Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient LifeYaggy, L. W. (Levi W.)
History
Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient Life
Yaggy, L. W. (Levi W.)
Civilization, Ancient; Classical antiquities
Occupation of Women--Bathing--Wedding Ceremonies--Children's
Toys--Writing Materials--Families, Schools and Marriages--Duties
of Children--_Dress, Toilet and Jewelry_ (_Page 219-232_)--The
Chiton--Dress Materials--Styles of Wearing Hair--Head-Dress of
Women--Hair-Pins--Sunshades--_Crimes and Punishments; Contracts,
Deeds, Etc._ (_Page 233-252_)--Punishments--Laws Respecting
Debt--Contracts--Superstition--Cure of Diseases--_Houses,
Villas, Farmyards, Orchards, Gardens, Etc._ (_Page 253-270_)--
Character of the People--Construction of Houses--Plans of Villas--
Irrigation--Gardens--_Egyptian Wealth_ (_Page 271-280_)--Gold and
Silver--Worth of Gold--Treasures--Total Value of Gold 203-280
DOMESTIC UTENSILS.
Writing Materials--Literature--Curious Lamps--The Candelabrum--
Candelabra--Oil-Lamps--The Steelyard--Drinking Vessels--Colored
Glass--Glass--Glass Vessels--Articles of Jewelry--Toilet-Boxes,
Etc.--_Furniture_ (_Page 309-322_)--Chairs and Stools--Bed-Room
Furniture--Tables, Etc.--Pottery--Drawings on Vases--_Vases_
(_Page 323-342_)--Greek Vases--Inscriptions on Vases--Historical
Subjects on Vases--Uses of Vases--Vases Found in Tombs--Silver
Vessels--Decorated Vases 281-342
EMPLOYMENT.
Colored Glass Vessels--Imitation Jewels--Potters--Carpenter's
Tools--Professions--Husbandry--Rise of the Nile--Agricultural
Implements--Agriculture--_Baking, Dyeing and Painting_ (_Page
363-384_)--Flour Mills--Bread-Baking--Dyeing--Scouring and
Dyeing--Coloring Substances--Mineral Used for Dyeing--Cost of
Dyeing--Cloth Manufacture--Persian Costumes 343-384
TROY.
Ruins at Hissarlik--Settlement of Troy--First Settlers--Scæan
Gate--Call of Menelaus--Houses at Troy--Objects Found in Houses--
Silver Vases--Taking out the Treasure--Shield of the Treasure--
Contents of the Treasure--Ear-Rings and Chains--Gold Buttons,
Studs, Etc.--Silver Goblet and Vases--Weapons of Troy--Terra
Cotta Mugs--Condition of the Roads--Lack of Inscriptions 385-422
NINEVEH AND BABYLON.
Explorations of Niebuhr and Rich--Excavations at Kouyunjik
Palace--Sennacherib's Conquests--Highly-Finished Sculptures--
North Palace, Kouyunjik--Temple of Solomon--The Oracle--
Description of the Palace--Modern Houses of Persia--Chambers
in the Palace--The Walls--Grandeur of Babylon--Building
Materials--History of Babylon--_Karnac and Baalbec_
(_Page 461-473_)--Stupendous Remains--Temple of Luxor--
Chambers of the Great Pyramid--The Great Temple--The Pantheon
at Rome--Egyptian Obelisks--Obelisks 423-484
RELIGION OR MYTHOLOGY.
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