Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 104
... Kings ' Tombs . The temples for this purpose all lay in the smiling plain directly opposite the city , separated from the rough valley by a spur of moun- tain and as distinct physically from the actual tombs as if they had been on the ...
... Kings ' Tombs . The temples for this purpose all lay in the smiling plain directly opposite the city , separated from the rough valley by a spur of moun- tain and as distinct physically from the actual tombs as if they had been on the ...
Page 108
... kings resorted to this device , but Amenhotep III authorized several such issues in re- cognition of his marriage with Queen Tii and of va- rious victories achieved by him . All of which , of course , is quite beside the purpose of our ...
... kings resorted to this device , but Amenhotep III authorized several such issues in re- cognition of his marriage with Queen Tii and of va- rious victories achieved by him . All of which , of course , is quite beside the purpose of our ...
Page 110
... king- dom consisting of the South and the North , or of Valley and Delta , something like a coherent form begins to be discerned , with the sun - god as the cen- tral figure and generally known as Ra , esteemed by the mythologists to be ...
... king- dom consisting of the South and the North , or of Valley and Delta , something like a coherent form begins to be discerned , with the sun - god as the cen- tral figure and generally known as Ra , esteemed by the mythologists to be ...
Page 113
... king , ignorant of the contents , had em- ployed as the central pillar of his house . Isis secured the pillar , cleft it , abstracted the coffin and brought her husband's body once more to the light of day . But her troubles were not ...
... king , ignorant of the contents , had em- ployed as the central pillar of his house . Isis secured the pillar , cleft it , abstracted the coffin and brought her husband's body once more to the light of day . But her troubles were not ...
Page 120
... kings . We recall the tales of Abraham and Joseph ; our minds then make a wild leap to the exploits of Moses ; and having done with him , there remains little but a shadowy acquaintance with the mere names of Rameses , Ptolemy , and ...
... kings . We recall the tales of Abraham and Joseph ; our minds then make a wild leap to the exploits of Moses ; and having done with him , there remains little but a shadowy acquaintance with the mere names of Rameses , Ptolemy , and ...
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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