Historical researches into the politics, intercourse, and trade of the Carthaginians, Ethiopians, and Egyptians, tr. [by D.A. Talboys from vol.2 of Ideen uber die Politik, den Verkehr und den Handel der vornehmsten Völker der alten Welt]. |
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Page 493 - It was decreed by the Carthaginians, that Hanno should undertake a voyage beyond the pillars of Hercules, and found Libyphcenician cities. He sailed accordingly with sixty ships of fifty oars each, and a body of men and women to the number of thirty thousand, and provisions and other necessaries.
Page 311 - The upper lip is, however, generally somewhat thicker than is considered beautiful among northern nations, though it is still far from the negro lip. Their legs and feet are well formed, which is seldom the case with the negroes. They have a short beard below the chin, but seldom any hair upon their cheeks. Their hair is bushy and strong, but not woolly.
Page 406 - on that remarkable spot which antiquity regarded as the cradle of the arts and sciences ; where hieroglyphic writing was discovered ; where temples and pyramids had already sprung up, while as yet Egypt remained entirely ignorant of their existence."* It does not belong to us to weigh the probability which attaches to the opinion now stated. No one will question its ingenuity, or deny that the authorities quoted from ancient writers are suitably applied. But, at the same...
Page 506 - Porro in occiduam plagam Ab his columnis gurgitem esse interminum, Late patere pelagus, extendi salum, Himilco tradit. Nullus haec adiit freta, Nullus carinas aequor illud intulit, Desint quod alto flabra propellentia, Nullusque puppim spiritus coeli juvet : Dehinc quod aethram quodam amictu vestiat Caligo, semper nebula condat gurgitem, Et crassiore nubilum perstet die.
Page 146 - ... but what this substance is no one knows except the maker. After this it is sealed and issued for circulation ; and he who possesses the most of this is regarded as having the most money, and as being the wealthiest man. But if any one among us had ever so much, he would be no richer than if he possessed a quantity of pebbles.
Page 464 - There are likewise pedestals whereon the figures of the Sphinx have been placed. Two magnificent flights of steps, several hundred feet long, all of granite, exceedingly well fashioned, and still in their places, are the only remains of a magnificent temple.
Page xxiii - In the vast steppes and sandy deserts which they had to traverse, Nature had sparingly allotted to the traveller a few scattered places of rest, where under the shade of palm trees and beside the cool fountains at their feet, the merchant and his beast of burden might enjoy the refreshment rendered necessary by so much suffering. Such places of repose...
Page 404 - Diodorus settles more accurately the site of the ancient temple, and strikingly confirms the above notion. It informs us that this temple did not stand in the city of Meroe, but at some distance from it in the desert, as it is here situated. When, in the period of the...
Page 392 - Caillaud q ; but the number cannot be well ascertained, as the ruins of many are doubtful. They are divided into three groups, one due east from the city ; the two others a league from the river, one north and the other south. The most northern one is the largest and best preserved. They certainly appear small in comparison with the monuments of a similar kind in middle Egypt, the height of the largest not being more than eighty feetr; but they are more wonderful from their number. They are built...
Page 349 - These places must then necessarily have been very ancient ; and the great population of the upper valley of the Nile favours our carrying them back to the time of the Pharoahs. We have no right to suppose that any of these places were flourishing cities. The great works in architecture here, as well as in Egypt, were confined to public edifices ; the Nubian, during the day, lived almost entirely in the open air ; his dwelling was little more than a resting place for the night. No wonder therefore...