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Egypt: Ancient Sites and Modern Scenes [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1910)
mummy lying on its funeral bed. The hill stood out sharply, and the
stone lay scattered about in broad white slabs, stained with black where
the chambers of the mine had exploded. How many more summers...
, then the violated hypogeums, the hill with its bruised and peeled surface, a glimpse of the shining Nile, the coming and going of barges with sails set, an embankment striped with black and green, a line of trees, a...
, then the violated hypogeums, the hill with its bruised and peeled surface, a glimpse of the shining Nile, the coming and going of barges with sails set, an embankment striped with black and green, a line of trees, a...
Guide to the Cairo Museum [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1903)
if they will apply to the
Director or to one of the Keepers.The attendant at the door speaks the principal European languages.IMPORTANT NOTICE.
The red numbers are the present English edition; the black numbers refer...
to satisfy the exigencies of the rites connected with the consecration of the tomb.othA very hard stone was generally selected, black or red granite, red sandstone, breccia of different colours, and, more rarely, white...
to satisfy the exigencies of the rites connected with the consecration of the tomb.othA very hard stone was generally selected, black or red granite, red sandstone, breccia of different colours, and, more rarely, white...
Egypt: descriptive, historical, and picturesque [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1887)
Short Guide to the Chief Exhibits of the Cairo Museum of Antiquities [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1915)
, or positions or directions in passages or rooms.In front, Above.—These are references to exhibit cases which have sloping desklike or
horizontal fronts. “Above” refers to the vertical portion, “In front” to the
jutting portion of the case.—Black...
world differed in different times and places. There was the cleft in the western hills of through which souls passed to Amenti or Hades; also the sacred western marshes of the Delta through which the soul was piloted...
world differed in different times and places. There was the cleft in the western hills of through which souls passed to Amenti or Hades; also the sacred western marshes of the Delta through which the soul was piloted...