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Egypt: Ancient Sites and Modern Scenes [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1910)
fragments of canals watered it here and there, and in the spots where a
little verdure was to be seen the or alone provided for the needs of the peasants
at the cost of incessant labour. Nearly everywhere the desert...
in the foreground of the landscape. Now the monastery has been repaired; stone houses are grouped round it, the palm-trees have spread and form a small wood, the fields have invaded the desert, and the stir of cattle...
in the foreground of the landscape. Now the monastery has been repaired; stone houses are grouped round it, the palm-trees have spread and form a small wood, the fields have invaded the desert, and the stir of cattle...
Guide to the Cairo Museum [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1903)
, but which night be met with in the
Libyan or Ethiopian desert. The union of leonine strength with human
intelligence in a single being rendered it highly redoubtable; and it was
accordingly worshipped as a god, Harmakhuîti...
Dynasty.4.thOnly the eastern of the two pillars overlooking the atrium has been adorned with a statue: — Height 3 m. 75 cent.5. — Red Granite.Colossus bearing the name of Usirtasen III. — XII Dynasty...
Dynasty.4.thOnly the eastern of the two pillars overlooking the atrium has been adorned with a statue: — Height 3 m. 75 cent.5. — Red Granite.Colossus bearing the name of Usirtasen III. — XII Dynasty...