Dentists, ii. 350.

Desert, edge of the, cultivated, ii. 20.
Diana. See Pasht.
Dice, i. 195, 196.

Dido and the bull's hide, ii. 93. See
Byrsa.

Dining, mode of, i. 167.

Dinner, they sat round a small table
at, i. 167, 181, 182.

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number of dishes at, i. 167, 180.

preparation of, i. 165.

at noon, i. 73, 174, 179.

-, occupation of guests before, i. 76.
Discoveries and inventions often
effects of chance, ii. 84.

Dishes of various kinds, i. 167, 180.
Divans, i. 58.

Doctors, ii. 350-352.

-, feeling the pulse, ii. 352.
Dog, mummies of the fox-, i. 231.
Dogs in fashion at different times, i.
231.

often appear to be chosen for

their ugliness, i. 231.

breeds of, i. 230, 231.

hunting with, i. 218.

coupled, i. 218, 219.

Dôm tree, or Theban palm, i. 56, 57.
nut of the fruit of the, i, 56; ii.
28, 113.

fruit of the, like our ginger-
bread, i. 56.

Doora, or holcus sorghum, bread of
the, i. 179; ii. 3, 22, 25.

--

plucked up by the roots, and
the head stripped off by a spiked
instrument, ii. 50, 51.

Doors, i. 13, 15-17, 28.

2

hinges, and keys, i. 15, 16.

, single and double valves, opened

inwards, i. 17.

sentences written over, i. 6.

of store-rooms for grain, i. 14, 32.

Doorways, i. 9, 15-17, 26.

Doqáq, of ground lupins, for washing,
instead of soap, i. 186.

Double pipe, i. 128, 129.

used in sacred music, i. 129.
Dovetailing, ii. 111.
Doura. See Doora.

Dramatic entertainments, Greek, i.
100.

Draughts, game of, i. 189, 190, 191,
192, 193.

Drawing much studied in France, ii.
275.

and sculpture preceded writing,
ii. 270.

Dress, leopard skin, of the priests, i.
319. See Leopard-skin Dress.

of a king and a queen, i. 317.
Dresses of dancing women, i. 138.
of huntsmen, i. 215.

of priests, i. 319, 320, 333-335.
of soldiers, i. 365, 366.

of mercenary troops, i. 337.
and arms of foreign people the
enemies of Egypt, i. 390-404.

of the kings, i. 317; ii. 322-325.
of the queens, i. 317.
of men, ii. 320–322.
of women, i. 318-335.
of children, ii. 329, 330.
at a party. i. 81.

simple, like that of a river god,
ii. 320.

embroidered and coloured, ii.
81, 83.

with fringes, i. 333; ii. 91, 320,

history of, i. 307-309.

Menes, the first king of, i. 307.
dynasties of the kings of, i. 307.
once divided into several inde-
pendent kingdoms, i. 307.

Ames (or Amosis) became sole
king of, i. 111, 307.

Shepherds invaded, and were
driven out of, i. 307, 38.

lost all its conquests in Asia, i.
309.

309.

conquered by Cambyses, i. 309.
recovered by native kings, i. 309.
Alexander conquers, i. 309.
rule of the Ptolemies in,
rule of the Romans in, i. 310.
of limited extent, i. 304.
number of square miles in, i. 304.
towns and villages of ancient,
i. 304.

population of, i. 305.

had Ethiopians, Libyans, and
others under its sway, i. 305.

produce of, greater in old times,
but capable of producing more now,
i. 305.

-, no great encroachments of sand
in, i. 306.

some towns of, placed on the
edge of the desert, i. 306, 307.

glass. See Glass. See Etruscans
has more cultivable land now
than formerly, i. 306.

emblems, and crowns, of Upper
and Lower, i. 257, 269; ii. 323, 325.
productiveness of, ii. 2, 3.
called "the world," ii. 227.
nomes or provinces, and limits
of, ii. 229.

divisions of, at different times,
ii. 229, 230, 231.

foreigners confined to certain
parts of, ii. 231.

became commercial after the fall
of Tyre and building of Alexandria,
ii. 133.

