s of nature and to turn themto his certain profit. It is easy then to understand that Egyptsaw the birth of the most ancient of those civilizations whoseplastic arts we propose to study. Another favourable condition is to be found in the isolation ofthe country. The tribes who setded there in… … Fig. 5.—The liastin.ado ; Beni-Hass.in. (Ch.iinpollion, pi. 390.) would perhaps be well to give some idea of the natural featuresof their country before commencing our study of their art. Theterms, Loivcr-, Middle-, and U(^pcr-Egypt, the Delta, andEthiopia will continually recur in these pages, as…
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![An illustration from Catalogue des monuments et inscriptions de l'Égypte antique / publié sous les auspices de S.A. Abbas II Helmi par la direction générale du Service des antiquités [de l'Égypte] ; par J. de Morgan, U. Bouriant, G. Legrain, G. Jéquier, A. Barsanti (1894)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-cataloguedesmonu31egyp-30-48.webp)
