The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page 141
... scenes of life ; the following are taken from his precepts : — " If a man cometh to seek thy counsel , let this drive thee to books for information . " Enter not into the house of another ; if a man maketh thee to enter his house it is ...
... scenes of life ; the following are taken from his precepts : — " If a man cometh to seek thy counsel , let this drive thee to books for information . " Enter not into the house of another ; if a man maketh thee to enter his house it is ...
Page 144
... scene in which geese are represented walking along . The artist has depicted the birds with great fidelity to nature , and was evidently a very accomplished draughtsman . This fragile object was brought from a ruined maşțăba at Mêdûm by ...
... scene in which geese are represented walking along . The artist has depicted the birds with great fidelity to nature , and was evidently a very accomplished draughtsman . This fragile object was brought from a ruined maşțăba at Mêdûm by ...
Page 149
... scenes in which are depicted the threshing and winnowing of wheat , the baking of bread , the carving of a statue , glass blowing , and working in gold . 1001. Statue of a man carrying a sack or bag over his left shoulder . Vth dynasty ...
... scenes in which are depicted the threshing and winnowing of wheat , the baking of bread , the carving of a statue , glass blowing , and working in gold . 1001. Statue of a man carrying a sack or bag over his left shoulder . Vth dynasty ...
Page 159
... scenes and vignettes which are peculiar to copies of the Book of the Dead which belong to the last part of the period when the Theban recension was made . In the standard and wall cases are arranged a very fine collection of figures of ...
... scenes and vignettes which are peculiar to copies of the Book of the Dead which belong to the last part of the period when the Theban recension was made . In the standard and wall cases are arranged a very fine collection of figures of ...
Page 207
... scenes represent Thi superintending all the various operations connected with the management of his large agricultural estates and farmyard , together with illustrations of his hunting and fishing expeditions . The Necropolis of ...
... scenes represent Thi superintending all the various operations connected with the management of his large agricultural estates and farmyard , together with illustrations of his hunting and fishing expeditions . The Necropolis of ...
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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