In Isaiah 44: 09 – 20 this is developed into a satire on the making and worship of idols, mocking the foolishness of the carpenter who worships the idol that he himself has carved.

Howard's son later admitted that his father had carved the statue himself.

The Harris papyrus can be interpreted in two ways: either the captives were settled in Egypt and the rest of the Philistines / Sea Peoples carved out a territory for themselves in Canaan, or else it was Ramses himself who settled the Sea Peoples ( mainly Philistines ) in Canaan as mercenaries.

The principality, which he thus carved out for himself, was occupied, on his death, by Erispoé, duke of Brittany ; by him it was handed down to his successors, in whose hands it remained until the beginning of the 10th century.

By the end of his short life, Sviatoslav carved out for himself the largest state in Europe, eventually moving his capital from Kiev ( modern day Ukraine ) to Pereyaslavets ( modern day Romania ) on the Danube in 969.

: He's carved himself an image in the hearts of all

He may have prepared the tomb for himself, with vermin crawling on his carved skeletal corpse, but never used it.

The effigy in a niche on the north side of the chancel is either that of himself ( but carved 35 years or more after his death ), or of one of his successors ; dating from around 1300, it shows a king dressed in a long robe and mantle of a kind that suggests he may have been aping an English regal costume of the period, an idea supported by the fact that he carries a sceptre with fleur-de-lis head in his right hand.

As such, he is a protector of the fields against the incursions of the wild nature he himself represents ; that is also the reason that his name is invoked by traditional farmers, who present him with the first fruits of their fields, carved out from the forest.

According to an 1826 article submitted by a person well-versed in local history identifying himself as W. Reader, there was already a well-established tradition before his time that there was a certain tailor who had taken a peek at Lady Godiva, and that at the annual Trinity Great Fair ( now called the Godiva Festival ) featuring the Godiva processions " a grotesque figure called Peeping Tom " would be set on display, and it was a wooden statue carved from oak.

When Holvik revisited the area and asked Setterlund what the year symbols were meant to represent, the farmer confessed that he had indeed carved the stone himself, using a list of runes in a textbook, and intended the date 1876, adding " It sure doesn't take much to put some people on if they want to believe you bad enough.

According to an article in the New York Times it had apparently been carved by Rice himself in 1833, although a different account in the same paper says it had been carved by a celebrated figurehead carver called Weeden, and yet another article attributes it to Rice's former employer ' Charley ' Dodge.

Identifiable examples become numerous in the late Middle Ages, but if the definition is extended the first was by the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten's sculptor Bak, who carved a representation of himself and his wife Taheri c. 1365 BC.

Later, Bates carved a niche in the world of horror films and played important roles or the lead in several Hammer Horror productions, such as Taste the Blood of Dracula, The Horror of Frankenstein, Lust for a Vampire, and Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, in which he played a deranged doctor who mistakenly transforms himself into a beautiful siren.

Brand who has published an extensive biography on this Pharaoh and his numerous works, stresses in his thesis that relief decorations at various temple sites at Karnak, Qurna and Abydos which associate Ramesses II with Seti I, were actually carved after Seti's death by Ramesses II himself and, hence, cannot be used as source material to support a co-regency between the two monarchs.

The Italian carver Pistrucci claimed to have carved it himself.

Shingon founder Kōbō Daishi himself was said to have carved the image and used it in Goma sacred fire rituals that helped stop a rebellion during his era.

In 1500 Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI, carved for himself an ephemeral Duchy of Romagna, but his lands were reabsorbed into the Papal States after his fall.

He gets permission to bury her there, by himself with only a shovel and uses the part of the door with " Silver Fox + Logan " in a heart that he had carved into it as a headstone.

Ruse's gravestone, parts of which he carved himself, reads:

The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh, and to intimidate his Nubian neighbors.

Nevertheless Randolph inherited something of his father's literary flair, and carved out a career for himself as a journalist ( helped by the liberal employment of ghost-writers ).

Accounts of an undertaker arriving at his house to arrange drapes for the mourning, an elegy being printed and even a gravestone being carved, all culminate to Partridge publishing a letter in hopes to have a last word on the matter and proclaim ( and reclaim ) himself as living.

Known as a hardliner, Tohra had carved out for himself the image of a non-conformist with the powers-that-be in Akali politics and had taken frontline SAD leaders Surjit Singh Barnala and Parkash Singh Badal who had headed Akali Dal governments in Punjab in the eighties and nineties.

While lacking the wider ranging appeal of the 911, the 968 has nonetheless carved out its own niche in the hearts of enthusiasts.

Alongside other forms of tourism in Thailand, food tours have carved a niche for themselves.

Another type of burial, typical of Roman catacombs, was the arcosolium, consisting of a curved niche, enclosed under a carved horizontal marble slab.

Mims carved a niche for herself as an energy player off the bench spelling the aforementioned duo, while the rest of the squad helped shoulder the load in the wake of Jones ' absence with a strained Achilles '.

The Shanghai Macanese carved a niche by teaching English in Macau.

After her initial association with the Imagists, Marianne Moore carved out a unique niche for herself among 20th century poets.

Under Lewis's leadership they carved their own niche by specializing in an elegant, restrained music ( touching on bebop, cool jazz, third stream and classical music ) that used sophisticated counterpoint yet nonetheless retained a strong blues feel.

As the 1950s progressed, Baxter carved out a niche in this area, producing a number of titles in this style including " Tamboo!

Mervyn's carved a niche for itself by having a relatively no-frills shopping environment that reduced overhead, enabling the store to price merchandise lower than competing department stores in the area.

The most important element in the interior of the mosque is the mihrab, which is made of finely carved and sculptured marble, with a stalactite niche and a double inscriptive panel above it.

With the presence of journalists such as Steve Coll and Peter Bergen, New America has carved out a policy niche in the issues of Afghanistan and counter-terrorism.

Later, when ITV and the BBC were given permission to extend broadcasting hours to day-time, Border carved a niche for providing the ITV network with afternoon quizzes and light entertainment.

The niche image carved on the south wall is an ensemble of divinities assembled around the central figures of Shiva and Parvati shown getting married.

Quebec has carved a niche for itself in the field of Circus arts, where it emphasizes the European tradition of circus.

Doig first carved her niche in the entertainment industry at age 16, when she began accepting commercials and other modelling jobs from a talent agent whom she met while completing a modelling training course.

Boystown has carved a niche all its own within the urban fabric of Chicago.

FROGG, Friends & Residents of Greater Gowanus, and a group of artists carved out a niche in the Gowanus area.

Over time though, the series has found a following and has carved its own niche, as there are newer releases not found on Sega consoles.

Though he is not an offensive powerhouse, Bradley has effectively carved out a niche for himself as a tough, checking line winger.

Sanat Sinha and Japamala Ghosh carved out a niche in children's songs.

By late 1987 Caifanes had carved a niche for themselves as a dark contrast to the corporate pop / rock and light ballads that dominated Mexican radio and television during the 1980s.

Sewsunker " Papwa " Sewgolum ( OIS ) ( 1930-1978 ) was a South African golfer of ethnic Indian origin, who carved a niche for himself in golfing folklore when he became the first golfer of colour to win a provincial open in South Africa.

In 1892 he was elected an MP and in his early years he carved out a niche for himself as a parliamentary Churchman.