The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times Till the Conquest by the Arabs, A.D. 640, Volume 1George Bell and sons, 1885 - 842 pages |
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... figure of Queen Nitocris with beard and man's clothes , but with feminine titles . " The good goddess queen of the world , Mykera , giver of life . " From her obelisk at Karnak . ( Burton's Excerpta , pl . 48. ) Fig . 48. Five figures ...
... figure of Queen Nitocris with beard and man's clothes , but with feminine titles . " The good goddess queen of the world , Mykera , giver of life . " From her obelisk at Karnak . ( Burton's Excerpta , pl . 48. ) Fig . 48. Five figures ...
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... figure with the head of this dog was once the first letter in the name of Oimenepthah or Aimenepthah , as the letter A ; but in most cases it was afterwards cut out to give place to the sitting figure of Osiris . Fig . 73. Ground plan ...
... figure with the head of this dog was once the first letter in the name of Oimenepthah or Aimenepthah , as the letter A ; but in most cases it was afterwards cut out to give place to the sitting figure of Osiris . Fig . 73. Ground plan ...
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... figures of the gods Horus and Truth , pronounced Ouro and Mei or Thmei . 2nd . A snake and a vulture each on a dish ; they bore the same two names . 3rd . Another figure of Truth or Thmei on a dish . ( J. Bonomi . ) Fig . 131. A metal ...
... figures of the gods Horus and Truth , pronounced Ouro and Mei or Thmei . 2nd . A snake and a vulture each on a dish ; they bore the same two names . 3rd . Another figure of Truth or Thmei on a dish . ( J. Bonomi . ) Fig . 131. A metal ...
Page xxi
... figure in bas - relief . In his right hand he holds a fir cone , with which , as with a sponge , he seems in the act of sprink ling water . The cone may have been filled with water out of the vessel held in his left hand . ( J. Bonomi ...
... figure in bas - relief . In his right hand he holds a fir cone , with which , as with a sponge , he seems in the act of sprink ling water . The cone may have been filled with water out of the vessel held in his left hand . ( J. Bonomi ...
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... figure of Thannyras worshipping the sun . ( Burton's Excerpta , pl . 6. ) Fig . 199. Thannyras in the form of a sphinx with a human head , presenting the figure of Truth to the sun . ( Monumens Egypt . Prisse , pl . x . ) Fig . 200 ...
... figure of Thannyras worshipping the sun . ( Burton's Excerpta , pl . 6. ) Fig . 199. Thannyras in the form of a sphinx with a human head , presenting the figure of Truth to the sun . ( Monumens Egypt . Prisse , pl . x . ) Fig . 200 ...
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