A Thousand Miles Up the Nile

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A really fun travel book; that is, fun to read while travelling, even if one is not sailing up the Nile. I find it harder to complain about modern travel, for one thing. These tableaux are supposed to illustrate the home-life of Rameses III, and to confirm the domestic character of the pavilion. Even the scarab-selling Arabs that haunt the ruins, even the donkey-boys of Luxor, call it the Hareem of the Sultan. Modern science, however, threatens to dispel one at least of these pleasant fancies. Wat een verrukkelijk boek is dit. Toen reizen nog een avontuur was, toen Egyptische oudheden nog half onder het zand lagen, toen je zelf onderweg nog eens een tombe kon openen, of een waterpijpje roken met een lokale sjeik. point and thence riding northwards along the bank, with the Nile on the one hand, and the corn-lands on the other. In the course of such rides, one discovers the almost incredible fertility of the Thebaid. Every inch of arable ground is turned to account. All that grows, grows lustily. The barley ripples in one uninterrupted sweep from Medinet Habu to a point half-way between the Ramesseum and Gournah. Next come plantations of tobacco, cotton, hemp, linseed, maize and lentils, so closely set, so rich in promise, that the country looks as if it were laid out in allotment grounds for miles together. Where the rice crop has been gathered, clusters of temporary huts have sprung up in the clearings; for the fellahîn come out from their crowded villages in "the sweet o' the year," and live in the midst of the crops which now they guard, and which presently they will reap. The walls of these summer huts are mere wattled fences of Indian corn straw, with bundles of the same laid lightly across the top by way of roofing. This pastoral world is everywhere up and doing. Here are men plying the shâdûf by the river's brink; women spinning in the sun; children playing; dogs barking; larks soaring and singing overhead. Against the foot of the cliffs yonder, where the vegetation ends and the tombs begin, there flows a calm river edged with palms. A few months ago, we should have been deceived by that fairy water. We know now that it is the mirage. That said, we’ve already covered Mary Anning the famous fossil hunter who provided specimens to the most renowned experts of her time. She was considered an authority as well. We’ve also covered Elizabeth Philpot another early fossilexpert and dear friendof Anning, who was renowned and respectedamongher male peers.

Edwards spent a great deal of time dealing with the mail, publications, and promotion of the Fund, to the point of depleting her own funds, and ruining her health. Though she was easily as educated as the men she was helping craft the careers of, she received little respect. So, she hatched a new plan for the final phase of her life. Amelia fue una mujer victoriana culta, curiosa, avanzada a su época y que gracias a la fascinación que sintió por Egipto y tras el éxito de este libro que escribió sobre su viaje llegó a fundar la Egypt Exploration Society y creó la primera cátedra de egiptología en el University Collage de Londres. of dark granite, overturned and but little injured; the second, shattered by early treasure-seekers.

Latest volume of the GRM is now available, featuring new texts from classical and early Christian literature, as well as documentary texts from late antiquity. Herbert, Kari (2016). Explorers' Sketchbooks. London: Thames and Hudson. p.100. ISBN 978-0500252192. journey. He is welcomed by the Gods, ushered into the presence of Osiris, and received into the Abode of the Blest. 29 The party consisted of the Happy Couple, the Director of the Luxor Telegraph Office, L., the Writer, Ahmed, and our host.

