Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 85
... relates all sorts of wonderful things about it which the critical will hardly accept for truth . It is impossible to believe- so say the wise - that the upper portions of the structure , despite their obvious age , date back.of the ...
... relates all sorts of wonderful things about it which the critical will hardly accept for truth . It is impossible to believe- so say the wise - that the upper portions of the structure , despite their obvious age , date back.of the ...
Page 92
... , and the temples . Each species is so intimately connected with the religion of the ancient peoples and their ideas of the attributes of their gods that what is said of these things relates almost equally to both tomb THE OLD RELIGION.
... , and the temples . Each species is so intimately connected with the religion of the ancient peoples and their ideas of the attributes of their gods that what is said of these things relates almost equally to both tomb THE OLD RELIGION.
Page 93
... relates to the actual daily life of princes or people . Most of the current knowledge of that life has been derived from the paintings and reliefs on the walls of the tombs , thanks to the loving care that was lavished on their ...
... relates to the actual daily life of princes or people . Most of the current knowledge of that life has been derived from the paintings and reliefs on the walls of the tombs , thanks to the loving care that was lavished on their ...
Page 118
... the gods , apart from the sun - deity , the most important appear to have been those whose functions relate to judgments to be passed beyond the grave . THE AAAAAA CHAPTER VI . THE HISTORY OF EGYPT HE 118 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... the gods , apart from the sun - deity , the most important appear to have been those whose functions relate to judgments to be passed beyond the grave . THE AAAAAA CHAPTER VI . THE HISTORY OF EGYPT HE 118 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 148
... have no other work , owing to the flooding of their fields , and would be free to labor on the royal tomb . Herodotus relates that at such seasons 100,000 men were employed and that the work on the actual pyra- 148 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... have no other work , owing to the flooding of their fields , and would be free to labor on the royal tomb . Herodotus relates that at such seasons 100,000 men were employed and that the work on the actual pyra- 148 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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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