Inundation as described by Virgil
(Georg. IV. 289), ii. 5.

makes the villages of the Delta
like Islands, as of old, ii. 7.

height of the, ii. 8, 9.

same height as of old, ii. 8, 9.
artificially improved when low,
ii. 7.

plough and hoe used after the,
ii. 11.

now rises high above the base of
old monuments, ii. 9. See Bubastis.

cattle rescued from the, ii. 6, 7.
See Vignette at head of Chap. VIII.
- fêtes of peasants during the, ii.
52.

observations on the, ii. 248-250,

led to the invention of sluices,
Nilometers, levelling, geometry,
&c., ii. 249.

Joints of meat, i. 170, 171.

of peculiar form, i. 171.

on the altar, i. 264.

boiled and roasted, i. 173.

Ionic movements, i. 138.

Joseph sold, i. 417.

fort of the, called Atesh or
Kadesh, i. 400.

bridges over a river and ditch
of the, i. 399, 400.

Khonfud, or clod-crushing machine,
ii. 1, 14.

Killed, hands of the, i. 373.

King called Phrah, "the Sun"
(Pharaoh), i. 280, 310. (First ob-
served by the D. of Northumber-
land and Colonel Felix.)

-, feelings towards the, i. 310.
hereditary title of, i. 310.
either of the priestly or of the
military class, i. 311.

duties of the, i. 312.
companions of the, i. 312.
rules for the conduct of the, i.
312-314.

King could do no wrong, and never
died, i. 313.

-, prayer for the, and praise of the,
by the priest, i. 313.

mourning for the death of the,
and funeral of the, i. 315; ii. 366,
378.

people could prevent the, being
buried in his tomb, i. 326; ii. 378.
Coronation of the, i. 272, 273.
anointed, i. 275.

Gods laid their hands on the,
i. 276.

passing through towns on his
return from victory, i. 278.

sacrificed daily in the temple, i.
281, 313.

confidential advisers, or minis-
ters of the, i. 316; ii. 202.

respect for, ii. 226.

was judge, ii. 202.

could commute punishments, ii.
209.

wore his helmet or a wig in
battle, ii. 324.

King's birth-day celebrated, i. 281.
Kisírka, or Nubian lyre, i. 117.
Kissing a royal order, ii. 203.
Kitchen (woodcuts), i. 175, 176.
——, cooks and others in the, i. 177,
178.

Knee, bow the. See Bow, see Abrek.
Kneph, with a ram's head. See Nû.
Knife, semicircular, for cutting
leather, ii. 103.

Knives, stone. See Stone and Metal.
Koofa (Kufa), i. 395, 399.
Korayn, A'maree, dates of, ii. 37.

Labour, division of, ii. 185.
Ladles of bronze gilt, i. 185.
Lake of the dead at every large city,
ii. 377.

Lamps, festival of burning, i. 298;
ii. 71.

Land rented from the kings and
others, ii. 4.

cultivated with little labour, ii.
14. See Sowing and Grain.

overseer of the. See Steward.
alluvial deposit on the, ii. 11.
dries soon after the inundation
subsides, ii. 11.

Land, levels of the, different, ii. 10,
11.

cutter, holding strap with his
toes, ii. 104.

, great use of, ii. 105.
Lemanon, i. 403.
Lentils, much eaten, i. 167, 177, 181.

supposed by Strabo to be im-
bedded in the rock at the Pyramids,
i. 167.

of Pelusium, famous, i. 167.
porridge or soup of, i. 177.

Leopard skin dress, i. 291, 319. See
Prophet, see Nebris.

Leopard's spotted skin suspended on
a staff near Osiris, i. 285.
Lepidotus, fish, ii. 192.
Levels of the land. See Land.
Libation, they first began with i.
264.

beauty of texture of, ii. 75, 76.
--, singularly fine piece of, ii. 75,
80.

, selvages of, dyed with Indigo, as
of modern Nubians, ii. 77-79.

dresses worn by votaries of Isis
in Italy, ii. 74.

the word ekpins, "sincere,"
taken from fine, ii. 80.

different qualities of, ii. 80. See
Byssus.