walls some interesting sculptures of cups and vases, apparently part of an illustrated inventory of domestic utensils. Three of these (unlike any engraved in the works of Wilkinson or Rosellini) are here reproduced from his sketch made upon the spot. The lid of the smaller vase, it will be observed, opens by In many tombs, the empty sarcophagus yet occupies its ancient place. 37 We saw one in No. 2 (Rameses IV), and another in No. 9 (Rameses VI); the first, a grand monolith Still Rameses III seems to have had a grand idea of going in state to the next world, with his retainers around him. In a series of small antechambers opening off from the first corridor, we see depicted all the household furniture, all the plate, the weapons, the wealth and treasure of the king. Upon the walls of one the cooks and bakers are seen preparing the royal dinner. In the others are depicted magnificent thrones; gilded galleys with parti-coloured sails; gold and silver vases; rich store of arms and armour; piles of precious woods, of panther skins, of fruits, and birds, and curious baskets, and all such articles of personal luxury as a palace-building Pharaoh might delight in. Here also are the two famous harpers; cruelly defaced, but still sweeping the strings with the old powerful touch that erewhile soothed the king in his hours of melancholy. These two spirited figures — which are undoubtedly portraits 36— almost redeem the poverty of the rest of the paintings. There were whispers about this time of a tomb that had been discovered on the western side — a wonderful tomb, rich in all kinds of treasures. No one, of course, had seen these things. No one knew who had found them. No one knew where they were hidden. But there was a solemn secrecy about certain of the Arabs, and a conscious look about some of the visitors, and an air of awakened vigilance about the government officials, which savoured of mystery. These rumours by and by assumed more definite proportions. Dark hints were dropped of a possible papyrus; the M. B.'s babbled of mummies; and an American dahabeeyah, lying innocently off Karnak, was reported to have a mummy on board. Now neither L. nor the Writer desired to become the happy proprietor of an ancient Egyptian; but the papyrus was a thing to be thought of. In a fatal hour we expressed a wish to see it. From that moment every mummy-snatcher in the place regarded us as his lawful prey. Beguiled into one den after another, we were shown all the stolen goods in Thebes. Some of the things were very curious and interesting. In one house we were offered two bronze vases, each with a band of delicately-engraved hieroglyphs running round the lip; also a square stand of basket-work in two colours, precisely like that engraved in Sir G. Wilkinson's first volume, 43 after the original in the Berlin Museum. Pieces of mummy-case and wall-sculpture and sepulchral tablets abounded; and on one occasion we were introduced into the presence of — a mummy! Originally written in 1877, the version of the book I got was published in 1888. I am grateful to my local library for getting me a copy from a local university, which was willing to lend me this somewhat fragile book. Sometimes there is nothing like an old book.distinguishing a single figure of that celebrated tableau, 8 on the south wall of the Great Hall, in Being on vacation gives one the time to read a book that has been on my shelves for some time, but had never seemed to have the time to finish. Most travellers moor for a day or two at Karnak, and thence make their excursion to Bab-el-Molûk. By so doing they lose one of the most interesting rides in the neighbourhood of Thebes. L. and the Writer started from Luxor one morning about an hour after daybreak, crossing the river at the usual Amelia Edwards enjoyed travel, spending much time in France and Italy. While in Italy, she would travel with her friend Lucy Renshaw. She is simply referred to as “L” in Edwards’ diaries. 3 This is unusual, yet bold for women during the 19th century when women traveling alone, even if in a pair, was not always socially acceptable. Yet, Amelia and Lucy did not let this stop them. The two women went on a pioneering journey of the Dolomites, a mountain range in northeastern Italy. According to her book on their journey, Amelia and Lucy set out in June 1872. 4 They traveled via train to Venice. From Venice, they left civilization behind, and headed towards the Dolomites. The Dolomite ranges contained almost no roads, scarce and simple accommodations with little comforts. 5 But Amelia, along with Lucy, were determined, no matter what obstacles or challenges they may have encountered. She wanted to write a detailed book that included all aspects of the area, good and bad, especially those off the beaten path. Her artistic skills came in handy in creating maps along the way.

Adjoining what may be called the monumental part of the building, we find a number of halls and chambers, the uses of which are unknown. Most writers assume that they were the private apartments of the King. Some go so far as to give the name of Temple-Palaces to all these great funerary structures. It is, however, far more probable that these Western Temples were erected in connection, though not in direct communication, with the royal tombs in the adjacent valley of Bab-el-Molûk. Some GR reviewers have been offended by things in the book. Edwards was a woman of her time, a Victorian and a daughter of empire. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile reflects that; if you can't deal with it, this book is not for you. Now, Rameses the Great, if he was as much like his portraits as his portraits are like each other, must have been one of the handsomest men, not only of his day, but of all history. Wheresoever we meet with him, whether in the fallen colossus at Memphis, or in the syenite torso of the British Museum, or among the innumerable bas-reliefs of Thebes, Abydos, Gournah, and Bayt-el-Welly, his features (though bearing in some instances the impress of youth and in others of maturity) are always the same. The face is oval; the eyes are long, prominent, and heavy-lidded; the nose is slightly aquiline and characteristically depressed at the tip; the nostrils are open and sensitive; the under lip projects; the chin is short and square. accidentally discovered under the mounds of Tel-el-Yahoodeh, 23 about twelve miles to the N.E. of Cairo.Below these "hareem" groups come colossal bas-reliefs of a religious and military character. The King, as usual, smites his prisoners in presence of the Gods. A slender and spirited figure in act to slay, the fiery hero strides across the wall "like Baal 16 descended from the heights of heaven. His limbs are endued with the force of victory. With his right hand he seizes the multitudes; his left reaches like an arrow after those who fly before him. His sword is sharp as that of his father Mentu." 17

Behold!" says the Pharaoh, "Behold, I have taken their frontiers for my frontiers! I have devastated their towns, burned their crops, trampled their people under foot. Rejoice, O Egypt! Exalt thy voice to the heavens; for behold! I reign over all the lands of the barbarians! I, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Rameses III!" 20 Walther, Bianca (22 April 2021). "The Eminent Lesbian or the Passionate Spinster? Posthumous Representations of Amelia Edwards' Love for Women". hsl.hypotheses.org . Retrieved 24 April 2021.After catching influenza, Edwards died on 15 April 1892 at Weston-super-Mare, having lived at Westbury-on-Trym, near Bristol, since 1864. [23] [24] She was buried in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Henbury, Bristol, where her grave is marked by an obelisk with a stone ankh at the foot. Alongside are the graves of her life partner of 30 years, Ellen Drew Braysher (9 April 1804 – 9 January 1892), with whom she had lived in Westbury-on-Trym and of Ellen's daughter, Sarah Harriet Braysher (1832–1864). In September 2016, Historic England designated the grave Grade II listed, [4] as a landmark in English LGBT history. [25] At Luxor, the British, American, and French Consuls are Arabs. The Prussian Consul is a Copt. The Austrian Consul is, or was, an American. The French Consul showed us over the old tumble-down building called "The French House," 44 which, though but a rude structure of palm-timbers and sun-dried clay, built partly against and partly over the Temple of Luxor, has its place in history. That he should, as a boy, have designed public buildings and superintended their construction is extremely probable.