A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians: From His Larger Work, by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson. Illustrated with Five Hundred Woodcuts, Volume 2J. Murray, 1874 |
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... passed . 3. The driver . 4. A barrel , probably containing the seed . 5. An attitude common to the Egyptians . 6. Another ploughman . The ancient Egyptians were evidently as fond of talking while at work as their successors . 6 Beni ...
... passed . 3. The driver . 4. A barrel , probably containing the seed . 5. An attitude common to the Egyptians . 6. Another ploughman . The ancient Egyptians were evidently as fond of talking while at work as their successors . 6 Beni ...
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... of matting for protecting the two shoulders from friction . See instances of both in woodcut 34 , vol . i . p . 32 . in addition to these , was a ring passing over CHAP . VI . 15 THE PLOUGH . Yoke of an ancient plough found in a tomb.
... of matting for protecting the two shoulders from friction . See instances of both in woodcut 34 , vol . i . p . 32 . in addition to these , was a ring passing over CHAP . VI . 15 THE PLOUGH . Yoke of an ancient plough found in a tomb.
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... passing over them as in some Greek chariots . At either end of the yoke was a flat or slightly concave projection ... passed a thong for suspending the shoulder- pieces which formed the collar . These were two wooden bars , forked at ...
... passing over them as in some Greek chariots . At either end of the yoke was a flat or slightly concave projection ... passed a thong for suspending the shoulder- pieces which formed the collar . These were two wooden bars , forked at ...
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... passing through some large lakes ) , there is evi- dence of its being supplied by an abundance of heavy rain , we may conclude that the nature of the soil , along the whole of its course , differs considerably from that of the ...
... passing through some large lakes ) , there is evi- dence of its being supplied by an abundance of heavy rain , we may conclude that the nature of the soil , along the whole of its course , differs considerably from that of the ...
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... passed . The handle of the plough has a peg at the side like the modern Egyptian plough , Ploughing , sowing , and reaping . Fig . 1. Plucking up the doora by the roots . 2. Reaping wheat . 2 Tombs of the Kings - Thebes . The tritura ...
... passed . The handle of the plough has a peg at the side like the modern Egyptian plough , Ploughing , sowing , and reaping . Fig . 1. Plucking up the doora by the roots . 2. Reaping wheat . 2 Tombs of the Kings - Thebes . The tritura ...
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18th dynasty acacia according adopted Alnwick Castle animals appearance Arab arch bastinado Beni Hassan blue boats body bricks bronze cattle centre cloth colour confined cubits custom Diodorus dynasty early Egypt Eileithyias employed evidently figures fish found at Thebes frequently glass gold and silver granite Greece Greeks Hassan Heptanomis Herodotus hieroglyphics imitation inches introduced inundation invention iron Jews kind king labour land leather length linen lower Lower Egypt manufacture mentioned metal mode modern Egyptians monuments mummy Museum Nile Nilometers ordinary ornaments Osiris paintings papyrus period persons Pharaoh piece plant Plin Pliny plough present day priests probably Ptolemy punishment purpose Pyramids quantity quarries Remeses represented ring Romans rope round sails says scribe sculptures seed side sometimes Sown stone Strabo supposed talents weight temple Thebaïd Thebes Thothmes threads tion tombs upper Upper Egypt various vases weight wood Woodcut wooden
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Page 136 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Page 100 - And they shall turn the rivers far away ; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up : the reeds and flags shall wither. The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
Page 134 - Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean : nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
Page 201 - Nechutes the less, the son of Asos, aged about forty, of middle size, sallow complexion, cheerful countenance, long face, and straight nose, with a scar upon the middle of his forehead.
Page 81 - And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning "work.
Page 153 - Through all their inmost winding caves resound. Scared we receded. Forth with frantic hand, He tore and dash'd on earth the gory brand : Then calls the Cyclops, all that round him dwell, With voice like thunder, and a direful yell. From all their...
Page 81 - And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south : and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
Page 205 - Septuagint translation, implying " truth," and bearipg a further analogy in its plural termination. And what makes it more remarkable, is that the chief priest of the Jews, who, before the election of a king, was also the judge of the nation, was alone entitled to wear this honorary badge ; and the Thummim, like the Egyptian figure, was studded with precious stones of various colours.
Page 140 - The ornaments in gold found in Egypt consist of rings, bracelets, armlets, necklaces, earrings, and numerous trinkets belonging to the toilet, many of which are of the time of Osirtasen I. and Thothmes III., about 3930, and 3290 years ago.
Page 381 - But if, when the sum of his deeds have been recorded, his virtues so far predominate as to entitle him to admission to the mansions of the blessed, Horus, taking in his hand the tablet of Thoth, introduces him to the presence of Osiris ; who, in his palace, attended by Isis and Nepthys, sits on his throne in the midst of the waters, from which rises the lotus, bearing upon its expanded flower the four Genii of Amenti.