"Egyptian Sowing. The people were mainly agricultural, but employed rude methods of cultivation. In…
"An Egyptian tree; the bark and pods are frequently used in tanning and the aqueous extract of the wood…
"Lotus is a name given to various flowers, including several beautiful species of water lily, especially…
"Sphinx is a Greek word signifying 'strangler,' applied to certain symbolical forms of Egyptian origin,…
A hinge or pivot. The first figure, in the annexed woodcut, is designed to show the general form of…
"The most common material on which books were written by the Greeks and Romans, was the thin coats or…
"The sistrum was an Egyptian instrument of music, used in certain ceremonies by that people, and especially…
"The hunting scenes are very numerous among their paintings, and the devices for capturing birds and…
"Hounds were also used to pursue game, as may be perceived from the subjoined representation of a huntsman…
"Cattle doctors are exhibited performing operations upon sick oxen, bulls, deer, goats, and even geese."…
"The form of the bottle and the use of the blow-pipe are unequivocally indicated; and the green hue,…
"The use of the spindle and loom, sewing, braiding, etc, form the subjects of many of the paintings,…
"The Egyptian chairs of which we have a great variety of representations, were not inferior in elegance…
"That the Egyptians paid great attention to the study of music and had arrived at a very accurate knowledge…
"That the Egyptians paid great attention to the study of music and had arrived at a very accurate knowledge…
"That the Egyptians paid great attention to the study of music and had arrived at a very accurate knowledge…
"Some of the Egyptian female sports were rather of a hoydenish character, as the game of ball, in one…
"Some of the Egyptian female sports were rather of a hoydenish character, as the game of ball, in one…
"Some of the Egyptian female sports were rather of a hoydenish character, as the game of ball, in one…
"Wooden dolls for children have also been discovered of various fasions, some of them precisely similar…
"The Egyptian shops exhibited many curious scenes. Poulters suspended geese and other birds from a pole…
"A cook roasting a goose; he holds the spit with one hand, and blows the fire with a fan held in the…
"The following is a representation of a wine-press, in which the grapes are squeezed in a bag." —…
"Usually kept as a family seat, and occupied by the master and mistress of the house, though occaisionally…
"The Egyptian couches were executed in great taste. They were of wood, with one end raised, and receding…
"Two boats moored to the bank of the river by ropes and stakes. In the cabin of one, a man inflicts…
"The Egyptian needles were of the following fashion. They wrote with a reed, or rush, many of which…
"Workmen are represented polishing and painting statues of men, sphinxes, and small figures; and two…
"Among the remarkable inventions of a remote era, may be mentioned bellows and siphons. The former were…
A genus of wading birds, one species of which was regarded in ancient Egypt with a degree of respect…
The bodies of those who were buried in the pyramids were preserved from decay by a secret process, known…
A name derived from the lotus of Greek legend, and applied to various species of plants related to the…
An Egyptian design consisting of a small ball, on the sides of which are two asps with extended wings,…