 | Josiah Priest - America - 1833 - 534 pages
...is now, in its state of ruin, a mile and a half in circumference. It has twelve principalentrances. The body of the temple consists of a prodigious hall...of the finest obelisks in the world ; they are of rose colored marble, one hundred feet high. But the objects which most attract attention, are the sculptures... | |
 | Josiah Priest - America - 1833 - 418 pages
...temples of ancient Egypt is now, in its state of ruin, a mile and a half in circumference. It has twelve principal .entrances. The body of the temple consists...apartments, built entirely of granite. The temple of 7vW.ro, • , probably surpasses in beauty and splendor all the other ruins of Egypt. In front are... | |
 | Josiah Priest - 1835 - 416 pages
...temples of ancient Egypt is now, in its state of ruin, a mile and a half in circumference. It has twelve principal entrances. The body of the temple consists...two of the finest obelisks in the world; they are of rose colored marble, one hundred feet high. But the objects which most attract attention, are the sculptures... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - Geography - 1840 - 612 pages
...now filled with its ruins. The banks of the Nile for an extent of between seven and eight miles, are covered with magnificent portals, obelisks decorated...The temple of Luxor probably surpasses in beauty and splendour all the other ruins of Egypt. In front, there were, until lately, two splendid obelisks of... | |
 | Benjamin Moore Norman - English language - 1843 - 418 pages
...prodigious hall or portico ; the roof is supported by 134 columns. Four beautiRUINS OF OTOLUM. 291 ful obelisks mark the entrance to the shrine, a place...all the other ruins of Egypt. In front are two of \he, finest obelisks in the world ; they are of rose-colored marble, one hundred feet high. But the... | |
 | Benjamin Moore Norman - Maya language - 1843 - 396 pages
...temples of ancient Egypt is now, in its state of ruin, a mile and a half in circumference. It has twelve principal entrances. The body of the temple consists...portico ; the roof is supported by 134 columns. Four beautiRUINS OF OTOLUM. 291 ful obelisks mark the entrance to the shrine, a place of sacrifice, which... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1846 - 604 pages
...miles along the river is covered with magnificent portals, obelisks decorated with sculpture/forests of columns, and long avenues of colossal statues....The temple of Luxor probably surpasses in beauty and splendour all the other ruins of Egypt. In front are two of the finest obelisks in the world : they... | |
 | Benjamin Moore Norman - English language - 1849 - 378 pages
...temples of ancient Egypt is now, in its state of ruin, a mile and a half in circumference. It has twelve principal entrances. The body of the -temple consists of a prodigious hall er portico.; the roof is supported by 134 columns. Four beautiRUINS OF OTOLUM. 291 fid obelisks mark... | |
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One of the temples of ancient Egypt is now, in its state of ruin, a mile and a half in circumference. It has twelve principal entrances. The body of the temple consists of a prodigious hall or portico; the roof is supported by 134 columns. Four beautiful... 