. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 382 NORTH-EAST AFEICA. The Necropolis of Thebes. The Thebes of the left bank was rather a city of the dead than of the living. Nevertheless the portion of the plain where the ground begins to rise towards the' Libyan escarpments also abounds in monuments, mostly, however, of a sepulchral Fig. 114.—Ruins of Thebes: Propylon, ok JSTortherv character. An eminence bearing the Arabic name of Medioet-Abu is covered with temples containing painted and sculptured historical pictures, on which are depicted with extraordmary accuracy the types and co
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 382 NORTH-EAST AFEICA. The Necropolis of Thebes. The Thebes of the left bank was rather a city of the dead than of the living. Nevertheless the portion of the plain where the ground begins to rise towards the' Libyan escarpments also abounds in monuments, mostly, however, of a sepulchral Fig. 114.—Ruins of Thebes: Propylon, ok JSTortherv character. An eminence bearing the Arabic name of Medioet-Abu is covered with temples containing painted and sculptured historical pictures, on which are depicted with extraordmary accuracy the types and costumes of Hittites, Amorrheans, l^hilistines, Teucrians, Danaans, Etruscans, Sards, Ethiopians, Arabs, Libyans and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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