Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 57
... entirely roofed over , instead of being hypæ- thral , and the several transepts diverge as before . It was a decided improvement in many ways , al- though of course applicable only to the smaller mosques . But with the end of the Kait ...
... entirely roofed over , instead of being hypæ- thral , and the several transepts diverge as before . It was a decided improvement in many ways , al- though of course applicable only to the smaller mosques . But with the end of the Kait ...
Page 101
... entirely outside the pyramid itself , and even to a sanctuary that lay at a considerable distance from the imposing burial - place . No such clear relation seems to exist between the mastaba - pyramid tombs and the cliff cemeteries ...
... entirely outside the pyramid itself , and even to a sanctuary that lay at a considerable distance from the imposing burial - place . No such clear relation seems to exist between the mastaba - pyramid tombs and the cliff cemeteries ...
Page 109
... entirely unconnected with the rise and fall of the life - giving river , — as Herodotus himself observed , -what more natural than that men should ascribe to him the supreme power ? But their conception was not so much of an Apollo as ...
... entirely unconnected with the rise and fall of the life - giving river , — as Herodotus himself observed , -what more natural than that men should ascribe to him the supreme power ? But their conception was not so much of an Apollo as ...
Page 124
... entirely to the archæologist . Suffice it to say that the earliest fixed date at present known to the students appears to be the year 4241 B.C. , when the heliacal rising of Sirius was recorded and the first definite calendar was ...
... entirely to the archæologist . Suffice it to say that the earliest fixed date at present known to the students appears to be the year 4241 B.C. , when the heliacal rising of Sirius was recorded and the first definite calendar was ...
Page 134
... entirely consistent with all that the Bible story claims for his power and dignity . As for Moses and the Exodus , let us assume that the latter occurred in the reign of Merenptah— although it does some violence to the Biblical ac ...
... entirely consistent with all that the Bible story claims for his power and dignity . As for Moses and the Exodus , let us assume that the latter occurred in the reign of Merenptah— although it does some violence to the Biblical ac ...
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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