Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufacturers, Religion and Early History : Derived from a Comparison of the Painting, Sculptures and Monuments Still Existing with the Accounts of Ancient Authors, Volume 3Murray, 1837 - 404 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 33
Page vii
... Specimen of this Glass belonging to Captain Henvey , R.N. , described · The Manner in which the Parts of this Glass were put together . Opinion of Paw , Goguet , and others , on the Antiquity of Glass 93 96 - 97 Certain reputed Emeralds ...
... Specimen of this Glass belonging to Captain Henvey , R.N. , described · The Manner in which the Parts of this Glass were put together . Opinion of Paw , Goguet , and others , on the Antiquity of Glass 93 96 - 97 Certain reputed Emeralds ...
Page viii
... Specimen in my Possession . The Mummy Cloths . Mr. Thompson's Account of them The Threads . Disparity of the Number in the Warp and the Woof Compared to the Muslin of India . Fringed Cloths . vages 118 119 - 121 122 · 124 Blue Use of ...
... Specimen in my Possession . The Mummy Cloths . Mr. Thompson's Account of them The Threads . Disparity of the Number in the Warp and the Woof Compared to the Muslin of India . Fringed Cloths . vages 118 119 - 121 122 · 124 Blue Use of ...
Page ix
... Specimens at Sy- racuse in Sicily , where the Plant still grows Pliny's Account of their Manufacture · · 148 149 · 150 Different Kinds . Pliny's Error in supposing Papyri not made before the Time of Alexander Papyrus superseded by ...
... Specimens at Sy- racuse in Sicily , where the Plant still grows Pliny's Account of their Manufacture · · 148 149 · 150 Different Kinds . Pliny's Error in supposing Papyri not made before the Time of Alexander Papyrus superseded by ...
Page 93
... specimens , has been already noticed by the learned Winkelmann , who is decidedly of opinion that " the ancients carried the art of glass making to a higher degree of perfection than ourselves , though it may appear a paradox to those ...
... specimens , has been already noticed by the learned Winkelmann , who is decidedly of opinion that " the ancients carried the art of glass making to a higher degree of perfection than ourselves , though it may appear a paradox to those ...
Page 94
... specimen has been broken . But the most surprising thing is , that the reverse exhibits the same bird , in which it is im- possible to discover any difference in the smallest details ; whence it may be concluded that the figure of the ...
... specimen has been broken . But the most surprising thing is , that the reverse exhibits the same bird , in which it is im- possible to discover any difference in the smallest details ; whence it may be concluded that the figure of the ...
Contents
1 | |
7 | |
15 | |
20 | |
30 | |
39 | |
44 | |
51 | |
202 | |
207 | |
211 | |
225 | |
234 | |
240 | |
247 | |
252 | |
57 | |
63 | |
69 | |
72 | |
88 | |
127 | |
133 | |
136 | |
139 | |
145 | |
151 | |
178 | |
181 | |
187 | |
198 | |
253 | |
267 | |
274 | |
296 | |
302 | |
306 | |
323 | |
330 | |
353 | |
359 | |
366 | |
383 | |
390 | |
396 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
18th dynasty adopted ancient Egyptians appear applied Arabs Beni Hassan birds blue boats bottles bronze byblus carrying chariot chase chasseur colours cotton crocodile custom cyperus Cyperus papyrus desert Diod Diodorus dogs Egypt and Thebes employed Ethiopia evident fish found at Thebes fowl frequently gazelle glass gold Greeks ground Hassan Herod Herodotus hieroglyphics hippopotamus hyæna inch invention iron Julius Pollux kind king known lake Moris leather linen Lower Egypt manner manufacture mast mentioned metal mode modern monuments mummy cloths Museum nets Nile noose numerous occasion ornamental oryx paintings papyrus period piece plant Plin Pliny Plut Pollux present day preserved probably purpose Remeses represented Romans rope sacred animals sail says sculptures Sebennytic nome silver skill sometimes spear species specimens stone Strabo supposed temples Tentyris Tentyrites Thebaïd Thebes thongs threads tombs Upper Upper Egypt various vases Vide wood-cut warp wild wood wooden woof