Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 111
... idea of Hephaistos . Similarly , Khnum , the god of birth , or of " the moulding of mankind , " seems also on occasion to have usurped a part of the creative functions of Ra . The great Theban triad , the most important trio of gods at ...
... idea of Hephaistos . Similarly , Khnum , the god of birth , or of " the moulding of mankind , " seems also on occasion to have usurped a part of the creative functions of Ra . The great Theban triad , the most important trio of gods at ...
Page 114
... idea of hoodwinking the wicked Set . In any case , Osiris underwent a glorious resurrection and became the god in chief control of " those who are in the under - world . " Isis , after being spared for many years , was finally slain by ...
... idea of hoodwinking the wicked Set . In any case , Osiris underwent a glorious resurrection and became the god in chief control of " those who are in the under - world . " Isis , after being spared for many years , was finally slain by ...
Page 116
... ideas of godlike beauty and can never compare with the glorious conception which later Greece gave of her gods and goddesses . Zeus might , at his amorous need , turn himself into the form of some beast , but the Greek artist would ...
... ideas of godlike beauty and can never compare with the glorious conception which later Greece gave of her gods and goddesses . Zeus might , at his amorous need , turn himself into the form of some beast , but the Greek artist would ...
Page 120
... idea . They have entered but casu- ally into our scheme of education . Our notions of the country itself are based , in many instances , on the psychological effect produced by a certain color on the maps of our childish geographies ...
... idea . They have entered but casu- ally into our scheme of education . Our notions of the country itself are based , in many instances , on the psychological effect produced by a certain color on the maps of our childish geographies ...
Page 125
... structures . The important names are those of Zoser , the maker of the Step Pyramid at Sakkâra and origin- ator of the pyramid idea ; Snofru , builder of the first real pyramid at Medun ; Cheops ( Khufu ) , THE HISTORY OF EGYPT 125.
... structures . The important names are those of Zoser , the maker of the Step Pyramid at Sakkâra and origin- ator of the pyramid idea ; Snofru , builder of the first real pyramid at Medun ; Cheops ( Khufu ) , THE HISTORY OF EGYPT 125.
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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