Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 98
... important that the tomb itself should be enduring . Several different forms are still extant , but in every case it is painfully apparent that the care of the builders has been in vain if it was hoped to pre- vent desecration ...
... important that the tomb itself should be enduring . Several different forms are still extant , but in every case it is painfully apparent that the care of the builders has been in vain if it was hoped to pre- vent desecration ...
Page 100
... descendant of the mastaba , just as the mastaba is the successor of the heap of sand . The pyramids , however , are too important in themselves to be considered in detail here . Suffice it to say that in their case 100 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... descendant of the mastaba , just as the mastaba is the successor of the heap of sand . The pyramids , however , are too important in themselves to be considered in detail here . Suffice it to say that in their case 100 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 106
... important part of the pro- cess . Still earlier methods revealed by the explora- tion of primitive sites appear to have involved the simple steeping of the body in a saline solution . It should be added also that the process of mum ...
... important part of the pro- cess . Still earlier methods revealed by the explora- tion of primitive sites appear to have involved the simple steeping of the body in a saline solution . It should be added also that the process of mum ...
Page 109
... important to be sure , but still provided with func- tions which could not be neglected . And the result is that , while Egypt may in the long run have worshipped Ammon - Ra , the shining one , she still had a theology which generally ...
... important to be sure , but still provided with func- tions which could not be neglected . And the result is that , while Egypt may in the long run have worshipped Ammon - Ra , the shining one , she still had a theology which generally ...
Page 111
... important trio of gods at the most stirring epoch of Egyptian his- tory , consisted of Ammon , the supreme sun - god ; Mut , the fostering mother ; and Khonsu , the time- measuring moon . Add to these three , Horus and Hathor , the ...
... important trio of gods at the most stirring epoch of Egyptian his- tory , consisted of Ammon , the supreme sun - god ; Mut , the fostering mother ; and Khonsu , the time- measuring moon . Add to these three , Horus and Hathor , the ...
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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