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Isis ; “ the seat; ” Ceres ; the daughter of Seb and Nutpe, and the wife of Osiris. 
Female form ; on her head a throne. Abydos. 
Neb-t-a, Nephthys; “mistress of the palace;” Proserpine; the daughter of 
Seb and Nutpe, and the concubine of Osiris. Female form ; on her head the 
hieroglyphics of the words “ mistress ” and “ palace.” Abydos. 
Haroer, Harueris ; “the elder Horus;” Apollo; the son of Seb and Nutpe; 
his eyes were supposed to represent the sun and the moon. Human form, 
hawk-headed, wearing the shent. Apollinopolis. 
Seth; “the ass;” “the desert;” Typhon; the son of Seb and Nutpe; the evil 
spirit. Represented, 1, under the human form, with the head of an ass; 2, as a 
dwarfish old man, clad in a lion’s skin, and wearing plumes. 
Taur, Ta-her, Thoueris; “the elder;” Tithrambo; the wife of Seth. Repre¬ 
sented, 1, as a hippopotamus standing erect, with a crocodile’s tail; 2, with a 
female face. Ombos and Nubia. 
Her; “the path” (of the sun); Horus, Harpocrates; the son of Osiris and Isis. 
Represented, 1, as a child with weak legs, and with locks of hair on each side of 
his head; 2, hawk-headed like the elder Horus, in the character of “ Avenger 
of his father.” Apollinopolis Parva. 
I-em-hept; “coming in peace ? ” ^Esculapius; son of Thoth. As a priest seated 
in a chair unrolling a book. Philae. 
Anup ; Anubis; described as “ the embalmer of the dead, and watcher of the gate 
of the sun’s path.” Lycopolis. 
Amset ; the son of Osiris; genius or judge of the Amenti, Neter-Her, or Hades. 
As a mummy placed upright. 
Hepi ; “ concealed number,” Apis ; the son of Phtha Socharis Osiris; the second 
genius of Hades. Represented as a baboon-headed mummy. 
Sebmautf, or Tuautmutf; “adorer of his mother; ” the son of Osiris, third 
genius of the Amenti or Hades. 
Kabh-senuf ; “refresher of his brethren ;” fourth genius of Hades. 
Hepi ; “ concealment, or number; ” Apis; the living son of the god Phtha. As a 
pied bull, wearing on his head the solar disk. Memphis. 
Bar ; the Baal of Scripture; the god of the Assyrians and Phoenicians. Represented 
under the human form or as a gryphon; in both cases with the head of an ass. 
Renpu ; the Rephan of the Semitic people. Human form; as an Asiatic, wear¬ 
ing a diadem, having in front the head of an oryx. 
Nubi, “Nubia;” or Nahsi, “rebel;” the god of the black people. Human 
form, with the head of a bird of black colour. Nubia. 
Ken ; the goddess Chiun of the Moabites and people of Mesopotamia. 
Anta, Anaitis; goddess of the Armenians and Syrians. Represented with a het, 
shield, and spear. 
Art of the Egyptians .—From the specimens of the architecture and 
sculpture of the Egyptians which remain to us, we see that their art was 
of a peculiar character, remarkable for its colossal proportions and mag¬ 
nificence. The earliest known architecture, the pyramids of the 4th dy¬ 
nasty, exhibits simple forms of vast magnitude, and of the minutest finish. 
In the more complicated structure of the tombs of Benyhassan, under 
the 12th dynasty, the elements of Doric architecture may be traced in 
the columns and triglyphs. Under the 18th dynasty, the columns 
have capitals, representing lotus buds and flowers of the lotus, papyrus, 
and other plants. The temples are rectangular, with heavy advanced 
gateways tapering to their summits, and doors of the same kind. The 
courts are hypaethral, the walls externally and internally covered with 
sculptures, and the approach generally by a dromos, or avenue of 
sphinxes or divinities. There is seldom any statue in the adytum, 
a living animal being in place of this. Other temples were hewn 
into the solid rock, and the tombs consist of galleries cut in the 
same material, having their sides covered with paintings and sculp- 
