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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

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169

Epitome of life, the subjects in the
tombs, 70.

Fables from Egypt, 159,160.
Fan, object resembling a —, 9.
Farm-yard, stock of the — 74, 76,

78, 79.
Fauteuils, 38.
Feats of agility, tumblers', at parties,

14, 15.
Fish caught in large drag-nets, 84.
■------, abundance of—, and kinds of

-,84.
-------of the Lake Meeris, revenue from

the —, 84.

-------, some sacred —, S5.

-------, dried —, eaten, except by the

priests, 85.
-------, mode of catching, angling, &c.

— 80, 84.
Flag-staffs, with banners, of the tem-
ples, 145, 147.
Flax, uses of —, 115.
-------used for making ropes, cloth,

&c, 103, 104.
Flower-garden near the house, 65.
Flowers, the Egyptians fond of —, 62.

-------, abundance of—, 62.

Flute, 24, 25.

-------, a lloman —, discovered at

Home, -v- 25.
Fore-leg, the chosen part, the first

joint cut off —, 32.
Forms of vases, good and bad, 50.
Fortresses, old —, 148.
Four figures in the tombs of the kings,

the four races of man, 132.
Four quarters of the world, or the

four winds, 182.
Fowling and fishing scenes, 80.
Fruit, gathered —, 63.
Fruit-trees, standard —, 63.
Funeral procession, 9.
Furrows, light —, with the plough, 71.

Game of ball, 16, 17.
Games of forfeit and skill, 17.

-------played at parties, 1-1—17.

-------, some unknown —, 19, 20.

Garden, 61.

-------, flower —, 62, 65.

_____under protection of the asp. C5.

Garden watered by buckets, 62.

-------of several distinct parts, 63.

Glass, early use of —, 3, 48.

—- blowing; bead upwards of 3200
years old, 86.

-------bottles for wine in very early-
times, 86.

-------, discovery of the mode of

making — ; more likely to be in a
country where natron abounded,
86:

------, one kind of clay only found in

Egypt necessary for making a par-
ticular kind of —, S7.

-------ornaments and vitrified ware, S7.

-------not used for windows, SS.

-------, modern coloured windows of —,

88.

-------and porcelain cups, 4S, 49.

------, cast, engraved, ground, and

cut, 50.

-------, forms of Bavarian —, 50.

-------mosaic work, 49.

-------imitations of precious stones, 50.

Gods of the Romans, Cicero's difticul-
ties respecting the —, 7.

-------introduced into Egypt, new—, 11.

-------expelled by foreign kings, 11.

Gold omainents, 93.

-------vases and baskets, 97.

-------cup of Thothmes III., 98.

-------beating, 98.

-------known in Egvpt before silver,

9S.

-------rings used for money, as now

in Sennar, 99.

-------workers —, 91.

Goldsmiths, scales of—, 91.

Goose and sun on Greek vases, 158.

Goshen, Land of, cattle in the —, 77.

Grammars were invented ; language*
spoken long before —, 90.

Granite coloured, except when po-
lished, 134.

■------, early use of squared —, 2.

Greek and Etruscan vases, 4S.

------- columns and various details

from Egypt, 156—158.

-------mistakes aliout Egypt, 5, 6.

Greek* learnt much from Egypt, 5.

-------far surpassed the Egyptians in

taste and talent, 102.
 
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