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INDEX.
Pipe, early invention of the —, 24.
Pirouette very early in Egyptian
dancing, 30.
Ploughing, 72, 73.
------with men, singular instance of
—, 73, 74.
■------light furrows, 74.
Polygonal columns, 151, 152, 153.
------masonry from the fracture of
the stone, 137.
Porcelain and glass vases, 4S, 49.
Porticos of temples, 141—143.
Potters, a numerous trade, 85.
Pottery, parent of arts in stone and
metal, 48.
------and metal vases kept distinct, 4S.
------ ------ require a different
treatment, 48.
------of Greeks and Etruscans, 48.
Precious stones imitated in glass, 50.
Priests and soldiers the aristocracy of
Egypt, 127.
------lectured the people on the tran-
sitory nature of life, but enjoyed
the good things of it, S, 9.
------had good music at their parties,
14.
------did not affect to disregard their
duties as husbands and parents,
through pretended sanctity, 80.
------ate no fish, 85.
Printing, near approach to —, without
arriving at the art of —, 71.
Prizes given at bull-fights, 19.
Pyramid, excellence of the masonry
in the Great, 2.
Pyramids of great size, though the
oldest monuments, as temples, &c,
were small, 136.
------on the western side of the Nile,
that being par. excellence the place
for the tomb, 131.
------, tombs at the —, of the same
early date, 3.
Pyramidal, or sloping line, 136, 151,
160.
------towers not attached to the oldest
temples, 135, 136, 143—147.
--------------, figures represented on
the—, 135.
Python, and Aphophis the Great Ser-
peut, 160.
Rebo taken as the type of Asia, 132.
Reclining not the custom of the
Egyptians, 35.
Red the most honourable colour for
man, 90, 91.
Religion, earliest state of the Egyptian,
11.
Rhad - amanthus and Amenti (or
"Hades"), 101.
Ehyton, or drinking-cup, 54, 55.
Romans made mistakes about Egypt, 7.
Ropes of flax and date-tree fibre, 115.
Sacred music, 28.
Sanctuary held the statue of the god,
141.
------, the priests alone had access te-
the— 141.
Sawing, mode of—, 105.
Scales of various kinds, 91, 92.
Scaraba?i of vitrified ware, 87.
------for funereal purposes, 87, 88.
------, with the head of a man, a hawk,
or a ram, and some winged, 78.
Science, various branches of —, un-
noticed, 103.
Scribes, sacred, royal, and public —,
121.
Sculptures, different in later times,
3, 135.
Seals of clay, 71, 72.
Serpent, "the Great," the emblem
of sin, killed, 132, 160.
Shadoof, or pole and bucket for
raising water, 62.
Shepherd invasion the turning-point
of Egyptian history, 12.
Shields the origin of stelas, 10.
Shishak comparatively of late time, 1.
Sieves of flax-string, but originally of
rushes, 115.
Silver, called "white gold," known
in Egypt later than gold, 98.
Simpula, or ladle, of curious form in
the Louvre, 125.
fimpulai, or ladles, of bronze, 123.
Sistrum, said to frighten away Ty-
phon, 28.
Snakes represented in the tombs, 132.
------ guardians of the doors of
Amenti, 132.
Soldiers and citizens unarmed, 2.
INDEX.
Pipe, early invention of the —, 24.
Pirouette very early in Egyptian
dancing, 30.
Ploughing, 72, 73.
------with men, singular instance of
—, 73, 74.
■------light furrows, 74.
Polygonal columns, 151, 152, 153.
------masonry from the fracture of
the stone, 137.
Porcelain and glass vases, 4S, 49.
Porticos of temples, 141—143.
Potters, a numerous trade, 85.
Pottery, parent of arts in stone and
metal, 48.
------and metal vases kept distinct, 4S.
------ ------ require a different
treatment, 48.
------of Greeks and Etruscans, 48.
Precious stones imitated in glass, 50.
Priests and soldiers the aristocracy of
Egypt, 127.
------lectured the people on the tran-
sitory nature of life, but enjoyed
the good things of it, S, 9.
------had good music at their parties,
14.
------did not affect to disregard their
duties as husbands and parents,
through pretended sanctity, 80.
------ate no fish, 85.
Printing, near approach to —, without
arriving at the art of —, 71.
Prizes given at bull-fights, 19.
Pyramid, excellence of the masonry
in the Great, 2.
Pyramids of great size, though the
oldest monuments, as temples, &c,
were small, 136.
------on the western side of the Nile,
that being par. excellence the place
for the tomb, 131.
------, tombs at the —, of the same
early date, 3.
Pyramidal, or sloping line, 136, 151,
160.
------towers not attached to the oldest
temples, 135, 136, 143—147.
--------------, figures represented on
the—, 135.
Python, and Aphophis the Great Ser-
peut, 160.
Rebo taken as the type of Asia, 132.
Reclining not the custom of the
Egyptians, 35.
Red the most honourable colour for
man, 90, 91.
Religion, earliest state of the Egyptian,
11.
Rhad - amanthus and Amenti (or
"Hades"), 101.
Ehyton, or drinking-cup, 54, 55.
Romans made mistakes about Egypt, 7.
Ropes of flax and date-tree fibre, 115.
Sacred music, 28.
Sanctuary held the statue of the god,
141.
------, the priests alone had access te-
the— 141.
Sawing, mode of—, 105.
Scales of various kinds, 91, 92.
Scaraba?i of vitrified ware, 87.
------for funereal purposes, 87, 88.
------, with the head of a man, a hawk,
or a ram, and some winged, 78.
Science, various branches of —, un-
noticed, 103.
Scribes, sacred, royal, and public —,
121.
Sculptures, different in later times,
3, 135.
Seals of clay, 71, 72.
Serpent, "the Great," the emblem
of sin, killed, 132, 160.
Shadoof, or pole and bucket for
raising water, 62.
Shepherd invasion the turning-point
of Egyptian history, 12.
Shields the origin of stelas, 10.
Shishak comparatively of late time, 1.
Sieves of flax-string, but originally of
rushes, 115.
Silver, called "white gold," known
in Egypt later than gold, 98.
Simpula, or ladle, of curious form in
the Louvre, 125.
fimpulai, or ladles, of bronze, 123.
Sistrum, said to frighten away Ty-
phon, 28.
Snakes represented in the tombs, 132.
------ guardians of the doors of
Amenti, 132.
Soldiers and citizens unarmed, 2.