Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 888
Egyp-tian monument, of whatever period,temples, statues, tablets, small statues,were inscribed with hieroglyphic in-scriptions, all generally executed with great care and finish.The Egyptian edifices were also covered with religious or his-torical tableaux, sculptured and painted on all the walls;… … EGYPTIAN COLUMN. 868 TOMBS AND CATACOMBS. than 30,000 square feet of sculpture, and at the sides of thesetableaux were innumerable inscriptions, equally composed ofino-eniously grouped figurative signs, in explanation of the sub-jects, and combining with them far more happily than if theyhad been…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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