A popular account of the ancient Egyptians. Revised and abridged from [Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians]. |
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... metal pestles Vignette * L . Boats with coloured , and embroidered sails ; from the tomb of Remeses III . at Thebes · CHAPTER VIII . Vignette M. Cattle during the inundation in the Delta Woodcut 412. Modern ovens for hatching eggs 413 ...
... metal pestles Vignette * L . Boats with coloured , and embroidered sails ; from the tomb of Remeses III . at Thebes · CHAPTER VIII . Vignette M. Cattle during the inundation in the Delta Woodcut 412. Modern ovens for hatching eggs 413 ...
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... Metal mirrors . ( Metal , and even glass , mirrors were also used at Rome , but these differed from some of the Roman “ specula ” used as ornaments for rooms ; from which the Venetians borrowed their mirrors , with figures upon them ) ...
... Metal mirrors . ( Metal , and even glass , mirrors were also used at Rome , but these differed from some of the Roman “ specula ” used as ornaments for rooms ; from which the Venetians borrowed their mirrors , with figures upon them ) ...
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... metal sock , either of bronze or iron . It was drawn by two oxen ; and the plough- * Woodcuts 359 , fig . 1 , 361 and 362 . † See the Vignette at the beginning of this Chapter . man guided and drove them with a long goad , 14 CHAP . VI ...
... metal sock , either of bronze or iron . It was drawn by two oxen ; and the plough- * Woodcuts 359 , fig . 1 , 361 and 362 . † See the Vignette at the beginning of this Chapter . man guided and drove them with a long goad , 14 CHAP . VI ...
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... metal blades , except of very late time , nor is there any proof of the ploughshare having been sheathed with metal . VOL . II . * Woodcut 361 , fig . 2 . C ..11 363 . Hoeing and sowing the land , and CHAP . VI . 17 HOES . Wooden hoes.
... metal blades , except of very late time , nor is there any proof of the ploughshare having been sheathed with metal . VOL . II . * Woodcut 361 , fig . 2 . C ..11 363 . Hoeing and sowing the land , and CHAP . VI . 17 HOES . Wooden hoes.
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... metal blade , either bronze or iron ; and the peasants are sometimes represented felling trees with this imple- ment ; while others are employed in hoeing the field preparatory to its being sown , -confirming what I before observed ...
... metal blade , either bronze or iron ; and the peasants are sometimes represented felling trees with this imple- ment ; while others are employed in hoeing the field preparatory to its being sown , -confirming what I before observed ...
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18th dynasty acacia according adopted Alnwick Castle ancient Egyptians animals appearance Arab arch bastinado Beni Hassan blue boats body bricks bronze cattle centre cloth colour confined cubits custom Diodorus dynasty early 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 known labour land leather length linen Lower Egypt manufacture mentioned metal mode modern Egyptians monuments mummy Museum Nile Nilometers ordinary ornaments Osiris paintings papyrus period persons Pharaoh Philoteras 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 upper various vases weight wood Woodcut wooden
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