The Life of the Ancient East: Being Some Chapters of the Romance of Modern ExcavationMacmillan, 1923 - 463 páginas |
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... Hall , with Obelisks of Hatshepsut and Thothmes I . 101 • 9. Nave of the Great Hall , Karnak , and Obelisk of Thothmes I 10. Temple of Luxor • 105 108 • 117 124 11. The Ramesseum , Thebes , with Fragments of Colossus of Ramses II 12 ...
... Hall , with Obelisks of Hatshepsut and Thothmes I . 101 • 9. Nave of the Great Hall , Karnak , and Obelisk of Thothmes I 10. Temple of Luxor • 105 108 • 117 124 11. The Ramesseum , Thebes , with Fragments of Colossus of Ramses II 12 ...
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... halls where Sennacherib " gloried and drank deep , " and have ransacked the library where Sardanapalus , the much- misunderstood , stored for himself the wisdom of all the ages that had gone before in Babylon and Assyria ; INTRODUCTORY ...
... halls where Sennacherib " gloried and drank deep , " and have ransacked the library where Sardanapalus , the much- misunderstood , stored for himself the wisdom of all the ages that had gone before in Babylon and Assyria ; INTRODUCTORY ...
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... Halls , and a row of seven sanctuaries , instead of the usual single shrine , which are dedicated to Osiris , Isis , Horus , Ra - Harakhte , Amen , and the deified Sety . Behind these lay a western hall with adjoining chambers , and to ...
... Halls , and a row of seven sanctuaries , instead of the usual single shrine , which are dedicated to Osiris , Isis , Horus , Ra - Harakhte , Amen , and the deified Sety . Behind these lay a western hall with adjoining chambers , and to ...
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... the court and the first hall compare very poorly with the exquisite work of the earlier king . It is not with the buildings of Abydos , however , interest- ing and even beautiful though they may be , that ABYDOS , THE HOLY CITY OF EGYPT 31.
... the court and the first hall compare very poorly with the exquisite work of the earlier king . It is not with the buildings of Abydos , however , interest- ing and even beautiful though they may be , that ABYDOS , THE HOLY CITY OF EGYPT 31.
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... of Messrs . Naville , Hall and Peet in 1909-14 . The site of the Royal Tombs of the earliest Dynasties lies to the south of the ancient temple of Osiris , and nearer • • to the hills . " Abydos , " 34 THE LIFE OF THE ANCIENT EAST.
... of Messrs . Naville , Hall and Peet in 1909-14 . The site of the Royal Tombs of the earliest Dynasties lies to the south of the ancient temple of Osiris , and nearer • • to the hills . " Abydos , " 34 THE LIFE OF THE ANCIENT EAST.
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Abydos adorned Ægean Akhenaten Amen Amenhotep Amenhotep III Ancient East Ancient Egypt artistic Ashur-bani-pal Assyrian Aten Babylon Babylonia beautiful Berkeley brick bronze brought building built CALIFORNIA LIBRARY centuries chamber civilisation court Cretan Crete dead Der-el-Bahri discovered discovery doubt Dynasty Eannatum early Egypt Empire evidence excavation explorer fact famous feet gate Gezer glory gold Greek Gudea Hall hand Hatshepsut Homeric inscription Karnak king Knossos Lagash land Layard Lord Minoan Minos modern mound mummy Museum Mycena Mycenæan Nile Nineveh Ningirsu obelisks Osiris palace Palestine patesi perhaps period Petrie Pharaoh probably Queen race Ramses Ramses II record reign reliefs remains remarkable ruins sacred says Schliemann sculptured Sennacherib Sety shrine side splendid splendour stele stone story Sumer tablets Tell-el-Amarna temple Thebes Thothmes throne tion Tiryns tower trace treasure Troy Tutankhamen Umma UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Urukagina Valley vases wall whole wonderful
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Página 60 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Página 241 - And they said : Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Página 93 - Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Página 299 - WOE to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled ; And dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee ! When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled ; And when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Página 254 - If a builder build a house for a man and do not make its construction firm and the house which he has built collapse and cause the death of the owner of the house — that builder shall be put to death.
Página 263 - And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Página 60 - The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens., Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Página 263 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom ; for I am prudent : And I have removed the bounds of the people, And have robbed their treasures, And I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man...
Página 89 - After getting through these passages, some of them two or three hundred yards long, you generally find a more commodious place, perhaps high enough to sit. But what a place of rest! Surrounded by bodies, by heaps of mummies in all directions; which, previous to my being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the wall, the...
Página 89 - I sought a resting-place, found one, and contrived to sit; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support; so that I...