Gold in Egypt and in Britain, and
quartz veins broken up, ii. 141.
thread, ii. 81.
wire, ii. 82.
-workers, ii. 137, 138.

great use of, for ornaments, ii.
138, 140, 141.

hieroglyphic signifying, ii. 149.
(Woodcut, figs. a, b.)
fusing, ii. 139.

washing ore of, ii. 139.
vases of, ii. 140, 141.

mines of Egypt and Ethiopia
in the Bisharee desert, and Mr.
Bonomi's account of them, ii. 141.

of Australia and California,ii.143.
mines described by Diodorus, ii.
143, 144.

cruelty to people condemned to
the mines, ii. 144, 145.

146.

at first used very pure, ii. 145.
leaf, at first thick, ii. 145.
on vases, mummies, &c., ii. 146.
beating, improvements in, ii.

used before silver, shown by the
latter being called "Whitegold,"
ii. 147, 241. (Woodcut 408, fig. c.)

used for overlaying humbler
materials, ii. 147.

greater use of, for ornamental
purposes, ii. 147.

rings of, as money, ii. 149.

a quantity in bags already

counted, ii. 149.

darics of Persia, ii. 150.
staters, the oldest coins, ori-
ginally mere dumps, ii. 150.

Grace before meals, i. 186.
Grain, pigs and other animals trod in
the, ii. 11, 12, 13.
Grain, abundance of, ii. 3.

of "seven plenteous years" laid
up, shows the abundance of, ii. 3.
exported and belonging to Go-
vernment stores, ii. 3.

--

Granaries, i. 13, 31, 32; ii. 43, 46.
with vaulted roofs, i. 31, 32.
Granite, difficulty of cutting, ii. 157.
not cut and worked when less
hard, ii. 157.

stunning the crystals of, ii. 157.
early use of squared, ii. 287.
painted, ii. 291.

imitation of, ii. 292.
walls cased with, ii. 292.

Grapes, gathering of, i. 40-43.

watched by boys, i. 43.

Gratitude of the Egyptians, ii. 227.
Grease used in moving large stones,
ii. 309.

Greece, pictures of, ii., 278, 279.

in its infancy, when Egypt had
long been the leading nation, ii.
263.

influence of Egypt on, i. 1, 4;
ii. 263.

Greek temples traced from wooden
buildings, i. 5.

lyres. See Lyres.

instruments, name of, i. 126.
flute, name of, i. 126.
mercenaries in Egypt, i. 309.
statues coloured, ii. 279, 280.
artists painted on panel, not on
walls, the best, ii. 278, 280.

pictures in temples and galleries,
ii. 279.

- pictures carried off to Rome, ii.
279.

oldest paintings monochrome,
ii. 279.

statues and bas-reliefs coloured,
ii. 279, 291.

colours, ii. 291.

taste, colour, form, and propor-
tion, ii, 293.

architecture at first simple, ii.

--, Ionic, and Corinthian capitals,
ii. 297.

and Egyptian temples of a dif-
ferent character, ii. 298.

architecture and bas-reliefs co-
loured, ii. 291.
Greeks claimed discoveries of others,
ii. 109.

vases of the, far superior to
those of Egyptians in taste, ii. 109.
did not copy natural objects for
ornament, ii. 288.

copied from the "Barbarian
what was beautiful, and made it
their own, ii. 289.

knew but did not use the arch
in buildings, ii. 302.

considered music a necessary
accomplishment, i. 94.

indebted to Asia for stringed
instruments, i. 111.

See explanation

long-haired, ii. 327.

Grove or Temenos.

of Frontispiece, List of woodcuts,
vol. i.

or Temenos, i. 409.

Guard at the gate of a camp, i. 407.

had no shield, i. 406.

Guards, royal, i. 337.

Guests, reception of, and arrival of,
i. 73.

Guests had flowers and wine brought
them on arriving, i. 81, 141.

anointed on arriving, i. 78.
received bouquets of flowers and
necklaces, i. 78, 79.

crowned with flowers, i. 78, 80.
admired the furniture and
knick-knacks, i. 76, 146.

at dinner sat on the ground, or
on chairs, i. 181, 182.

Iamused with music and danc-
ing, i. 141.

Guilloche ornament, i. 19; ii. 290.
Guitar of 3 strings, i. 84, 86, 123, 124.
knowledge required for the in-
vention of the, i. 84.

Kithára, Chitarra, i. 124, 129.
an instrument found at Thebes
not unlike the, i. 125.

Gúsla of Montenegro, with one string,
i. 125.

Hair of women, ii. 335.

of children, i. 312; ii. 328.

Child.

of men shaved, i. 312; ii. 327.
of servants, ii. 334.

