The Life of the Ancient East: Being Some Chapters of the Romance of Modern ExcavationMacmillan, 1923 - 463 páginas |
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... reliefs of the palaces are mainly con- cerned with war , and the doings of kings ; but even here , such documents as the Code of Hammurabi , and the con- tract tablets and accounts of the great business firms , such as Egibi and Murashu ...
... reliefs of the palaces are mainly con- cerned with war , and the doings of kings ; but even here , such documents as the Code of Hammurabi , and the con- tract tablets and accounts of the great business firms , such as Egibi and Murashu ...
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... reliefs ; and it seems probable that this revival of interest in the ancient holy place was due to the discovery of some of the royal tombs of the early dynasties . The name of one of these early kings , Zer of Professor Petrie's list ...
... reliefs ; and it seems probable that this revival of interest in the ancient holy place was due to the discovery of some of the royal tombs of the early dynasties . The name of one of these early kings , Zer of Professor Petrie's list ...
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... relief , which are perhaps the finest work of their kind left us by the New Empire , though their slightly morbid grace cannot compare with the truth and vigour of the Old Kingdom work . Mariette also excavated at the temple of Ramses ...
... relief , which are perhaps the finest work of their kind left us by the New Empire , though their slightly morbid grace cannot compare with the truth and vigour of the Old Kingdom work . Mariette also excavated at the temple of Ramses ...
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... reliefs on the walls , already men- tioned , particularly those in the Second Hypostyle Hall , and the sanctuaries , are of the greatest interest . They have not the vigour and freshness of the great relief work 30 THE LIFE OF THE ...
... reliefs on the walls , already men- tioned , particularly those in the Second Hypostyle Hall , and the sanctuaries , are of the greatest interest . They have not the vigour and freshness of the great relief work 30 THE LIFE OF THE ...
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... relief work is executed , like that of Sety , in fine low relief ; but the sunk reliefs in 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 ...
... relief work is executed , like that of Sety , in fine low relief ; but the sunk reliefs in 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 ...
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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 brick bronze brought building built century chamber civilisation court Cretan Crete dead Der-el-Bahri discovered discovery doubt Dynasty Eannatum early Egypt Empire evidence excavation explorer fact famous feet fragments gate Gezer glory gold Greek Gudea Hall hand Hatshepsut Hebrew height Homeric inscription interest 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 Royal Tombs ruins sacred says Schliemann sculptured Sennacherib Sety shrine side splendid splendour stele stone story Sumer Sumerian tablets Tell-el-Amarna temple Thebes Thothmes throne tion Tiryns tower trace treasure Troy Tutankhamen Umma Urukagina Valley vases wall whole wonderful
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Página 238 - In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace ; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
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 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 256 - If a man destroy the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye.
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...