Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 746
ient sacred city of Abydos musttake the first rank. There he laidbare the temple of Seti I.,^ of theNineteenth Dynasty, with its beau-tifully executed wall sculptures,which scarcely have their equals, and also the famous andmost valuable List of the Kings of Abydos, sculpturedin relief,… … Statue of the so-called Village Chief 6B8 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS Further may be mentioned a rather mutilated temple ofRameses II., a smaller chapel founded by the same ruler inthe town, as well as the large temple of the god Osiris.Enormous finds were made in the different burying-placesin the…
