THE HIEROGLYPHICS ON CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE.
(The central columns were cut by Thothmes III., the side columns byRameses II. The Inscriptions at the base of each side are much mutilated,and those on the Pyramidion are not shown in the Plate.)
BY-PATHS OF BIBLE KNOWLEDGE.
I.
CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE:
A HISTORY OF THE LONDON OBELISK,
WITH AN
EXPOSITION OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS.
BY THE
REV. JAMES KING, M.A.,
AUTHORIZED LECTURER TO THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.
“The Land of Egypt is before thee.”—Gen. xlvii. 6.
LONDON:
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY,
56, Paternoster Row, 65, St. Paul’s Churchyard,
And 164, Piccadilly.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Introduction | 5 | |
| I.— | The Religious Character of the Ancient Egyptians | 9 |
| II.— | Obelisks, and the Obelisk Family | 17 |
| III.— | The Largest Stones of the World | 27 |
| IV.— | The London Obelisk | 36 |
| V.— | How the Hieroglyphic Language was Recovered | 47 |
| VI.— | The Interpretation of Hieroglyphics | 53 |
| VII.— | Thothmes III. | 61 |
| VIII.— | The Hieroglyphics of Thothmes III. Translation of the First Side | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |