View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural History

already ancient antiquity appears Arabs authority body building Cairo called capital carried chamber character columns complete considerable consists continued covered described direction discovered edifice effect Egypt Egyptian employed entered entirely equal expression extent extremely fact feet figures four French give Greeks ground hand head height hieroglyphics human hundred important inhabitants interesting king known labour land latter learning length less mark means mentioned Mohammed monuments nearly Nile object observed once opened original pasha pass passage period Persian person possession present principal probable proved Pyramids reader regard reign remains remarkable represented river ruins says sculptures seen side signs similar soon statue stone success temple Thebes thing thousand tion traveller usually walls whole writers