See

Halfeh or Poa grass, i. 57.
Hand-writing to tell a character, i.
211.

Hands cut off, as a return of the
enemy's killed, i. 373.

clapping the, i. 89, 90, 92, 95,
101, 128, 135, 139, 296.
Handles of vases, i. 153, 154.
Hare, i. 227, 228, 246.

Harness. See Chariot.
Harp of the Paris Collection, i. 113,
114.

unknown to the Greeks, i. 111.
head of a, from Thebes, i. 110.
Harps, the oldest, i. 85, 111.

of various sizes, i. 110, 111.
catgut strings of. See Catgut
with a support, i. 87, 111, 112
of wood covered with bull's
hide, i. 87, 113.

of tortoiseshell, i. 87, 113.
of coloured leather, i. 88, 89, 90,
113.

Harpers standing to play, i. 86, 87, 88,
89, 90, 108, 109, 111, 112.
Harpocrates, with his finger to his
mouth, not silence, ii. 182.

ii. 53. See Horus.

-, or reproduction on dissolution,
ii. 382.

Harvest home, i. 282.

Hatchet, or axe, i. 361, 362, 419; ii.
114.

Hatching eggs artificially, ii. 170.

the modern oven for, ii. 170-

172.
Hawking, no instance of, i. 221.
Head of an animal given to a poor
man, i. 171.

cut off first, i. 170, 263.

placed on altars and taken to the
kitchen, i. 172.

said by Herodotus not to have
been eaten, i. 172.
--, imprecations on the, as on the

scapegoat, probably not extended
to every one, i. 172. See Enemies.
Heads, men and women carried loads

on their, i. 177.

Heads of Egyptians, hard, ii. 328.
Head-stools, or wooden pillows, i. 63,
71, 335, 336.

Hearse of the dead, ii. 368, 373, 375.
Heavy-armed troops, arms of, i. 368.
Hedgehog, i. 227, 229, 245.
Heliopolis, wine not taken into the
temple at, i. 51.

Re, the Sun, was the God of, i.
296, 298, 300, 331; ii. 312.

288.

Mnevis, the sacred bull of, i.

said to have been founded by
Arabs (or a Semitic race), i. 302.
Helmet, quilted, i. 365, 366.

with crest, from Asia, i. 366.
Henneh, ii. 345.

Heracleopolis, i. 243.

Hermæ of Greece not the origin of
statues, ii. 271.

Hermes, books of, i. 274; ii. 251. See
Medicine.

or Mercury, ii. 228. See Thoth.
Hermotybies, soldiers, i. 337.

Heroes, no divine honours paid to, i.
328.

Hieraphori, bearers of standards,

images, &c., i. 273, 284, 285.
Hierogrammat (sacred scribe), Hie-
roscopus, and Stolistes, i. 276.
Hieroglyphics cut to great depth in
granite, ii. 156.

VOL. II.

240.

Hippopotamus hide, use of the, i
See Corbag and Shields.
blade for spearing the, i. 241.
chase of the, i. 239–241.
emblem of Typho, i. 288.
cakes with, stamped on them, i.
288.

sacred to Mars, i. 246.
History of Egypt, i. 307-309.
Hoe, ii. 11, 14, 16, 17, 18.

used with and without the
plough, ii. 12, 18.

called Toré, and put for the let-
ter M, ii. 17.

had not a metal blade in early
times, ii. 17.
Holydays, i. 281.

of peasants, ii. 52.

Hoop, game with a, i. 194, 195.
Horizontal courses of masonry, great
antiquity of, ii. 287.

Horizontal line in architecture, i.

20.

Horns for instruments, 105.
Hors d'œuvres to excite the appetite,
i. 174.

Horses exported from Egypt, i. 386.
originally from Asia, i. 234, 386.
called Sus as in Hebrew, i. 386.
abundant, i. 231.

of Egypt esteemed, i. 234.
-, trappings of, i. 381.

Horus, or Orus, i. 242, 275, 288, 300,
312, 330.

the child, or Harpocrates, i. 256,
312, 333; ii. 182, 382.
House in the British Museum, model
of a, i. 13, 14.

Houses, plans of, i. 11, 12.

-, they slept in summer on the
roofs of, i. 7.

Incense, i. 265.

See

Humanity of the Egyptians recorded
by their sculptors, i. 406.
Cruelty.

Hunting, mode of, i. 218, 221, 224.
Huntsmen, i. 213, 215, 218.

of the 3rd class. See Class 3rd.

Hyæna, i. 213, 224, 227, 246.

caught, i. 213, 224.

apparently not eaten, i. 224.
spotted, i. 227, 246.

Hyrax, or Wabber, i. 228, 247.

Jackal, i. 227, 246.

