Nectanebo, i. 17, 77, 86, 353, 430. Nefer (architect), statue of, ii. 177. Nefer-hotep, ii. 207. Nefert Ari, i. 410. Nefert, statue of, from Meidoum, ii. 187. Neith, i. 69, 301. Nekau, i. 24, 78. Nekheb (goddess), i. 63. Nem-hotep, ii. 202. Nepheritis, ii. 266. Nephthys, i. 54, 301, ii. 350, 361. Niebuhr, i. XXI. Nesa, ii. 185. Nestor L'Hôte, i. 4, ii. 15; his enthusiasm for the art of the early dynasties, 225. Nile, the creator of Egypt, i. 2, 3; its inundations, 4, 5; homage to the N. as a god, 233. Nowertiouta, ii. 294. Num-hotep, i. 35, 251. O Obelisks, the, method of erection, ii. 75, 169; ὀβελός, 170; ὀβελίσκος, _id._; O. of Hatasu, 170; _do._ of Luxor, 171; _do._ of Ousourtesen, _id._; heights of obelisks, _id._; O. figured in bas-relief at Sakkarah, 174; ovals of Ousourtesen I. on O. at Beggig, 175. Offerings, funerary, i. 139-43, ii. 384; tables for offerings, 143-4, ii. 362. Oliphant, Laurence, ii. 175. _Opisthodomos_, i. 354. "Orders," the Egyptian, ii. 85; asserted derivation from the national flora, 128. Orientation of the tomb, i. 157. Ornament, importance of the human figure, ii. 355; vultures, _id._; origin of ornament, 356; various motives, 357; ceiling decorations, 359; winged globe, 361; mummy cases, _id._; colour well preserved, 362; use of gold, _id._; graining, 363. Osarvaris, i. 159. "Osymandias, tomb of," or Ramesseum, i. 266, 375, 378. Osorkhon, 362. Ouaphra, ii. 266. _Oudja_, ii. 383. Ouenephes, or Ata, i. 207. Ouna, i. 151. Ounas, Pyramid of, i. 194, 215; mummy chamber of O. 235; the opening of the pyramid, 235. _Oushebti_, or _shebti_ (answerers or respondents), i. 146. Ousourtesens, the, ii. 45, 50, 72. Overbeck, history of sculpture, i. V. Ovolo (egg moulding), ii. 154. Ox, faithful treatment of, in Egyptian art, ii. 253. P Paccard, i. XIII. Painting; Egyptian painting really illumination, ii. 332; how a picture was begun, _id._; complete absence of shadow, _id._; tools employed, 333; colours known, 334; their chemical composition, _id._; good condition of Egyptian painting, 335; procedures, _id._; treatments of flesh tints, 336; distemper the true Egyptian method, _id._; portrait of Amasis, 336; easel pictures not unknown, _id._; colours of the gods, 337; portraits of Queen Taia, _id._; decorations of tomb of Ptah-hotep, 341. Palace, the Egyptian, ii. 8. Palestrina mosaic, the, ii. 288. Palettes, painters', ii. 333. Panels, grooved, i. 115; carved _do._, ii. 189. Papi, i. 235.