Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... THEBES • XIV . ESNEH , EDFÛ , AND KOM OMBO . XV . PHILÆ • XVI . ABYDOS : TELL EL AMARNA . INDEX • • 3 17 30 • 67 • 92 • 119 • 136 155 · . 181 201 • . 215 · 231 251 278 • 289 • 305 · • 325 ILLUSTRATIONS WAITING FOR THE LOCK ...
... THEBES • XIV . ESNEH , EDFÛ , AND KOM OMBO . XV . PHILÆ • XVI . ABYDOS : TELL EL AMARNA . INDEX • • 3 17 30 • 67 • 92 • 119 • 136 155 · . 181 201 • . 215 · 231 251 278 • 289 • 305 · • 325 ILLUSTRATIONS WAITING FOR THE LOCK ...
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... THEBES . · TERRACED TEMPLE OF HATASU , FROM ABOVE THE RAMESSEUM , THEBES . COLOSSI OF " MEMNON " • BACKSHEESH BOYS AT ESNEH FAÇADE OF TEMPLE AT EDFÛ STONE FALCON AT PORTAL , EDFÛ TEMPLE AT KOM OMBO • SCULPTURED RELIEF , KOM OMBO TEMPLE ...
... THEBES . · TERRACED TEMPLE OF HATASU , FROM ABOVE THE RAMESSEUM , THEBES . COLOSSI OF " MEMNON " • BACKSHEESH BOYS AT ESNEH FAÇADE OF TEMPLE AT EDFÛ STONE FALCON AT PORTAL , EDFÛ TEMPLE AT KOM OMBO • SCULPTURED RELIEF , KOM OMBO TEMPLE ...
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... Thebes , the most splendid epoch of older Egypt , under the Amenhôteps and their later successors , the Ramessids . This was the time when absolute secrecy had come to be even more essential than ever in order that the tomb be not ...
... Thebes , the most splendid epoch of older Egypt , under the Amenhôteps and their later successors , the Ramessids . This was the time when absolute secrecy had come to be even more essential than ever in order that the tomb be not ...
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... Theban triad , the most important trio of gods at the most stirring epoch of Egyptian his- tory , consisted of Ammon , the supreme sun - god ; Mut , the fostering mother ; and Khonsu , the time- measuring moon . Add to these three ...
... Theban triad , the most important trio of gods at the most stirring epoch of Egyptian his- tory , consisted of Ammon , the supreme sun - god ; Mut , the fostering mother ; and Khonsu , the time- measuring moon . Add to these three ...
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... Theban triad . And she divides with Horus the honor of possessing at this day the finest temples surviving in the upper valley of the Nile . The gods of the dead cannot be dismissed in any briefer measure . Indeed , they are likely to ...
... Theban triad . And she divides with Horus the honor of possessing at this day the finest temples surviving in the upper valley of the Nile . The gods of the dead cannot be dismissed in any briefer measure . Indeed , they are likely to ...
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Abydos Amenhotep Amenhotep III Ammon Ammon-Ra ancient appears Arabs Assiut Assuan backsheesh bank bazaars Beni Hassan body building Cairo camel carved cemetery chapel Cheops Citadel cliffs colossi columns Copts court dead decoration delightful Dendera desert donkey doubtless dragoman Dynasty Edfû Egypt Egyptian erected Esneh eternal face feet feluccas Ghizeh gods Greek Hassan Hatasu Hathor Horus huge hypostyle hall impressive Isis Karnak Khephrên king KOM OMBO land later lofty Luxor magnificent massive mastaba mastaba tomb Memphis midst miles modern Mohammed monarchs monument mortuary mosque Mouski mummy native Nile once Osiris passed Pharaoh Philæ Professor Ptolemaic pylon pyramids Rameses Rameses II Ramesseum Raschid ride river rock ruin sacred Sakkâra sands seems seen Seti shrine side sort sowaheen Sphinx spot steamer stone street Taiyah tarbush temple Thebes thing Thutmosis Thutmosis III tion to-day towers valley visitor walls worship