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LIST AND EXPLANATION

OF THE

PLATES, WOOD-CUTS, AND VIGNETTES OF VOL. I.



Frontispiece, or Plate 2. Supposed appearance of the court, built by Psamaticus at Memphis, where Apis was kept when exhibited in public. Herodotus describes it as having figures instead of columns; but as there is no authority for figures on all the four sides of a court, I have been obliged to suggest and introduce columns, and confine the figures, in accordance with the rules of Egyptian architecture, to the upper and lower ends of the court. Herodotus says it stood before the propylæa of the Temple of Pthah. Strabo would lead us to suppose it was before that of Apis, a building lying contiguous to the Temple of Pthah or Vulcan, which is certainly more probable. Herod, ii. 153. Strabo, 17. Vide p. 151. of this volume.


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1. Vignette A. View of the Pyramids, during the inundation, from near the fork of the Delta. On the hill, in the right-hand corner of the vignette, is a ruined pyramid of very ancient date, but not noticed by any ancient author. Vide Egypt and Thebes, p. 336.

23. Wood-cut, No. 1. A dagger from Mr. Salt's collection, referred to in p. 321. The handle is covered with silver,