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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 137

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tep (The Louvre, Paris). (Phot. Gaucher - Gudin.) brutality peculiar tothem on the worksof their masters. Thesphinxes of Amenem-hat III. show us plainlyenough the ideal theyhad in view; they produc-ed nothing to surpassthese, but we have sever-al remarkable works bythem executed underthe Twelfth… … Flfi. 221. SKHKK-KMSAF (Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Bnigsch.) thorian headdress which makes the face heavy. The colossal headfrom Bubastis (Fig. 218) and the colossal statues of Mirmashau(Fig. 219), now in the vestibule of the Cairo Museum, were hewnin broad planes from a recalcitrant granite, and…

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