-, long the dominant nation, and
set the fashion in art, &c., ii. 263.

foreign woods imported into, ii.
111.

produced little wood for orna-
mental purposes, ii. 109.

architecture, ii. 280-304.

See

architecture, all painted, ii. 290.
See Architecture.

· painters and scribes, ii. 275, 276,
277.

inkstands and sketches, ii. 276.
art, ii. 262.

paintings on panel, ii. 277.
laws, sanctity of old, ii. 227.
lawgivers, ii. 226.

temples, subjects of the sculpture
in, ii. 295, 296.

colours, ii. 292, 293.

scribes with a pen behind the
ear, ii. 275.

figures drawn in squares, ii. 266,

267.

figures often spirited, but want-
ing in life and reality, ii. 268.
statues, ii. 272.

sculptures in low relief and in-
taglio, ii. 272.

sculptures of a new style of Re-
meses III., ii. 273.

sculpture, revival of, ii. 274.
Egyptians, origin of the, i. 302, 303.
a Caucasian race, 1. 302.
went to Egypt as conquerors, i.

303.

Figs, i. 54.

-, sycamore, 44, 57, 181, 259. See
Sycamore.

and grapes, fond of, i. 181.
and grapes on altars, i. 262.
in a basket, the hieroglyphic sig-
nifying "wife," i. 323.
Figl (or Raphanus), i. 167, 259, 323.
Figure, proportions and Egyptian
mode of drawing the human, ii. 266,
267.

Figure. See Foot, the standard for
the.

Firmán, or royal order; custom of
kissing, ii. 203.

First fruits, offerings of the, i. 274,
299.

Fish not eaten by the priests, i. 322.

-, sacred, i. 254; ii. 191, 192.
and meat at dinner, i. 167.
how brought to table, i. 173.
of Egypt most prized, ii. 191.
of the Nile of muddy flavour, ii.

Fish, dried, ii. 181, 189, 190.

of Egypt regretted by the Is-
raelites, ii. 191.

electric. See Electric.

of the sea not appreciated, ii.
193.

Fishponds, i. 37, 215.

Fisheries, revenue from the, ii. 193.
of the Lake Mœris, ii. 193.
Fishermen, ii. 181, 186.
Fishing, ii. 181, 186–193.
Fishing, an amusement of gentlemen,
i. 238.

, they sat on a mat, or in a chair,
while, i. 238.

with a fly unknown, i. 239.

--nets and leads of, ii. 187-189.
Fishing-rod and hook, i. 239; ii. 186.
Flax, process of cultivating, or steep-
ing, and preparing for cloth, ii. 88,

i. 19, 57.

bowl crowned with, i. 80.
brought as part of a foreign tri-
bute, i. 57, 395.

of the lotus much used for chap-
lets and wreaths, i. 57.

tables decked with, i. 57.
and plants of Egypt, from Pliny,
ii. 27-32. See Plants.

in the paintings, ii. 36.

"immortelles," placed in the
tomb, ii. 374.

Flute, length of the Egyptian, i. 127.
antiquity of the, i. 126, 127.

of reed, bone, wood, or ivory, i.

127.

not allowed in the rites of
Osiris and Anubis, i. 129.

Games, various, i. 192-207.

of single-stick, i. 206, 207.
board of, found by Dr. Abbott,
i. 194, 195. See Mora and Draughts.
Gardens, i. 25, 32, 35-37.

Garlands or chaplets, i. 57, 79-81.
Garments worn at feasts, i. 81.

Gazelle, i. 214-216, 219, 220, 223–225,
227, 247.

Geese, boxes in the form of, i. 161.
fed, i. 215. See Goose.

- potted, ii. 185.

beads, ii. 64, 65. See Beads.
beads rarely found with a name,
ii. 60.

discovery or invention of, ii. 60.
Egyptians famed for particular
kinds of, ii. 60.

counterfeits of precious stones,
ii. 60, 63. See Precious Stones.

shows advance of luxury, ii. 65.
of many colours attempted at
Venice, ii. 61.

mosaics of pictures in Venice, ii.
61, 63.

false emeralds of, ii. 63, 64.
coloured, 60, 63–65, 67, 71.
coloured imitations of murrhine