William H. Seward's travels around the world (1873) (14598199988)

Identifier: williamhsewardst01sewa (find matches)
Title: William H. Seward's travels around the world
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Seward, Olive Risley, 1844-1906
Subjects: Voyages around the world
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ter wallrepresent, in regular chronological order, the events of the cam-paigns of Setis against the Bedouin Arabs, the Assyrians, and theArmenians. In one of those sculptures he is seen seated in hischariot in the thickest of an engagement, On the forehead of oneof his horses is inscribed his name— The Might of Thebes.The enemy flee before him, and take refuge in a fortress. An-other bass-relief presents a different battle-scene Here the enemyfall prostrate on the earth before the terrible countenance of ma-jesty. The king sits proudly erect in his chariot in his attitude oftriumph, followed by a train of prisoners in chains, whom he pre-sents to the gods at Thebes. Another represents the victoriousking on his return to Thebes, and welcomed by his ministers andcourtiers on the banks of the Nile, which are crowded with won-dering, awe-stricken crocodiles. One of the bass-reliefs is particu-larly interesting, from its being a contemporaneous confirmation ofJewish scriptural history :
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KING SHISHAK. 541 And it came to pass that in the fifth year of King Rehoboam,Shishak, King of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because theyhad transgressed against the Lord, with twelve hundred chariots,and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were withoutnumber that came with hinr out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Suk-kims, and the Ethiopians. So Shishak, King of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, andtook away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasuresof the kings house; he took all : he carried away also the shieldsof ffold which Solomon had made. Shishak is represented raising his arm and striking a long groupof prisoners who are crouching at his feet. At the side of thevictor are seen several fortifications which bear the names of townsin Palestine, which Shishak subdued. Still another tablet on thewalls must be mentioned. It recites the entire text of an Egyptianpoem, composed in commemoration of the victories of Rameses II.The obelisk of Queen Hatason, which