Wanderings in Bible lands- notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine (1894) (14781324951)

Identifier: wanderingsinbibl00mill (find matches)
Title: Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Miller, D(aniel) L(ong), 1841- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Mount Morris, Ill., The Brethren's publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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CHAPTER XVII. TZtk^tolTZ Smaller Temple .—Pharaoh and his Queen.— The Battle with the Hithtes. AMESES II, the Pharaoh of the oppression, was a great builder as well as a great statesman and gen- , eral He did not confine his building operations Knt Hotted Nubia with magnificent tern- EgyP\rw Us of wn ch are recorded in extravagant f h deldl 0; the greatest egotist the world has erms the ^ M used th ( known. He not only ^ recorded hig »„ replaced by °<f ™*„„, L gre„ne„. i. f iUr of Ahou Simbel in Nubia.m°S S^ P the Nile a distance of one hundred and six , f m Phite we see in the distance the dim outlinety miles from Phils, we see ^ ^ ^ lit and --tired to a depth of one hundred and rune- 300
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WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. teen feet, forming the front of the temple, which is onehundred and five feet high. In cutting away the cliff, theface of the mountain was carved into four gigantic statuesof the king. They are seated on thrones with their backsagainst the mountain. These granite warders, hewn outof the living rock, keep watch at the portal of the temple,seated in solemn majesty as they have sat for nearly fourthousand years. The guidebooks give the following di-mensions of the statues: Their total height is sixty-sixfeet without the pedestal; the ear measures three feet andfive inches; from the inner side of the elbow-joint to theend of the middle finger the distance is fifteen feet.These figures give but an inadequate idea of the magnitudeof these wonderful statues bearing the features of thePharaoh who oppressed Gods people. The symmetry and beauty of the figures are as remark-able as their great size. The limbs and head are well pro-portioned. The coarseness and rudeness