Linus, song of, i. 97.
Lion, i. 224, 229, 246.

229.

formerly in Syria and Greece, i.

hunting, i. 224; ii. 341.

Lions trained for the chase, i. 221.

killed by Amunoph III., i. 224.

Liturgies. See Services.

Lively character of the Egyptians, i.
2,210.

Locust in the sculptures, i. 234.
Looms, horizontal and upright, ii. 85,
86, 87.

rude, but the work fine, ii. 75.
Lots, casting of, i. 196.

Lotus, i. 34, 36, 57; ii. 29. See Nufar.

eaten, i. 168; ii. 3.

a symbol, i. 257.

-presented to guests, i. 79.

a favourite flower, i. 57.

or nelumbium, not represented

except by the Romans, i. 57.

or Lotos, of Cyrene (a thorny
tree, an acacia), ii. 121.
Lowbgeh, or palm wine, i. 55.
Lupins, ii. 21. See Doqáq.

Luxury increasing, led to debt, ii. 219.
Lyre, fabulous invention of the, i. 114,
115.

ornamented with heads of ani-
mals, i. 114.

number of strings of the, i. 115.
used in sacred music, i. 129.
of the Greeks, i. 115-117.

Lyre of Greece, with three strings, i.
124.

construction of the, i. 115-117.
of the Berlin and Leyden Mu-

seums, i. 116, 117.

or Kisírka, of Nubia, i. 117.
, mode of tuning the, i. 117.
other instruments resembling
the, i. 118, 119.

-, standing, i. 119, 120.

of three strings really a guitar,
i. 86, 123.

of 18 strings, i. 115.

with many strings might be in-
vented at an early time, i. 84.

Maabdeh, crocodile mummies at,
i. 242.

Maces, weapons with metal head, i.
364.

Machine for crushing clods. See
Khonfud.

Magic, by a boy, &c., ii. 352, 353.
Magnetism, animal, effect on nerves,
ii. 353.

Mándara, or reception-room, i. 10.
Maneros, song of, i. 97.

Manufactures of Egypt, ii. 247, 255.
Marathon and other places, flint
arrow-heads found at, i. 354.
March of the army, i. 342, 404.

of the army home after war,
i. 415.
Mareotic wine, i. 49.

Mareotis belonged to Egypt, ii. 229.
Marriage ceremony and contracts not
found, ii. 223.

with sisters, ii. 224.

Marriages of the Egyptian royal
family with foreigners, i. 308.
Mars. See Papremis.

Masara, quarries of El, ii. 306.
Mashoash, an Asiatic people, i. 398.
Mast of the old ships of Egypt was
double, i. 413.

Master and mistress of the house sat
on one chair, i. 145.
Mat-making, ii. 86.
Mats, i. 68.

Maut, the abstract idea of mother,
333. See Mother.

Meat eaten without being kept, i. 165,
174.

166.

great quantity of, served up, i.

Mecca. See Mekkeh.

Medeenet Haboo, i. 73, 272, 284, 285,
394, 401.

Medicinal plants in Egypt, i. 50; ii.
351.

Medicine, six books of, ii. 355.
Medicines, ii. 351, 352.
Medusa's head like that of the Ty-
phonian monster in Egypt, i. 153;
ii. 263.

Mekaukes, Coptic governor of Egypt,
i. 37.

Mekkeh pilgrims, the number of,
made up by angels, i. 297.
Memlooks, club (or dabós) of the, i.
364.

Memnonium, palace-temple of Re-
meses II., usually called the, i. 401,

407.

Memphis, i. 209, 290, 295, 307, 331.
Pthah, the god of, i. 331.

230.

capital of Lower Egypt, ii. 229,

"Menofr," ii. 96.
Memphite dynasties and kings, i.
307.

Men and women sat together at a
party, i. 144.

Menes first king of Egypt, i. 307.
introduced luxury, i. 173.

changed the course of the Nile,
ii. 249, 251, 287.

science before the time of, ii.
251, 287.

