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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 156

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FIG. 256.—FAgADE OF THE HEMI-SPEOS OFBET-EL-WALI. (Phot. Oropesa.) god against evil influences. It is pro-bable that themajority of theRamesside templeswere built on thisplan with slight var-iations ; it per-sisted during thecenturies whichfollowed the fallof the Second The-ban Empire, andin its… … FIG. 257. -AVENUE OF SPHINXES AT WADI SABUA.(Phot. Oropesa.) ART IN EGYPT were some at Thebes, and no doubt in other great cities ofEgypt, the arrangement of which does not agree with any recog-nised type, Luxor, as conceived by Amenophis III., is inspiredby the same idea as the temple of Khonsu.…

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