The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 93
... room ; where after it had been much admired by all who were present , Typhon , as it were in jest , promised to give it to any one of them whose body upon trial it might be found to fit . Upon this the whole . company , one after ...
... room ; where after it had been much admired by all who were present , Typhon , as it were in jest , promised to give it to any one of them whose body upon trial it might be found to fit . Upon this the whole . company , one after ...
Page 134
... rooms in the Palace at Gîzeh , a building which is said to have been built at a cost of nearly five millions sterling . This edifice , which is pleasantly situated in spacious grounds close to the river , was opened by H.H. the Khedive ...
... rooms in the Palace at Gîzeh , a building which is said to have been built at a cost of nearly five millions sterling . This edifice , which is pleasantly situated in spacious grounds close to the river , was opened by H.H. the Khedive ...
Page 143
... Room I. - Monuments of the first six Dynasties . 261. Table of offerings of the scribe Setu , sculptured with grapes , bread , chickens , etc. , in relief ; the hollow for holding the libations offered is divided into a series of cubits ...
... Room I. - Monuments of the first six Dynasties . 261. Table of offerings of the scribe Setu , sculptured with grapes , bread , chickens , etc. , in relief ; the hollow for holding the libations offered is divided into a series of cubits ...
Page 145
... Room II . - Monuments of Dynasties IV.-VI. 1049. Limestone statue of Rā - nefer , a priest with shaven head . Vth dynasty . From Sakkârah . 975. Limestone statue of Rā - nefer , a priest wearing a wig . These two statues are generally ...
... Room II . - Monuments of Dynasties IV.-VI. 1049. Limestone statue of Rā - nefer , a priest with shaven head . Vth dynasty . From Sakkârah . 975. Limestone statue of Rā - nefer , a priest wearing a wig . These two statues are generally ...
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... Room III . - Monuments of Dynasties IV.-VI. 6199. Alabaster statue of Khephren , builder of the second pyramid at Gizeh , IVth dynasty , B.C. 3666 . From Mît - Rahîneh . 974. Green basalt statue of Khephren , IVth dynasty , B.C. 3666 ...
... Room III . - Monuments of Dynasties IV.-VI. 6199. Alabaster statue of Khephren , builder of the second pyramid at Gizeh , IVth dynasty , B.C. 3666 . From Mît - Rahîneh . 974. Green basalt statue of Khephren , IVth dynasty , B.C. 3666 ...
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Abydos Alexandria Amāsis Åmen Amen-Rā Amenophis Amenophis III ancient Egyptian Apis Arabic Aswân beautiful body Bubastis building built Cæsar Cairo called canal chamber church coffin and mummy columns comest Coptic Copts dead dedicated Dêr Ethiopia excavations famous Fayyûm Gebel Barkal Gizeh gods granite granite sarcophagus Greek Hail Hathor Heliopolis hemt Herodotus hieroglyphic honour Horus Hyksos inscribed inscriptions Isis IVth Karnak king of Egypt land large number Limestone statue lived lord Mariette Maspero maṣṭaba Memphis miles from Cairo monuments Mosque Muḥammad mummy Museum Nile Nubia obelisks Osiris papyrus priests Ptaḥ Ptolemy pylon pyramid Rameses Rameses II Red granite reign represented river Roman Room royal Sakkârah sarcophagus scarabs sculptures Serapeum Seti side sphinxes stele stone Suez Sulțân Suten tablets Tanis temple Thebes thee Thothmes thou tomb town Upper Egypt Usertsen Vth dynasty walls west bank worshipped XIIth XVIIIth