Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 101
... carved , is highly im- portant and absorbingly interesting as throwing a strong light on the customs and sports of the living . The artist who decked these silent halls always filled their panels with scenes from the daily life , the ...
... carved , is highly im- portant and absorbingly interesting as throwing a strong light on the customs and sports of the living . The artist who decked these silent halls always filled their panels with scenes from the daily life , the ...
Page 102
... carved a representation of a door , indeed , the whole back wall represented as closely as possible the façade of a house , and in that door the artist occasionally placed a figure of the deceased , returning from his interval passed in ...
... carved a representation of a door , indeed , the whole back wall represented as closely as possible the façade of a house , and in that door the artist occasionally placed a figure of the deceased , returning from his interval passed in ...
Page 106
... taken , as a rule , by a large scarab , or imitation beetle , carved of stone and inscribed with efficacious formulæ and prayers des- 1 Herodotus , II , 86 , 87 , 88 . tined to help the shade to a happy hereafter . 106 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... taken , as a rule , by a large scarab , or imitation beetle , carved of stone and inscribed with efficacious formulæ and prayers des- 1 Herodotus , II , 86 , 87 , 88 . tined to help the shade to a happy hereafter . 106 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 112
... war with another pair of their kindred- their brother Set and his wife . At last Set overcame Osiris by a stratagem . He caused to be prepared a beautiful chest , covered with gold and jewels and carved 112 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... war with another pair of their kindred- their brother Set and his wife . At last Set overcame Osiris by a stratagem . He caused to be prepared a beautiful chest , covered with gold and jewels and carved 112 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 113
Philip Sanford Marden. beautiful chest , covered with gold and jewels and carved in the exact form of a man - taking for his model the body of Osiris which he had privily meas- ured . At a convenient banquet he displayed the treas- ure ...
Philip Sanford Marden. beautiful chest , covered with gold and jewels and carved in the exact form of a man - taking for his model the body of Osiris which he had privily meas- ured . At a convenient banquet he displayed the treas- ure ...
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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