of Egyptian divinities . The walls are in a fair state of preservation ; and on them are represented , in relief , offerings of wine , fruit , and corn , to the god Kneph , a deity always represented with the head ...
... sculptures and images of Egyptian divinities . The walls are in a fair state of preservation ; and on them are represented , in relief , offerings of wine , fruit , and corn , to the god Kneph , a deity always represented with the head ...
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... sculpture , and four at the east end , covered with Egyptian hieroglyphics . The sculpture on the walls is surprisingly perfect , but it bespeaks the decline of the art in the time of the Cæsars : the figures are less skilfully executed ...
... sculpture , and four at the east end , covered with Egyptian hieroglyphics . The sculpture on the walls is surprisingly perfect , but it bespeaks the decline of the art in the time of the Cæsars : the figures are less skilfully executed ...
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... sculpture of the time of Remeses the Great , in the eighteenth dynasty . His ovals and those of his queen prevail throughout . The temple is dedicated to Kneph , the ram - headed god , to Amunré , the hawk - headed deity , and to Aneuké ...
... sculpture of the time of Remeses the Great , in the eighteenth dynasty . His ovals and those of his queen prevail throughout . The temple is dedicated to Kneph , the ram - headed god , to Amunré , the hawk - headed deity , and to Aneuké ...
Page 150
... sculpture and with statues , — gigantic monuments of art extending through a long series of chambers hewn in the solid rock . In front of the greater temple are four colossal statues , the lower parts of which are buried in the sand ...
... sculpture and with statues , — gigantic monuments of art extending through a long series of chambers hewn in the solid rock . In front of the greater temple are four colossal statues , the lower parts of which are buried in the sand ...
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The Golden Horn: And Sketches in Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, and the Hauraan ... Charles James Monk No preview available - 2015 |
The Golden Horn: And Sketches in Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, and the Hauraan Charles James Monk No preview available - 2015 |
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