...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 conflict...leaving the ruins of their various temples as the proof of their existence. The temple of Luxor presents to the traveller at once one bf the most splendid...

...feelings the traveller experiences on first contemplating these ruins, when he says—" It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict, were all destroyed, leaving ruins of their various temples, as the only proofs of their former existence." The remainder of 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....

...wonders of Thebes rise before the astonished spectator like the creations of some superior power. " It appeared to me," says Belzoni, " like entering...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Denon's description of the first view of Thebes by the French army> which he accompanied in the expedition...

...wonders of Thebes rise before the astonished spectator like the creations of some superior power. " fit appeared to me," says Belzoni, " like entering a city...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Denon's description of the first view of Thebes by the French army, which he accompanied in the expedition...

...wonders of Thebes rise before the astonished spectator like the creations of some superior power. " fit appeared to me," says Belzoni, "like entering a city...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Denon's description of the first view of Thebes by the French army, which he accompanied in the expedition...

...wonders of Thebes rise before the astonished spectator like the creations of some superior power, "fit appeared to me," says Belzoni, "like entering a city...temples as the only proofs of their former existence." Denon's description of the first view of Thebes by the French army, which he accompanied in the expedition...

...the whole. It appeared to me like entering a city of giants, who, after a loner conflict, liad been all destroyed, leaving the ruins of their various...as the only proofs of their former existence." The temple of Luxor or El-Aksor, that is, ' the Ruins,' presents to the traveller at once one of the most...

...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 conflict...leaving the ruins of their various temples as the only proof of their existence." SYRACUSE. TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN PRIZE POEM RECITED IN THE THEATRE AT...

...remains of pure gigantic architecture. Belzoni says that to him " Thebes appeared as if he had been entering a city of giants, who, after a long conflict,...various temples as the only proofs of their former grandeur." Were I to attempt any description of them, I should only expose my ignorance, as it requires...