The Life of the Ancient East: Being Some Chapters of the Romance of Modern ExcavationMacmillan, 1923 - 463 páginas |
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... beautiful design of a fabric that had never been seen on earth . Nor was there anything in the Scriptural mentions of the Hittites that promised for them any more distinguished destiny than the swift oblivion which has covered their ...
... beautiful design of a fabric that had never been seen on earth . Nor was there anything in the Scriptural mentions of the Hittites that promised for them any more distinguished destiny than the swift oblivion which has covered their ...
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... beautiful nor imposing . But they are worth infinitely more than their weight in gold to us now ; for they have re - created for us the whole inner history of one of the most remarkable crises of the ancient world , and they have given ...
... beautiful nor imposing . But they are worth infinitely more than their weight in gold to us now ; for they have re - created for us the whole inner history of one of the most remarkable crises of the ancient world , and they have given ...
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... beautiful regalia when he went forth to the district of Peker . " " I led the way of the god to his tomb in Peker . " " I championed Unnefer ( Osiris ) on ' That Day of the Great Battle ' ; I overthrew all the enemies upon the shore of ...
... beautiful regalia when he went forth to the district of Peker . " " I led the way of the god to his tomb in Peker . " " I championed Unnefer ( Osiris ) on ' That Day of the Great Battle ' ; I overthrew all the enemies upon the shore of ...
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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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Being Some Chapters of the Romance of Modern Excavation James Baikie. ing and even beautiful though they may be , that its present importance is chiefly linked , but with the long - forgotten tombs of the kings of the Ist and IInd ...
Being Some Chapters of the Romance of Modern Excavation James Baikie. ing and even beautiful though they may be , that its present importance is chiefly linked , but with the long - forgotten tombs of the kings of the Ist and IInd ...
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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...