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A popular account of the ancient Egyptians / Sir John Gardner Wilkinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilkinson, John Gardner, 1797-1875, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
- Egypt.
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper, 1854.
- Contents:
- Character of the Egyptians
- Original populations
- Social life
- Houses
- Villas
- Farmyards
- Gardens
- Vineyards
- Winepress
- Wines
- Beer
- Furniture of rooms
- Chairs
- 1(72)
- Reception of guests
- Music
- Various instruments
- Sacred music
- Dance
- 73 (68)
- Amusement of the guests
- Vases
- Ornaments of the house
- Preparation for dinner
- The kitchen
- Mode of eating
- Spoons
- Washing before meals
- Figure of a dead man brought in
- Games within, and out of, doors
- Wrestling
- Boat-fights
- Bull-fights
- 141 (71)
- The Chase
- Wild animals
- Dogs
- Birds
- Fishing
- Chase of the hippopotamus
- Crocodile
- Its eggs
- The trochilus
- List of the animals of Egypt
- Plants
- -Emblems
- Offerings
- Ceremonies
- 212 (90)
- Origin of the Egyptians
- Population of Egypt and of the world of old
- History
- The king
- Princes
- Priests
- Their
- system
- Religion
- Gods
- Triads
- Dresses
- and mode of life of the priests
- Soldiers
- Arms
- Chariots
- Ships and navy
- enemies of
- Egypt
- Conquests
- 302
- The different classes of Egyptians
- Third class:
- The husbandmen
- Agriculture
- Productions of
- Harvest
- Festivals of the peasants
- Gardeners, huntsmen, boatmen of the Nile
- 1 (49)
- Fourth class:
- Artificers, tradesmen or
- shopkeepers, musicians, builders, carpenters,
- boatbuilders, masons, potters, public weighers and
- notaries, pounders
- Glass
- False stones
- Lamps
- Fine linen
- Looms
- Flax
- Leather
- Papyrus
- Potters
- Carpenters
- Boxes
- Boats
- Metals
- Tin
- Gold mines
- Iron
- Bronze
- Casting
- Stone knives
- Pounding in mortars 50 (118)
- The fifth class
- Pastors, poulterers,
- shops, fowlers, fishermen, labourers,
- brickmakers, and common people
- Jews
- People
- giving an account of their mode of living
- Laws
- Judges
- Crimes and punishments
- Thieves
- Debtors
- Sales and deeds
- Marriages
- Parents
- Lawgivers
- Provinces and governors
- Revenues
- Gold
- Mensuration
- Three seasons
- Intercalation
- Sothic year
- Land measures
- Cubit
- Weights and measures
- 168 (94)
- Egyptian art
- Remains of Nineveh
- Human figure
- Drawing and painting
- Architecture
- Orders of
- architecture
- Some devices copied from nature
- Too great symmetry avoided
- Use of large
- stones
- Antiquity of the arch
- Bricks
- Progress of architecture
- Use of limestone
- Colossi
- Monoliths
- Machinery
- Masons
- Early
- Egyptian inventions
- Wigs
- Dresses of women
- Ornaments
- Ointments
- Mirrors
- Doctors
- Magic.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
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