Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . Sesostris went to worship in the temple, he rode in achariot which was drawn by captive kings. They were harnessedlike horses, four abreast; and their royal robes trailed in the dust asthey tugged the heavy chariot along. But at length the proud Sesos-tris grew old and blind. He could no longer look around him, and,see captive kings drawing his chariot, or kneeling at his then became utterly miserable, and committed suicide. CHAPTER XL.—AFRICA CONTINUED. Egyptian Architecture and Sculpture. 1. The ancient history of
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . Sesostris went to worship in the temple, he rode in achariot which was drawn by captive kings. They were harnessedlike horses, four abreast; and their royal robes trailed in the dust asthey tugged the heavy chariot along. But at length the proud Sesos-tris grew old and blind. He could no longer look around him, and,see captive kings drawing his chariot, or kneeling at his then became utterly miserable, and committed suicide. CHAPTER XL.—AFRICA CONTINUED. Egyptian Architecture and Sculpture. 1. The ancient history of Egypt is so obscure, and yet so full ofwonderful tales, that we might doubt it altogether, and believe it butthe marvellous invention of fanciful story-tellers, were it not for thevast ruins and stupendous monuments still to be found in differentparts of the country. These show that many ages since, betweenthree and four thousand years ago, this country was filled with mil-lions of people, and that there were cities here of the most wonder-ful Ruins of Thebes. 2. Thebes appears to have been more magnificent than any othercity, either in ancient or modern times. It was called the city of ahundred gates; and such was the immense population, that througheach of these gates, in time of war, marched two hundred armedchariots, and two thousand soldiers. 10. What do others say? II. How was the chariot of Sesostris drawn? What was thefate of this despotic king? Cii. XL. —1. What of the ancient history of Egypt? Whatof ruin? and monuments? What do they prove? 2. What of Thebes? 7 74 SCHOOL HISTORY. 3. Thebes was ruined in the time of Cambyses, kins: of Persiawho lived about twenty-four hundred years ago. Yet the remains ofthe city are still visible, scattered over a space of twenty-seven mileson each side of the Nile. Some of the pillars of the temples areeleven feet in diameter. 4. One of the Egyptian kings caused his subjects to dig a greatlake, forty-five miles in
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