Observations on the remains of ancient Egyptian grandeur and superstition, as connected with those of Assyria: forming the appendix to observations on the ruins of Babylon / By the Rev. Thomas Maurice.

  • Maurice, Thomas, 1754-1824.
Date:
1818
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on the remains of ancient Egyptian grandeur and superstition, as connected with those of Assyria: forming the appendix to observations on the ruins of Babylon / By the Rev. Thomas Maurice. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    11/262
    euntent^ of On the obelisk said by Diodorus to have been ERECTED IN BaBYLON BY SeMIRAMIS, AND ON THE Colossal Structures of a similar description ERECTED IN Egypt. Page 1 to 38. On the DAGON of Chaldasa, its marked Resem- blance TO the MATSYA, or Fish Avatar, of India ; and on the powerful corroborative Evidence AFFORDED BY THE THREE FIRST INDIAN AvATARS TO THE Scriptural History of the Deluge. p. 39 to 49- On THE GREAT GOLDEN IMAGE set up at Baby- lon BY Nebuchadnezzar, and the immense Trea- sures, IN GOLDEN Ornaments and Vases, anciently contained in the Temple of Belus. p. 49 to 74.