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 751
Mariettehad worked, and the great temples of the old capital Thebes, 640 EXPLORATIONS IJV BIBLE LANDS where the ancient sanctuaries of Luxor and Medinet Habuwere cleared of their rubbish, and the beautiful Ptolemaictemple of Kom Ombo (Ombos), which has been, so to speak,conjured up from the ground… … Temple of Kom Ombo Thebes, which led to the discoverv of the tombs of thekings of the New Empire. Side by side with the authorities above mentioned, therehas been working since 1883 with the permission of theEgyptian government a societv of excavators known as the Egypt Exploration Fund. Fhis is a…
