Inundation as described by Virgil makes the villages of the Delta height of the, ii. 8, 9. same height as of old, ii. 8, 9. plough and hoe used after the, now rises high above the base of cattle rescued from the, ii. 6, 7. observations on the, ii. 248-250, led to the invention of sluices, 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 bridges over a river and ditch Khonfud, or clod-crushing machine, Killed, hands of the, i. 373. King called Phrah, "the Sun" -, feelings towards the, i. 310. duties of the, i. 312. King could do no wrong, and never -, prayer for the, and praise of the, mourning for the death of the, people could prevent the, being Gods laid their hands on the, passing through towns on his sacrificed daily in the temple, i. confidential advisers, or minis- respect for, ii. 226. was judge, ii. 202. could commute punishments, ii. wore his helmet or a wig in King's birth-day celebrated, i. 281. Knee, bow the. See Bow, see Abrek. Knives, stone. See Stone and Metal. Labour, division of, ii. 185. Lamps, festival of burning, i. 298; Land rented from the kings and cultivated with little labour, ii. overseer of the. See Steward. Land, levels of the, different, ii. 10, cutter, holding strap with his , great use of, ii. 105. supposed by Strabo to be im- of Pelusium, famous, i. 167. Leopard skin dress, i. 291, 319. See Leopard's spotted skin suspended on beauty of texture of, ii. 75, 76. , selvages of, dyed with Indigo, as dresses worn by votaries of Isis the word ekpins, "sincere," different qualities of, ii. 80. See Linus, song of, i. 97. 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. Locust in the sculptures, i. 234. rude, but the work fine, ii. 75. 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 Luxury increasing, led to debt, ii. 219. ornamented with heads of ani- number of strings of the, i. 115. Lyre of Greece, with three strings, i. construction of the, i. 115-117. seums, i. 116, 117. or Kisírka, of Nubia, i. 117. -, standing, i. 119, 120. of three strings really a guitar, of 18 strings, i. 115. with many strings might be in- Maabdeh, crocodile mummies at, Maces, weapons with metal head, i. Machine for crushing clods. See Magic, by a boy, &c., ii. 352, 353. Mándara, or reception-room, i. 10. Manufactures of Egypt, ii. 247, 255. of the army home after war, Mareotis belonged to Egypt, ii. 229. with sisters, ii. 224. Marriages of the Egyptian royal Masara, quarries of El, ii. 306. Master and mistress of the house sat Maut, the abstract idea of mother, Meat eaten without being kept, i. 165, 166. great quantity of, served up, i. Mecca. See Mekkeh. Medeenet Haboo, i. 73, 272, 284, 285, Medicinal plants in Egypt, i. 50; ii. Medicine, six books of, ii. 355. Mekaukes, Coptic governor of Egypt, Mekkeh pilgrims, the number of, Memnonium, palace-temple of Re- 407. Memphis, i. 209, 290, 295, 307, 331. 230. capital of Lower Egypt, ii. 229, "Menofr," ii. 96. Men and women sat together at a Menes first king of Egypt, i. 307. changed the course of the Nile, science before the time of, ii. Amun of Ptolemaic time would Mercury, the inventor of the lyre and Egyptian conquests in, i. 308. Mesoré, offering in the month of, i. Metal implements of Egypt and Metallurgy, skill in, ii. 133, 136, 156, carried to perfection in Egypt punishments, i. 418. bands of music, i. 104. Mina, men, or mna, weight, ii. 259, 260. See Neith. in Abyssinia held torches, i. 44. Months originally lunar, i. 299; ii. 252. erroneously supposed to be re- was the god Thoth, i. 328. See Mora, game of, i. 188, 189, 190. in vaults and ceilings, ii. 305. did not mention the future judg- See Maut. of the child found in Asia, chief, or type of mourning, ii. Mud, after the inundation, bushes of the Nile. See Nile and Allu- Mulkuf on houses, i. 6. Mummies, making coffins and ban- -, embalming of, ii. 383, 387. classification of, ii. 391, 394. of poor people, ii. 365. strewed over the ground by ,different qualities of, ii. 391-396. cloths, of linen, some coarse, ii. Mummy pit. See Vignette, ii. 400. Mummy's head seen in the coffin at Music, a Greek accomplishment, i. 94. allowed in religious ceremonies, i. 301. not in the temple of Osiris, i. of mournful kind, i. 301. instruments, the oldest were instruments of jingling kind, i. instruments had strings of cat- Musicians, six hundred, together, i. Natron lakes, nome of Nitriotis, i. Natural productions for decorative objects, the Greeks preferred the vivifying and producing indebted to the Phoenicians, ii. 132. Navy included in the army, i. 311. Nebris, or fawn of Bacchus, taken |