The breast, shoulders, neck, and head, which are those of a human being, remain uncovered, as also the back, which is that of a lion ; the neck is very much eroded, and, to a person near, the head seems as if it were too heavy for its support. The head-dress... Travels along the Mediterranean and parts adjacent; in company with the earl ... - Seite 151von Robert Richardson - 1822Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Robert Richardson - 1822 - 572 Seiten
...take a view of the sphinx. Sphinxes, according to Diodorus Siculus, were bred near the Troglodytae in Ethiopia, and those called cynocephali resembled...person near, the head seems as if it were too heavy for ita support. The head-dress has the appearance of an old-fashioned wig, or periwig, projecting out... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1823 - 608 Seiten
...the time, however, that we visited it, the Arabs and the wind had replaced the greater part of this covering, and the lower extremities of the Sphinx...projecting out about the ears, like the hair of the Berber! Arabs : the ears project considerably, the nose is broken. The whole face has been painted... | |
| 1823 - 804 Seiten
...the time, however, that we visited it, the Arabs and the wind had replaced the greater part of this covering, and the lower extremities of the sphinx...periwig, projecting out' about the ears, like the the hair of the Berber! Arabs : the ears project considerably, the nose is broken. The whole face has... | |
| 1823 - 602 Seiten
...part of this covering, and the lower extremities of the Sphinx were equally invisible as before bis operations. The breast, shoulders, neck, 'and head,...seems as if it were too heavy for its support. The bead-dress has the appearance of an old-fashioned wig, or periwig, projecting out about the ears, like... | |
| Michael Russell - 1831 - 376 Seiten
...antiquity, and hence that the lower parts were quite invisible. " The breast, shoulders, and neck, which are those of a human being, remain uncovered,...headdress has the appearance of an old-fashioned wig, projecting out about the ears, like the hair of the Berberi Arabs ; the ears project considerably,... | |
| Michael Russell - 1831 - 514 Seiten
...millimetres, d'une forme unique et irre'guliere. — Description de f Egypt. vol. ii. p. 52, AntiifiutKS. of a human being, remain uncovered, as also the back,...head-dress has the appearance of an old-fashioned wig, projecting out about the ears, like the hair of the Berberi Arabs; the ears project considerably, the... | |
| Michael Russell - 1831 - 536 Seiten
...metres 924 millimetres, d'une forme unique et irreguliere. — Description de C Egypt. vol. il p. 52, of a human being, remain uncovered, as also the back,...head-dress has the appearance of an old-fashioned wig, projecting out about the ears, like the hair of the Berberi Arabs ; the ears project considerably,... | |
| Michael Russell - 1832 - 514 Seiten
...antiquity, and hence that the lower parts were quite invisible. " The breast, shoulders, and neck, which are those of a human being, remain uncovered,...eroded, and, to a person near, the head seems as if " " Son elevation, d'environ 13 metres au-dessus du sol actuel, reste comme temoin et comme mesure... | |
| Michael Russell - 1835 - 356 Seiten
...antiquity, and hence that the lower parts were quite invisible. " The breast, shoulders, and neck, which are those of a human being, remain uncovered,...headdress has the appearance of an old-fashioned wig, projecting out about the ears, like the hair of the Berberi Arabs ; the ears project considerably,... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1842 - 820 Seiten
...his account of it before the reader. " The breast, shoulders, and neck, which are those of a 1m man being, remain uncovered ; as also the back, which...for its support. The head-dress has the appearance jf an old-fashioned wig, projecting out about the ears like the hair of the Berber! Arabs ; tho ears... | |
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