...lie says, — " it appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, \rere all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Nothing, we think, can be more animating than the following description of one of the temples of this...

...It was not till the 22d of July that they had a sight of the ruins of Thebes, and landed at Luxor. " It appeared to me," says Belzoni, " like entering...as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur. The...

...and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur....

...and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a taint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur....

...and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a i'aint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur....

...and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur....

...short distune? from ' the hundred-gated city.' His approach to those stupendous remains seemed to be ' like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...temples as the only proofs of their former existence. But the colossal bust which he had undertaken to remore, occupied all his solicitudes. When he first...

...and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur....

...and construction, that even the pencil can convey but a faint idea of the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long...as the only proofs of their former existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller, at once, one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur....

...impossible to imagine the scene displayed ; it seemed to me like entering a city of giants, who had been all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various...temples as the only proofs of their former existence. As I entered these ruins, my first thought was to examine the colossal bust I had to take away ; I...