A Short History of the Egyptian ObelisksS. Bagster and Sons, 1877 - 150 strani |
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A. H. Sayce Alexandria Amen Amen-Mai Rameses Amen-Ra Amenhotep II ancient Antiquities apex Archæology architect Assyrian Augustus base beloved BIBLE Birch Bonomi Cæsar cartouch Chaldee Circus Circus Maximus Column deity Domitian English erected father Foolscap octavo further Texts gods Golden hawk Greek guardian of justice Hatasu Hebrew Grammar height Heliopolis Helios hieroglyphics honour Horus Hykshos Inscription Karnak king of upper kingly Horus lands late George Smith List of further Lord of diadems lower country lower Egypt Luxor Mei-Amen-Rameses Meriamen monarch monolith monument morocco OBELISCVM obelisk Obelisks of Rome octavo Ousor-ma-Ra Sotep-en-Ra panegyries pedestal Pharaoh Philæ Piazza Pliny Polyglot PONT Prenomen Psametik Psammetichus Ptolemy pyramidion Quarto Ra-men-kheper Ra-men-kheperu Ra-ousor-ma-Sotep-en-Ra Rameses II re-erected red granite reign removed Roman royal Scriptures sculptured Seti Sixtus South Side Stele Strong bull temple Testament Thebes Thothmes translation Turkey morocco plain upper and lower Usirtesen vivifier worship XIXth dynasty
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Stran 78 - Helios, the great god, the lord of the heaven, I have given to thee life free from sorrow, Apollo the mighty, the lord of the diadem, the incomparable, to whom the lord of Egypt has erected statues in this royal town, and has adorned the city of Helios, and Helios himself, the lord of the heavens. He has completed his noble work, the son of Helios, the everliving king." Fifth inscription : — " Helios, the lord of the heavens : to King Rhamestes have I given might and power ; whom Apollo loves,...
Stran 108 - King Ptolemy, and Queen Cleopatra the sister, and Queen Cleopatra the wife, to Lochus our brother, greeting': of the petition addressed to us by the priests of Isis in Abaton and Phil*, we place a copy below ; and you will do well to order that, on no account, they be molested in those matters which they have detailed to us. Hail.