Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 265
... marked the bounds of the several courts are in admirable preservation , especially the one at the rear of the central terrace which serves to support the raised hall above . These colonnades are the distinguishing feature made familiar ...
... marked the bounds of the several courts are in admirable preservation , especially the one at the rear of the central terrace which serves to support the raised hall above . These colonnades are the distinguishing feature made familiar ...
Page 278
... mention it at the time , and I do not now recollect which day it was , but at any rate it was well below Luxor when we were steaming merrily along . As we passed a spot on shore marked by the presence of a " marabout , " one of the.
... mention it at the time , and I do not now recollect which day it was , but at any rate it was well below Luxor when we were steaming merrily along . As we passed a spot on shore marked by the presence of a " marabout , " one of the.
Page 305
... marked degree from numerous others already described , un- less it be in the greater brilliancy of their decoration . The ancient granite quarries we have been forced to omit entirely from our calendar . And as for the vil- lage of ...
... marked degree from numerous others already described , un- less it be in the greater brilliancy of their decoration . The ancient granite quarries we have been forced to omit entirely from our calendar . And as for the vil- lage of ...
Page 314
Philip Sanford Marden. PORTRAIT RELIEF OF SETI , WORSHIPING . ABYDOS have a marked " entasis " or swelling designed to.
Philip Sanford Marden. PORTRAIT RELIEF OF SETI , WORSHIPING . ABYDOS have a marked " entasis " or swelling designed to.
Page 315
Philip Sanford Marden. have a marked " entasis " or swelling designed to counteract the optical error , which the later Greeks developed so successfully . These columns somewhat overdo it , however , by comparison with those of the ...
Philip Sanford Marden. have a marked " entasis " or swelling designed to counteract the optical error , which the later Greeks developed so successfully . These columns somewhat overdo it , however , by comparison with those of 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