INDEX.
171
Mat-making, 104.
Mats with patterns, 3S, 39.
Medusa, origin of —, 160.
Memphis called '' Land of the Pyra-
mid," 3.
Men and women sat together, or apart,
at a party, 31.
Metallurgy, skill of the Egyptians in
—, 103.
Metals—zinc, tin, bronze, iron, and
steel, 99.
Mina and talent, 92.
Minotaur, origin of —, 159.
Mistakes about Egyptian subjects,
135.
Monkies assisted ingathering fruit,63.
Monolith of Buto, immense weight of
the —, 70.
Monuments, the oldest show the same
customs as later, 2, 11, 163.
■------had the same character of old, 2.
------, old—, of smaller size,136,148.
Mora, game of —, 14.
Mourners howled at funerals, 9.
Mummy brought in at a party, figure
of a —, 13.
Murrhine vases, and false murrhine,
49, 50.
Music, earliest instruments of—, 24.
------very popular, 19.
■-----, instruments of —, 19, 21, 22.
------, no gentleman displayed a know-
ledge of —, at a party, 21.
------, sacred —, 21, 2S.
------, bauds of —, 21.
------and dancing, 9, 14, 19, 28, 31.
Musicians blind, and often fat, 21.
Napkin for wiping the mouth after
drinking, 34.
Natural objects in patterns, some —.
44.
Needles of bronze, 123.
Negroes, or Nahsi, 133
Netpe and Athor, trees of —, 135.
Nou, or Neph, forming man of clay,
at the Creation, 85.
Obelisks before a temple, 143.
------, coloured ■—, 134.
Ornaments of gold, 93—97.
Osiride pillars, 145, 152, 153, 154.
Osiris, the judge of a future state,
130
Ottomans and couches, 38.
Painters and sculptors, rank of
—, 119.
------, inkstand or palette of—, 120.
Paintings in the tombs, subjects of
the —, 8, 10, 129, 133.
------in the tombs of the kings, 131,
133.
------of the Egyptians fettered by
rules, 119.
------on panel, early in Egypt, 119.
Palettes and inkstands, 120.
Palm-tree column, 151, 153.
Panels on walls, 150.
Paper of papyrus, how made, 117,
118.
Papyrus columns, 149, 151, 153.
------, early use of the —, 2.
------, manufacture of paper of the,
117, 118.
------, monopoly of the —, and its
effect, 118.
------no longer grown in Egypt, 118.
------, seals on the —, 71.
------bound up and sealed, 71, 117.
Parties, music, dancing, and wine at
-14.
Patterns on dresses, 41.
------on ceilings and walls, 42, 43.
------on vases, 44, 45.
------from natural objects; some
others conventional, 44.
Peasants, pursuits of the —, 72.
Pen behind the ear, 120, 121.
Pent-roof arch, 141.
Perspective, false—, of doors, 14S.
Phalanx of the Egyptians, 134.
Pig in a boat, a wicked soul, 85.
— not eaten, flesh of the —, 85.
Pigs rarely represented, 85.
Pigeons, carrier —, 132.
Pilaster with cow's heads, 155.
Pillar derived from the quarry, 152.
------, square—, 151—153.
Pillows for the head, wooden —, 39.
Pine-apples in vitrified composition, S7.
171
Mat-making, 104.
Mats with patterns, 3S, 39.
Medusa, origin of —, 160.
Memphis called '' Land of the Pyra-
mid," 3.
Men and women sat together, or apart,
at a party, 31.
Metallurgy, skill of the Egyptians in
—, 103.
Metals—zinc, tin, bronze, iron, and
steel, 99.
Mina and talent, 92.
Minotaur, origin of —, 159.
Mistakes about Egyptian subjects,
135.
Monkies assisted ingathering fruit,63.
Monolith of Buto, immense weight of
the —, 70.
Monuments, the oldest show the same
customs as later, 2, 11, 163.
■------had the same character of old, 2.
------, old—, of smaller size,136,148.
Mora, game of —, 14.
Mourners howled at funerals, 9.
Mummy brought in at a party, figure
of a —, 13.
Murrhine vases, and false murrhine,
49, 50.
Music, earliest instruments of—, 24.
------very popular, 19.
■-----, instruments of —, 19, 21, 22.
------, no gentleman displayed a know-
ledge of —, at a party, 21.
------, sacred —, 21, 2S.
------, bauds of —, 21.
------and dancing, 9, 14, 19, 28, 31.
Musicians blind, and often fat, 21.
Napkin for wiping the mouth after
drinking, 34.
Natural objects in patterns, some —.
44.
Needles of bronze, 123.
Negroes, or Nahsi, 133
Netpe and Athor, trees of —, 135.
Nou, or Neph, forming man of clay,
at the Creation, 85.
Obelisks before a temple, 143.
------, coloured ■—, 134.
Ornaments of gold, 93—97.
Osiride pillars, 145, 152, 153, 154.
Osiris, the judge of a future state,
130
Ottomans and couches, 38.
Painters and sculptors, rank of
—, 119.
------, inkstand or palette of—, 120.
Paintings in the tombs, subjects of
the —, 8, 10, 129, 133.
------in the tombs of the kings, 131,
133.
------of the Egyptians fettered by
rules, 119.
------on panel, early in Egypt, 119.
Palettes and inkstands, 120.
Palm-tree column, 151, 153.
Panels on walls, 150.
Paper of papyrus, how made, 117,
118.
Papyrus columns, 149, 151, 153.
------, early use of the —, 2.
------, manufacture of paper of the,
117, 118.
------, monopoly of the —, and its
effect, 118.
------no longer grown in Egypt, 118.
------, seals on the —, 71.
------bound up and sealed, 71, 117.
Parties, music, dancing, and wine at
-14.
Patterns on dresses, 41.
------on ceilings and walls, 42, 43.
------on vases, 44, 45.
------from natural objects; some
others conventional, 44.
Peasants, pursuits of the —, 72.
Pen behind the ear, 120, 121.
Pent-roof arch, 141.
Perspective, false—, of doors, 14S.
Phalanx of the Egyptians, 134.
Pig in a boat, a wicked soul, 85.
— not eaten, flesh of the —, 85.
Pigs rarely represented, 85.
Pigeons, carrier —, 132.
Pilaster with cow's heads, 155.
Pillar derived from the quarry, 152.
------, square—, 151—153.
Pillows for the head, wooden —, 39.
Pine-apples in vitrified composition, S7.