...represent the night heavens, and which was supported on pillars carved, some in the form of date-palms, ana some like cedars of Lebanon; the leaves and twigs...from pillar to pillar across the hall, and in the* Pelusium is the Abaris of Manetho, traces of the ancient walls with fortlike projections still remain....

...palms; some, like cedars of Lebanon. The leaves and twigs consisted of artfully fastened and coloured tissue : elegant festoons of bluish gauze were stretched from pillar to pillar across the hall, and were attached in the centre of the eastern wall to a large shell-shaped canopy over the throne of the...

...cedars of Lebanon ; the leaves and twigs consisted of artfully ROl'AL THRONES. 325 fastened and coloured tissue ; elegant festoons of bluish gauze were stretched...decorated with pieces of green and blue glass, of mother-of-pearl, of shining plates of mica, and other sparkling objects. Fig. 75.— Egyptian Thrones....

...palms ; some, like cedars of Lebanon. The leaves and twigs consisted of artfully fastened and coloured tissue : elegant festoons of bluish gauze were stretched from pillar to pillar across the hall, and were attached in the centre of the eastern wall to a large shell-shaped canopy over the throne of the...