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The Necropolis , or celebrated caverns , known as the sepulchres of the ancient
kings of Thebes , are excavations in the mountains , covered with sculptures and
paintings , still in the highest degree of preservation . Of these , Mr . Legh gives ...
The Necropolis , or celebrated caverns , known as the sepulchres of the ancient
kings of Thebes , are excavations in the mountains , covered with sculptures and
paintings , still in the highest degree of preservation . Of these , Mr . Legh gives ...
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... I am the king of kings , Osymandyas — if any one would know how great I am ,
and where I lie , let him exceed the works that I have done . Whether the prostrate
fragment mentioned by Mr . Legh was a part of this statue , or of that of Memnon ...
... I am the king of kings , Osymandyas — if any one would know how great I am ,
and where I lie , let him exceed the works that I have done . Whether the prostrate
fragment mentioned by Mr . Legh was a part of this statue , or of that of Memnon ...
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... allowing , therefore , seven heads for the length of the whole figure , its height ,
if in a standing posture , must have been equal to eighty - four feet ; a height far
exceeding that of the supposed € 2 statue of the King of Kings , ' which Denon.
... allowing , therefore , seven heads for the length of the whole figure , its height ,
if in a standing posture , must have been equal to eighty - four feet ; a height far
exceeding that of the supposed € 2 statue of the King of Kings , ' which Denon.
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statue of the King of Kings , ' which Denon says was twenty - five feet across the
shoulders , and which he calculates to have been seventyfive feet in height .
Several colossal statues besides this were seen by Mr . Banks of forty feet in
height ...
statue of the King of Kings , ' which Denon says was twenty - five feet across the
shoulders , and which he calculates to have been seventyfive feet in height .
Several colossal statues besides this were seen by Mr . Banks of forty feet in
height ...
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... Mr . Hamilton says , are nearly • three inches in length , ' They also landed a
second time at Thebes , and visited the gates of the kings , ' and the excavated
mountains . They likewise descended into one of the mummy pits that abound in
the ...
... Mr . Hamilton says , are nearly • three inches in length , ' They also landed a
second time at Thebes , and visited the gates of the kings , ' and the excavated
mountains . They likewise descended into one of the mummy pits that abound in
the ...
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| Título | The Quarterly Review, Volumen16 |
| Colaboradores | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Editor | John Murray, 1817 |
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