The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times Till the Conquest by the Arabs, A.D. 640, Volume 2George Bell, 1885 - Egypt |
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... statues of the gods carried out in barges on the Nile , in sacred procession . From the sarcophagus of Amyrtæus in the British Museum . Fig . 16. A statue of the cat - headed goddess Pasht seated . From the British Museum . Fig . 17 ...
... statues of the gods carried out in barges on the Nile , in sacred procession . From the sarcophagus of Amyrtæus in the British Museum . Fig . 16. A statue of the cat - headed goddess Pasht seated . From the British Museum . Fig . 17 ...
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... Statue of an Egyptian playing upon the back of a crocodile . It is of Roman workmanship . In the British Museum . Fig . 36. View of the Nilometer in the island of Elephantine , being a flight of steps with a scale of cubits on the wall ...
... Statue of an Egyptian playing upon the back of a crocodile . It is of Roman workmanship . In the British Museum . Fig . 36. View of the Nilometer in the island of Elephantine , being a flight of steps with a scale of cubits on the wall ...
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... statues of Amunothph III . , with the sun rising over the plain of Thebes . ( H. Horeau . ) Fig . 83. The astronomical well at Syene ; from the mosaic of Præneste . Fig . 84. A coin of Hadrian's sixteenth year , on the queen's leaving ...
... statues of Amunothph III . , with the sun rising over the plain of Thebes . ( H. Horeau . ) Fig . 83. The astronomical well at Syene ; from the mosaic of Præneste . Fig . 84. A coin of Hadrian's sixteenth year , on the queen's leaving ...
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... statue of the god of the Nile , leaning on a sphinx , and holding the horn of plenty in his left arm . Around him are playing sixteen little cupids to mark the sixteen cubits which the river rises . The sphinx has the bust of a woman ...
... statue of the god of the Nile , leaning on a sphinx , and holding the horn of plenty in his left arm . Around him are playing sixteen little cupids to mark the sixteen cubits which the river rises . The sphinx has the bust of a woman ...
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... statue of a Pastophorus , or shrine bearer , of the reign of Hophra , B.C. 590. In the British Museum . Fig . 107. A coin called a Cistophorus , in the Pembroke collection . Fig . 108. Six Coptic letters , with the hieroglyphics from ...
... statue of a Pastophorus , or shrine bearer , of the reign of Hophra , B.C. 590. In the British Museum . Fig . 107. A coin called a Cistophorus , in the Pembroke collection . Fig . 108. Six Coptic letters , with the hieroglyphics from ...
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