View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural History

Alexandria ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians antiquity appears Arabian Arabs architecture army authority banks Belzoni beys body building Cairo called capital celebrated chamber character colour columns Copts covered Dendera Denon described desert Diodorus discovered dynasty east edifice erected Europe European eyes feet figures French granite Greeks ground height Herodotus hieroglyphics history of Egypt hundred inches inhabitants inscription inundation kings labour Lake land length Lower Egypt Luxor magnificence Mamlouks Manetho Memphis mentioned ments miles modern Mohammed monuments native Nile Nubia Oasis object observed occupied ornamented pasha passage period portico possession present priests Ptolemy Pyramid reader Red Sea regard reign remains remarkable resemblance river rock Roman ruins sacred Saladin sand sculptures Sesostris side similar Sphinx stone Strabo success Syria temple Thebes thousand throne tion tomb town traveller Turks Upper Egypt valley viceroy walls whole