Arts, Antiquities and Chronology of Ancient Egypt: from Observations in 1839: With Illustrations from Original Sketches |
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18th dynasty Ægyptus Amenof Amun-neitgori ancient antiquity appears arch architecture architrave Beni Hassan blocks building Cæsar capital Caryatic chamber Cheops Cheops's colonnades colossal colours columns cornice court Denderah descending Diodorus Diospolites dynasty early Edfoo edifice Egyptian entrance Eratosthenes erected Ethiopian excavated feet figures formed front grand granite Greece Greek grottoes hall Hassan Herodotus hewn hieroglyphic inscriptions intaglio interior Karnak king Lower Egypt Luqsor magnificent Manetho masonry massive Medeenet Haboo Memnonium Memphis ments monarch monuments mummy Nectanebo Nile Nubia obelisks Old Chronicle original Osirtasen painted palace passage perhaps period Persians Pharaohs piers plain plate Polygnotus portico prenomen probably Ptolemies pylon pyramids quadrangle quarries Ramses Ramses II reign relievos remarkable river rock Roman roof Rosellini ROYAL OVALS ruins sand scenes sculptures seems seen sepulchral Sesostris Shepherd Shishak sides square statues stone supposed Tanites temple Thebaid Theban Thebes Thothmes throne tion tomb vast Vyse walls whole