Wilkinson, John Gardner; Birch, Samuel [Contr.]: The Egyptians in the time of the pharaohs: being a companion to the Crystal Palace Egyptian collections (London, 1857)

INDEX.



Adytum, sacred subjects alone re-

Arch, pointed —, from the Saracens



presented on the -walls of tlie —, 10.

(see Arches), 161.



Agriculture of Egypt, 72—75.

------, the earliest construction of the



Alabaster vases, 52—54.

—, 138.



" Alabastron," the name given to

------ depends not on the keystone,



ointment-boxes, 53.

the principle of the —, 138.



Amcnti, or Hades, 131, 132, 161.

Arches, the oldest of bricks, 137.



Amphora, common, 85.

------of bricks placed lengthways, 13S.



------, bitumen brought from Asia in

------, by the bricks being placed side



—, 85.

by side, 138.



------for holding wine, 13.

------well built ou the old principle



------fixed in the ground, or against

to a late time, 138.



the wall, in the cellar, 86.

------, oldest —, of stone, 139.



■------fixed sometimes in a ring of

------, of stone, imitation —, 139.



stone, which was the origin of the

------of stone, when first used, 139.



base of some Greek vases, 86.

■------at the Pyramids of Gebel Berkel



Angling, 80, 84.

built with stones placed length-



Animals, some not noticed in the

ways, 139.



paintings, 71.

------, fear at first of using pointed —,

------, skill of the Egyptians in taming

for covering large spaces, 139.



and training ■—, 76.

------,pointed —, at Gebel Berkel, 140.



------of the desert killed by bow and

------, earliest pointed —, 139—141.



arrow, spear and lasso, 80.

------, not from the intersection of two

------, oriental treatment of ■—, 76.

round arches, the pointed —, 140.

Anteftxcc of Greek temples analogous

------considered suitable for tombs in



to the Egyptian row of asps, 15S.

Egypt, 141.



Antiquity of Egypt, the great —, 1.

------in the form of a pent roof, 141.



Aphiphis, the great serpent and giant

Architecture, character of Egyptian



(see Serpent), 160.

—, 136.



Appendix to the Popular Account of

------influenced by materials, 137.



the Ancient Egyptians, this may

------, colour in —, SS.



serve as au —, 163.

------, various styles of —, borrowed



Apulian vases of elongated shape, 50.

from others, 161.



Arch, origin and use of the —, 137.

------, origin of Egyptian —, 148.

------, early use of the —, 68, 13S.

------, from constructed monuments,

------, oldest in Egypt, 137.

Egyptian —, 148, 151, 153.



------, pointed —, first used for cover-

Aristocracy, the priests and soldiers



ing narrow spaces, 139, 140.

comprised the Egyptian —, 127.