Lectures on the Elements of Hieroglyphics and Egyptian Antiquities. With plates |
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... kind has been found ; the celebrated Rosetta stone , of which I shall have to speak hereafter . On this stone there were observed different inscriptions , - one in hieroglyphics , one in Greek , and a third in the characters which the ...
... kind has been found ; the celebrated Rosetta stone , of which I shall have to speak hereafter . On this stone there were observed different inscriptions , - one in hieroglyphics , one in Greek , and a third in the characters which the ...
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... kind . In regard to history , though many ancient wri- ters , such as Herodotus , Diodorus , Strabo , Plu- tarch and others , have written on the history and antiquities of Egypt , yet there is but one native Egyptian historian of note ...
... kind . In regard to history , though many ancient wri- ters , such as Herodotus , Diodorus , Strabo , Plu- tarch and others , have written on the history and antiquities of Egypt , yet there is but one native Egyptian historian of note ...
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... from the temple , while those on the right appear as if coming into it . They have besides the peculiarity of exhi- biting the Lion as the first sign , and the Crab as D the last . The other is a kind of representation INTRODUCTORY . 33.
... from the temple , while those on the right appear as if coming into it . They have besides the peculiarity of exhi- biting the Lion as the first sign , and the Crab as D the last . The other is a kind of representation INTRODUCTORY . 33.
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Marquis SPINETO. the last . The other is a kind of representation of a planisphere , in the ceiling of the small apartment , at the extremity of the temple , and round both a great number of hieroglyphics are seen . Another such Zodiac ...
Marquis SPINETO. the last . The other is a kind of representation of a planisphere , in the ceiling of the small apartment , at the extremity of the temple , and round both a great number of hieroglyphics are seen . Another such Zodiac ...
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... art of gilding was in great perfection among them , and they knew how to beat gold nearly as thin as ours ; for Belzoni found many ornaments of the kind , and a leaf of gold , which appeared to him extremely pure , and 38 LECTURE I.
... art of gilding was in great perfection among them , and they knew how to beat gold nearly as thin as ours ; for Belzoni found many ornaments of the kind , and a leaf of gold , which appeared to him extremely pure , and 38 LECTURE I.
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Abydos Akerblad alphabet Ammon amongst ancient antiquity arbitrary marks ascertain belonging Belzoni bird called Cambyses Champollion Chinese chronology considered contained Coptic Coptic language curious decyphering deities demotic Diodorus discovery dynasty Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptians emblem employed enchorial endeavoured engraved Ethiopia exhibited existing express fact father figure glyphics goddess gods Greeks half circle Hebrew Herodotus hiero hierogly hieroglyphical characters Hyk-shos idea inscription instance invention Isis Karnac king language learned Lecture legend letter magnificent Manetho mankind means mentioned ments mode of writing monuments nations nature Nile obelisks object observed original Osiris Osorchon oval Pharaohs phonetic Phtha priesthood priests prince pschent Ptolemy racters Ramesses raohs reign representation represented Roman Rosetta stone ruins sacred seems Septuagint serpent shew Shishak signify signs Smé sort sovereigns spelling Strabo syllable symbolical Table temple Thebes thing tians tion tomb vowels whole word
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Page 455 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 238 - I have no pleasure in them;" while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Page 472 - And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation ? that ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 106 - So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 222 - Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
Page 226 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Page 460 - Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Page 24 - The most sublime ideas that can be, formed from the most magnificent specimens of our present architecture, would give a very incorrect picture of these ruins; for such is the difference not only in magnitude, but in form, proportion, and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various temples as...
Page 459 - Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
Page 459 - An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever...