And these be Jambres, and the twelve priests of the cities of the north, and the innkeeper at Pithom, also the governor over the treasure-city, his soldiers, and others, who know the secret by now. ❋ Elizabeth Miller (N/A)
But our "treasure-city" had yet another name – a name by which it was known in later times, under the Ptolemies and under the Romans; and this more recent name was Heroöpolis. ❋ Unknown (1891)
It is needless to say that Jugurtha knew the possibilities of his treasure-city far better than its assailant. ❋ Unknown (1885)
This was reported to be the chief treasure-city of Jugurtha; could Aulus capture it, or even bargain for its security with the king, he might cripple the resources of the ❋ Unknown (1885)
Romans rushed in to seize the plunder of the treasure-city. ❋ Unknown (1885)
She sat in the sunshine beside her yellow river like the little treasure-city she has always seemed, without commerce, without other industry than the manufacture of mosaic paper-weights and alabaster Cupids, without actuality or energy or earnestness or any of those rugged virtues which in most cases are deemed indispensable for civic cohesion; with nothing but the little unaugmented stock of her mediaeval memories, her tender-coloured mountains, her churches and palaces, pictures and statues. ❋ Henry James (1879)
The little treasure-city is, if there ever was one, a delicate case -- more delicate perhaps than any other in the world save that of our taking on ourselves to persuade the Italians that they mayn't do as they like with their own. ❋ Henry James (1879)
I felt a sensation of relief when we left this spot behind, and drove upon a green plateau which lay between it and the treasure-city of the king. ❋ Unknown (1859)
The wide circuit we made along the plain afforded me a commanding view of the treasure-city in its progress. ❋ Unknown (1859)
Page view page image: go with me to Raamses, the treasure-city, built by ❋ Unknown (1859)
Turning to the south, the treasure-city of Raamses lay before me, the one half ancient and ruinous, but the other rising in grand outlines and vast dimensions, stretching even to the Nile, which, shining and majestic, flowed to the west of it. ❋ Unknown (1859)
It was this Prince Mœris, with whom Remeses was to dine in the palace on the day we drove to the treasure-city of Raamses. ❋ Unknown (1859)
Away, like the wind, we swept the plain in front of the treasure-city; along the plateau where had stood the palace and gardens of Joseph, the lord of Egypt; past the ruined strangers 'fountain, where I had talked with the venerable Ben Isaac and his handsome son; past a well beside which Jacob had his great house, during the ❋ Unknown (1859)
"treasure-city," here for the precious things of the Upper Nile country; the gold of Nubia and the elephant-tusks of Kush. ❋ Unknown (1891)
“well of strangers,” near the treasure-city Raamses. ❋ Unknown (1859)
Soon we shall see the city marked on the map " the treasure-city! ❋ Blyton, Enid (1950)
“These fields, Sesostris,” said the prince, “are where the brick are made which are to erect the walls of the treasure-city, one of the towers of which you behold two miles distant. ❋ Unknown (1859)
