The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

Page Diodorus sA ccount of the Hippopotamus Chase. The Spear they used -- -- -72 A Reel. Fish cured and sent toM arket. Fish formerly in theN ile -- -- -73 Some A nimals, once common in Egypt, now confined toE thiopia. The accidental Visits of Hippopotami in Egypt 74 Hippopotamus and Crocodile not eaten. The latter killed by the A pollinopolites. Sacred Animals of various Parts of Egypt -- -- -75 Crocodiles kept and fed at a great Expense. Embalmed. Grottoes of Maabdeh. The Skill and Boldness of the Tentyrites in catching them -- -76 The Crocodile timid. I ts Mode of A ttack. I tsS ight under Water -- -- 78 Two Varieties of the Crocodile in Egypt. The Trochilus 79 The I chneumon. Probable Origin of theS tory of the Trochilus. Mode of catching the Crocodile -- 80 Serious Disputes ofT owns, friendly and hostile to the Crocodile -- -- -81 CHAP. IX. Fall of Egyptian A rt. The Persian Invasion -- 83 Style of theM onuments of different Eras. The Scale smaller at an early Period, and afterwards increased. They possessed great mechanicalS kill even at a very remote Time -85 Rules of Art prescribed, from veneration of A ntiquity. This Love of early Custom probably extended to theirS tyle of writing religious Works, as in other Nations -87 Resemblance toG reek Taste in some ornamental Objects. Glass an early Invention in Egypt -- -88 Glass Bead bearing theN ame of aM onarch who lived 1500 B.C. -- -- -- 90 The Use of Glass among the Ancients till lately disbelieved; and many still continued to limit its Invention to the Augustan Era -- -- 91 Use of Glass for Windows not suited to a hot Climate.
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