Javelin lighter than the spear, i. 355.
of reed, an inferior kind of, i.
357.

Ibex, i. 227, 247.

Ibis, two kinds of, sacred, i. 251.

shoulder of an, broken and set,
ii. 172

Ichneumon, i. 227, 229, 246.

destroys serpents and the eggs
of crocodiles, i. 229, 243.
Jerboa, i. 227, 230, 246.

Jerusalem, temple of, pillaged, i. 308,
340.

Jewels of silver and gold, &c., i. 146;
ii. 147, 336-341.
Jewish music, i. 94, 95.

musicians, numerous, i. 96.
instruments and music, i. 94, 96,
98, 105, 120, 129, 130, 140.

trumpets, i. 96, 104, 105.

Jews, features of the, ii. 197.

included among Syrians by the
Egyptians, ii. 197.

anointed the king, i. 275.
brought in the ark, i. 268.
mourning and songs at funerals,
i. 98.

embalmed the dead, ii. 387.
had forks; not at table, i. 182.
investiture to office among the,

i. 275.

sold as slaves by the Phoni-
cians, i. 417.

brickmakers at Thebes not, ii,
195, 197.

features of Eastern not like
those of Western, ii. 197-199.

features of Western, not given to
the Saviour, ii. 198.

Jingling instrument, i. 89, 92, 93.
Immigration does not always destroy

the aborigines, and conquest never,
i. 2; ii. 227.

Inapplicableness and adaptability, i.
21; ii. 288.

offered, i. 324.

offered to the dead, ii. 358.
brought from Asia, ii. 397.
India, resemblance of the religions
of Egypt and, i. 329.

329.

arrival of the Hindoos in, i.

aborigines of Scythian origin in,
i. 329.

trade with, ii. 134, 234, 235, 237.
Solomon's trade with, ii. 235.
trade of Tyrians with, ii. 235.
Indian productions went to Egypt, ii.
134, 235, 237.

Indigo used by the Egyptians, ii. 78,
79.

Infantry, heavy and light, i. 386, 387.
Inn, this life only an, i. 187; ii. 356.
Insects of Egypt, i. 255.

fabulous, i. 255.

Instruments. See Musical.
with a neck for shortening the
strings, i. 84.

with three strings, i. 84.

-, unknown, i. 133.

to which they danced, i. 133.
resembling lyres, i. 118-122.
of sacred music, i. 129.
triangular, i. 118, 119, 126.
names of Greek, i. 126.

of jingling sound, i. 89, 92, 93, 119.
held on the shoulder, i. 121.

found at Thebes not unlike a
guitar, i. 125.

of one string, i. 125.

Interest not allowed to increase be-
yond double the original sum lent,
ii. 217.

Intestines of the dead, how buried,
ii. 388, 390, 391.

Inventions, few represented, ii. 320.
of the Egyptians, ii. 315–319.
Inventions, many older than we sup-
pose, ii. 57.

Investiture to office, i. 275, 282, 283.
Inundation, water of the, retained by
dykes, ii. 11.

11.

kept out from certain crops, ii.

Inundation as described by Virgil
(Georg. IV. 289), ii. 5.

makes the villages of the Delta
like Islands, as of old, ii. 7.

height of the, ii. 8, 9.

same height as of old, ii. 8, 9.
artificially improved when low,
ii. 7.

, plough and hoe used after the,
ii. 11.

now rises high above the base of
old monuments, ii. 9. See Bubastis.
cattle rescued from the, ii. 6, 7.
See Vignette at head of Chap. VIII.
fêtes of peasants during the, ii.

52.

66

known to the Egyptians, ii. 154.
""
Ferrum Latin for sword, ii.

155.
Irrigation, i. 32–34; ii. 4, 5, 11.
prolonged, ii. 7, 11.

Isaac, savoury meats brought to, i.
173.

Isis "with ten thousand names," i. 329.

the mother of the child, i. 333.
and Athor (Venus), i. 300.
and Ceres of the Greeks, i. 297.
festival of, i. 296, 297.

Isis and Nepthys, the beginning and
the end, ii. 381.

Isle. See Wight, Isle of.

Israelites regretted the fish of Egypt;
the onions, and other vegetables,
i. 167, 169.

Israelites. See Jews, see Jewish,

ii. 229, 232.

, figures of, without hands, ii.
206.

bench of, ii. 30, 203.

the Arch Judge chief of, ii. 203,

206.
Judging a case, mode of, ii. 206, 207.
Justice given gratuitously, ii. 204.
Justice, goddess of, without a head,
ii. 382.

figure of, i. 272. See Truth.
Jupiter going into Ethiopia, i. 269.
Jupiters, several. i. 329.

Juvenile offenders, ii. 215.
Jvy, i. 256, 285; ii. 33.