istory of Art ix Ancient Ecyit. end. Like those which we have found in the tombs of theAncient Empire, they had a sort of magic virtue, a sovereignpower to save and redeem. The personages and articles of foodrepresented on the mastabas were shadows of people and shadowsof material sustenance,… … Fig. 182.—Entrance to the tomb of Rameses III. (From Horeau, pi. 21.) Representations of this kind are common enough in the royaltombs of Thebes. It will suffice if we notice those which arestill to be seen in the sepulchre of Rameses III., in the seriesof small chambers in the first two passages.…
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