The Nile boat or, glimpses of the land of Egypt / by . 3». On the upper end of the hall, Rauieses is represented receiv-ing the emblems of life and power from Amun, the presidingdeity of Thebes, and there is a long procession of his sons anddaughters. From the great hall the visitor advanced intoseveral smaller chambers, the first of which being apparentlythe library, over which Hecataeus praises the inscription whichcalls the books of Thoth the medicine of the mind. It isadorned with astronomical subjects, and the inmost, to whichaccess was given by a door of two folds revolving o
The Nile boat or, glimpses of the land of Egypt / by . 3». On the upper end of the hall, Rauieses is represented receiv-ing the emblems of life and power from Amun, the presidingdeity of Thebes, and there is a long procession of his sons anddaughters. From the great hall the visitor advanced intoseveral smaller chambers, the first of which being apparentlythe library, over which Hecataeus praises the inscription whichcalls the books of Thoth the medicine of the mind. It isadorned with astronomical subjects, and the inmost, to whichaccess was given by a door of two folds revolving on bronzepins, were also covered with sculptures representing the mon-arch making offerings to the gods. Nigh to the exterior of the Mcmnonium arc several masses i ,v|B ?HI- s , , V - o ! i 1 ijpSJ|i:i:ii!fl!| il1 u SUN-DRIED HKKKS. ITU of the crude or sun-dried bricks, which are so common at Thebes,of which the external enclosures of the precincts of the tem-ples were formed, as well as the greater part of the privatebuildings of the city. These arc peculiarly int
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