 ... four faces. More than seventy such pyramids once rose on the margin of the desert, each telling of a king, of whom it was at once the tomb and monument. Had not the greater number of these sepulchres of the Pharaohs been destroyed almost to the foundation,...  The Oriental and Biblical Journal - Page 90edited by - 1880 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Heinrich Brugsch - 1879 - 550 pages
...of the Pharaohs been destroyed almost to the foundation, and had the names of the builders of those which still stand been accurately preserved, it would...years of the reigns of their respective builders. The name 'pyramid' — first invented by the ancients to denote the tombs of the Egyptian kings, and still... | |
 | 1880 - 356 pages
...giant building grew greater the longer the king enjoyed existence. And then, at last, when it became almost impossible to extend the area of the pyramid...telegraph that the long sought head of the Victory of Paionios has been found, unfortunately without the face. It is, nevertheless, a very valuable discovery,... | |
 | Stephen Denison Peet, J. O. Kinnaman - 1880 - 370 pages
...giant building grew greater the longer the king enjoyed existence. And then, at last, when it became almost impossible to extend the area of the pyramid...telegraph that the long sought head of the Victory of Paionios has been found, unfortunately without the face. It Is, nevertheless, a very valuable discovery,... | |
 | 1880 - 710 pages
...when it became almost impossible to extend the area of the pyramid further, a casing of hard atone, polished like glass, and fitted accurately into the...reigns of their respective builders. THE EXCAVATIONS AT OLYMPIAD It has already been announced by telegraph that the long sought head of the Victory of Paionios... | |
 | Heinrich Brugsch - 1880 - 268 pages
...of the pharaohs been destroyed almost to the foundation, and had the names of the builders of those which still stand been accurately preserved, it would have been easy for the inquirer to prove and make clear by calculation what was originally, and of necessity, the proportion... | |
 | Heinrich Brugsch - 1880 - 266 pages
...of the pharaohs been destroyed almost to the foundation, and had the names of the builders of those which still stand been accurately preserved, it would have been easy for the inquirer to prove and make clear by calculation what was originally, and of necessity, the proportion... | |
 | Carl Heinrich Brugsch - 1881 - 594 pages
...of the Pharaohs been destroyed almost to the foundation, and had the names of the builders of those which still stand been accurately preserved, it would...'enquirer to prove and make clear by calculation, how the size of the pyramids was originally and of necessity in proportion to the length of the reigns... | |
 | 1882 - 688 pages
...builders of these which still stand been accurately preserved, it would have been easy for the inquirer to prove and make clear by calculation what was originally,...years of the reigns of their respective builders." A Discovery of a Grand Hall NEAR THE PANTHEON, AT ROME. — A grand hall, exceeding in length the full... | |
 | 1880 - 846 pages
...builders of these which will stand been accurately preserved, it would have been easy for the inquirer to prove and make clear by calculation what was originally,...necessity, the proportion between the masses of the pryamids and the years of Urn reigus of their respective builders. — Brugsch's Egypt. SMALL CHANGE.... | |
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