Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 192
Fif;. 332.—HEAD oi- oM. 01 rill-; fA.NOHIC jAKS OI A.MI-.NOIMIIS l\. (Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) THE SECOND THEBAN AGE … It would have beenstrange if people so skil-ful in rendering the humanform had not been mastersof the treatment of ani-mals. The lion and itsoffspring the sphinx,the ram, the monkey(Fig. 313), the falcon, thevulture, inspired the The-bans in admirable works.Never was the facultyof welding the…
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