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Page 161
It would have been a splendid sight to see these great effigies erect and in their
proper place at either side of the pylon . Nevertheless it is true that in their
present location , prone on the earth under the shelter of the palms , they have a
charm ...
It would have been a splendid sight to see these great effigies erect and in their
proper place at either side of the pylon . Nevertheless it is true that in their
present location , prone on the earth under the shelter of the palms , they have a
charm ...
Page 219
... to the uses of the Egyptian Aphrodite — for such I like to believe Hathor to have
been . Already we have had a glimpse of her distant pylon in the ruddy evening
glow - tapering towers seen dimly across fertile meadows ON TO DENDERA 219.
... to the uses of the Egyptian Aphrodite — for such I like to believe Hathor to have
been . Already we have had a glimpse of her distant pylon in the ruddy evening
glow - tapering towers seen dimly across fertile meadows ON TO DENDERA 219.
Page 223
On the whole , it seems to me the temple gains by their absence , as the open
approach from the great entrance pylon permits an unobstructed view of the
façade . Like all the marvelously preserved old shrines in the upper valley , this
one ...
On the whole , it seems to me the temple gains by their absence , as the open
approach from the great entrance pylon permits an unobstructed view of the
façade . Like all the marvelously preserved old shrines in the upper valley , this
one ...
Page 227
... the throng of worshipers streaming to and fro , the royal priest advancing in
procession with all the attendant trappings , and the banners of state flapping
from the six tall staves that once were set before the massive pylon - must it not
have ...
... the throng of worshipers streaming to and fro , the royal priest advancing in
procession with all the attendant trappings , and the banners of state flapping
from the six tall staves that once were set before the massive pylon - must it not
have ...
Page 237
Before us loomed the huge frontal pylon , two massive sloping towers inclosing a
lower gateway , bare and tawny and as grim as a fortress . It was the first of five
great pylons like unto it , ranged at wide successive intervals within , itself the ...
Before us loomed the huge frontal pylon , two massive sloping towers inclosing a
lower gateway , bare and tawny and as grim as a fortress . It was the first of five
great pylons like unto it , ranged at wide successive intervals within , itself the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Egyptian Days |
| Author | Philip Sanford Marden |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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