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... hand at the approach of each successive harvest ; while the agricultural labourers , from their frugal mode of living , required very little wheat and barley , and were generally contented , as at the present day , with bread made of ...
... hand at the approach of each successive harvest ; while the agricultural labourers , from their frugal mode of living , required very little wheat and barley , and were generally contented , as at the present day , with bread made of ...
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... hand ; the others are driving the goats over the ground . The hieroglyphic word above , Sk , or Skai , signifies " tillage , " and is followed by the demonstrative sign , a plough . 359 . 3 Ploughing and hoeing . Fig . 1.
... hand ; the others are driving the goats over the ground . The hieroglyphic word above , Sk , or Skai , signifies " tillage , " and is followed by the demonstrative sign , a plough . 359 . 3 Ploughing and hoeing . Fig . 1.
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... hand ; of a brown yellow colour . That within large and hard ; turned and made into pulleys or sail rings . The nucleus within it eaten when young ; exceedingly hard when dry ( and ripe ) . " See above , Vol . I. p . 56 . " Seed pods ...
... hand ; of a brown yellow colour . That within large and hard ; turned and made into pulleys or sail rings . The nucleus within it eaten when young ; exceedingly hard when dry ( and ripe ) . " See above , Vol . I. p . 56 . " Seed pods ...
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... hand , or suspended on his arm ( sometimes with a strap round his neck ) , while he scattered the seed with his right ; and he sometimes followed the plough , in those fields which required no further preparation with the hoe , or were ...
... hand , or suspended on his arm ( sometimes with a strap round his neck ) , while he scattered the seed with his right ; and he sometimes followed the plough , in those fields which required no further preparation with the hoe , or were ...
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... hand baskets . The rope net , answering to the Shenfeh of modern Egypt , was borne on a pole by two men ; and the threshing - floor was a level circular area near the field , or in the vicinity of the granary , where , when it had been ...
... hand baskets . The rope net , answering to the Shenfeh of modern Egypt , was borne on a pole by two men ; and the threshing - floor was a level circular area near the field , or in the vicinity of the granary , where , when it had been ...
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18th dynasty according adopted Alnwick Castle ANCIENT EGYPTIANS animals appear Arab arch bastinado Beni Hassan blue boats body bronze CHAP cloth colour columns confined cubits custom deceased Diodorus dresses dynasty early Egypt Eileithyias embalmed emblem employed evidently feet figure fish frequently funeral glass gold and silver Greece Greeks Hassan head Heptanomis Herodotus hieroglyphics imitation inches introduced inundation invention iron Jews kind king land length linen lower manufacture mentioned metal mode monuments mummies Museum Nile Nilometer ornamented Osiris painted papyrus period persons Pharaoh Philoteras piece placed Plin Pliny plough present day priests probably Ptolemy purpose Pyramids quantity quarries Remeses represented ring Romans rope round sacred sails scribe sculptures side sometimes statue stone Strabo supposed talents talents weight taste temple Thebaïd Thebes Thoth Thothmes threads tion tombs upper various vases VIII weight women 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 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 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 201 - Asos, aged about 40, of middle size, sallow complexion, cheerful countenance, long face, and straight nose, with a scar upon the middle of his forehead, for 601 pieces of brass; the sellers standing as brokers, and as securities for the validity of the sale.
Page 79 - And all the women that were wise-hearted, did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
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 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 337 - Women wore many rings, sometimes two and three on the same finger : the left was considered the hand || peculiarly privileged to bear those ornaments ; and it is remarkable, that its third finger was decorated with a greater number than any other, and was considered by them, as by us, par excellence, the ring finger ^f ; though there is no evidence of its having been so honoured at the marriage ceremony.** They even wore a Wood-cut, No.
Page 152 - The principle of the common balance was simple and ingenious ; the beam passed through a ring suspended from a horizontal rod, immediately above and parallel to it, and when equally balanced, the ring, which was large enough to allow the beam to play freely, showed when the scales were equally poised, and had the additional effect of preventing the beam tilting, when the goods were taken out of one, and the weights suffered to remain in the other scale.
Page 363 - ... individuals who purchased them during their lifetime. They were the property of the priests ; and a sufficient number being always kept ready, the purchase was made at the " shortest notice ;" nothing being requisite to complete even the sculptures, or inscriptions, but the insertion of the deceased's name, and a few statements respecting his family and profession. The numerous subjects representing agricultural scenes, the trades of the people, in short the various occupations of the Egyptians,...