The Life of the Ancient East: Being Some Chapters of the Romance of Modern ExcavationMacmillan, 1923 - 463 Seiten |
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... tion of relics of antiquity , but also something which is of far more importance , and without which the mere disclosure of ancient buildings , works of art , or weapons and utensils is of little account , the new knowledge which has ...
... tion of relics of antiquity , but also something which is of far more importance , and without which the mere disclosure of ancient buildings , works of art , or weapons and utensils is of little account , the new knowledge which has ...
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... tion . For the kindness which has enabled me to use some of them , I am indebted to the Societies and gentlemen who have given permission , and their names are recorded on the plates in question . Torphichen , July , 1923 . JAMES BAIKIE ...
... tion . For the kindness which has enabled me to use some of them , I am indebted to the Societies and gentlemen who have given permission , and their names are recorded on the plates in question . Torphichen , July , 1923 . JAMES BAIKIE ...
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... tion , his excavations can scarcely have been more profit- able than the search for the Tobermory Galleon . In fact the whole perspective and ideal of exploration have gradually changed as time has gone on . The early explorers looked ...
... tion , his excavations can scarcely have been more profit- able than the search for the Tobermory Galleon . In fact the whole perspective and ideal of exploration have gradually changed as time has gone on . The early explorers looked ...
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... temple in the Holy City to continue the tradi- tion of the Old Empire , there had been established at Abydos a kind of Passion - Play , the earliest known drama in the world , in which the incidents of the ABYDOS , THE HOLY CITY OF EGYPT ...
... temple in the Holy City to continue the tradi- tion of the Old Empire , there had been established at Abydos a kind of Passion - Play , the earliest known drama in the world , in which the incidents of the ABYDOS , THE HOLY CITY OF EGYPT ...
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... tion of the whole nation never held by any other god , not even by Amen when the fortunes of the Theban dynasties and their god were at their flood . Thus , in spite of the fact that Abydos never played in the history of Egypt a part in ...
... tion of the whole nation never held by any other god , not even by Amen when the fortunes of the Theban dynasties and their god were at their flood . Thus , in spite of the fact that Abydos never played in the history of Egypt a part in ...
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Abydos adorned Ægean Akhenaten Amen Amenhotep Amenhotep III Ancient East Ancient Egypt artistic Ashur-bani-pal Assyrian Aten Babylon Babylonia beautiful Berkeley brick bronze brought building built CALIFORNIA LIBRARY centuries chamber civilisation court Cretan Crete dead Der-el-Bahri discovered discovery doubt Dynasty Eannatum early Egypt Empire evidence excavation explorer fact famous feet gate Gezer glory gold Greek Gudea Hall hand Hatshepsut Homeric inscription Karnak king Knossos Lagash land Layard Lord Minoan Minos modern mound mummy Museum Mycena Mycenæan Nile Nineveh Ningirsu obelisks Osiris palace Palestine patesi perhaps period Petrie Pharaoh probably Queen race Ramses Ramses II record reign reliefs remains remarkable ruins sacred says Schliemann sculptured Sennacherib Sety shrine side splendid splendour stele stone story Sumer tablets Tell-el-Amarna temple Thebes Thothmes throne tion Tiryns tower trace treasure Troy Tutankhamen Umma UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Urukagina Valley vases wall whole wonderful
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Seite 60 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Seite 241 - And they said : Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Seite 93 - Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Seite 299 - WOE to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled ; And dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee ! When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled ; And when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Seite 254 - If a builder build a house for a man and do not make its construction firm and the house which he has built collapse and cause the death of the owner of the house — that builder shall be put to death.
Seite 263 - And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Seite 60 - The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens., Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Seite 263 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom ; for I am prudent : And I have removed the bounds of the people, And have robbed their treasures, And I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man...
Seite 89 - After getting through these passages, some of them two or three hundred yards long, you generally find a more commodious place, perhaps high enough to sit. But what a place of rest! Surrounded by bodies, by heaps of mummies in all directions; which, previous to my being accustomed to the sight, impressed me with horror. The blackness of the wall, the...
Seite 89 - I sought a resting-place, found one, and contrived to sit; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support; so that I...