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 (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · 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 ofingeniously grouped figurative signs, in explanation of the sub-jects, and combining with them far more happily than if theyhad been…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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