Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 76
... seen . It is large . Its proportions are commanding . It makes a thoroughly charming picture both in form and color . It faces the open desert where the spin- ners are racing back and forth . You enter it through an imposing portal and ...
... seen . It is large . Its proportions are commanding . It makes a thoroughly charming picture both in form and color . It faces the open desert where the spin- ners are racing back and forth . You enter it through an imposing portal and ...
Page 102
... seen at Beni Hassan bear mute witness . Still another form was developed later in the time of Thebes , the most splendid epoch of older Egypt , under the Amenhôteps and their later successors , the Ramessids . This was the time when ...
... seen at Beni Hassan bear mute witness . Still another form was developed later in the time of Thebes , the most splendid epoch of older Egypt , under the Amenhôteps and their later successors , the Ramessids . This was the time when ...
Page 145
... seen in the monuments . Turn we now to a consideration of these mon- strous pyramids of Ghizeh . The world needs not to be reminded that they were tombs erected by mon- archs early in the recorded history of Egypt — in the Fourth ...
... seen in the monuments . Turn we now to a consideration of these mon- strous pyramids of Ghizeh . The world needs not to be reminded that they were tombs erected by mon- archs early in the recorded history of Egypt — in the Fourth ...
Page 146
... seen by referring to the drawing of the Great Pyramid in section , such an hypothesis seems irreconcilable with the arrangement of the interior passages . True it is that alterations were made in the internal design as the work advanced ...
... seen by referring to the drawing of the Great Pyramid in section , such an hypothesis seems irreconcilable with the arrangement of the interior passages . True it is that alterations were made in the internal design as the work advanced ...
Page 156
... seen Cairo , the Ghizeh pyramids , the Sakkâra tombs , and the fallen colossi of Rameses in the plain below has seen very nearly the best of ancient Egypt . He will have seen the earliest of the mastaba tombs , the oldest and greatest ...
... seen Cairo , the Ghizeh pyramids , the Sakkâra tombs , and the fallen colossi of Rameses in the plain below has seen very nearly the best of ancient Egypt . He will have seen the earliest of the mastaba tombs , the oldest and greatest ...
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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