View of Ancient and Modern Egypt; with an Outline of Its Natural History

Alexandria ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians antiquity appears Arabian Arabs architecture arms army authority Belzoni beys Bitter Lakes building Cairo called canal capital celebrated chafing-dish chamber character colour columns Copts covered Dendera Denon described desert Diodorus dynasty edifice Egyp erected Europe European eyes farther feet figures French granite Greek ground height Herodotus hieroglyphs honour hundred Ibrahim inches inhabitants inscriptions inundation king l'Egypte labour lake land latter length Luxor magnificence Mamlouks Manetho mentioned ments miles modern Mohammed monuments native Nile Nubia Oasis object observed pasha passage period person pillars possession present priests principal Psammeticus Ptolemy pyramids reader Red Sea regard reign remains remarkable resemblance river rock Roman ruins sacred Saladin sand sculptures side similar sphinx statue stone Strabo sultan Syria temple Thebes thousand tion tomb town traveller troops Turks Upper Egypt valley viceroy walls whole