Amun of Ptolemaic time would
have been recognized by, ii. 264.
Menophres, the Egyptian name of,
uncertain, ii. 255.
Mercenaries. See Soldiers.

Mercury, the inventor of the lyre and
of music, i. 84, 118, 123.
Mesopotamia, i. 308, 397, 403.

Egyptian conquests in, i. 308.
tribute from, i. 397.

Mesoré, offering in the month of, i.
299.

Metal implements of Egypt and
Europe of a different character, ii.

Metallurgy, skill in, ii. 133, 136, 156,
158, 159.

carried to perfection in Egypt
and at Sidon, ii. 133.
Military class, i. 336.

punishments, i. 418.
music, i. 104-106.

bands of music, i. 104.
Milk offered to the gods, i. 266.
Mimosa. See Acacia.

Mina, men, or mna, weight, ii. 259, 260.
Minerva, fête of, at Saïs, i. 296, 298.
reputed inventress of the trum-
pet, i. 104.

See Neith.

in Abyssinia held torches, i. 44.
Monochordium of one string, i. 125.
Monolith of Saïs, and of Buto, ii. 310.
See Saïs.

Months originally lunar, i. 299; ii. 252.
and seasons of the year, ii. 252,
253.
Moon, fêtes at the new and full, i.
287, 299.

erroneously supposed to be re-
lated to Osiris, i. 289.

was the god Thoth, i. 328. See
Thoth.

Mora, game of, i. 188, 189, 190.
Mordants, the use of, ii. 83, 84.
Mosaics, golden, ii. 305.

in vaults and ceilings, ii. 305.
Moses broke down the superstitions
of Egypt, i. 325.

did not mention the future judg-
ment, reason why, i. 331.
Mother, goddess, i. 332, 333.

See Maut.

of the child found in Asia,
Egypt, India, Italy, Mexico, the
nature goddess, i. 333.
Mourners, hired, ii. 366.

chief, or type of mourning, ii.
371, 373.

Mud, after the inundation, bushes
dragged over the, ii. 11.

of the Nile. See Nile and Allu-
vial deposit.

Mulkuf on houses, i. 6.

Mummies, making coffins and ban-
daging, ii. 117-119.

-, embalming of, ii. 383, 387.

classification of, ii. 391, 394.
offering and services to, ii. 358-
360, 362.

of poor people, ii. 365.

strewed over the ground by
Christian excavators, ii. 364.

,different qualities of, ii. 391-396.
Mummy cases, old, resold, ii. 363.

cloths, of linen, some coarse, ii.
75-78. See Linen.

Mummy pit. See Vignette, ii. 400.
pits, ii. 363, 364.

Mummy's head seen in the coffin at
an open panel, ii. 368.
Murder of a child by a parent, ii.

Music, a Greek accomplishment, i. 94.
of the Jews, i. 94, 95, 96.
military, i. 104, 105.

allowed in religious ceremonies,

i. 301.

not in the temple of Osiris, i.
301.

of mournful kind, i. 301.
Musical notation, i. 96.

instruments, the oldest were
those of percussion, i. 83.
instruments at first rude, i. 84.
instruments, combination of
many, i. 86, 89, 91, 92.

instruments of jingling kind, i.
89, 92, 93, 119.

instruments had strings of cat-
gut, i. 118, 122, 123, 125.

Musicians, six hundred, together, i.
91.

Natron lakes, nome of Nitriotis, i.
166; ii. 229.

Natural productions for decorative
purposes, a mistake to copy, ii. 288.

objects, the Greeks preferred
taking the sentiment of, ii. 288.
objects not always imitated by
the Egyptians, ii. 290.
Nature gods, i. 332, 333.
Goddess, i. 333.

the vivifying and producing
principles of, i. 332, 333.
Navigation, origin of, ii. 132.

indebted to the Phoenicians, ii.

132.

Navy included in the army, i. 311.
Neboot, or long pole, game with the,
i. 207-209.

Nebris, or fawn of Bacchus, taken