Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 200
orkshopssurpassed the royal ones, indeed, inmany cases, and the tombs of Sheikh-Abd-el-Kurnah contain the finestpaintings and bas-reliefs of theEighteenth Dynasty. The soft andductile limestone of the hill lentitself to all the subtleties and evento all the fantasies of the chisel;thanks to it, the… … FIG. 351.—PRINCE RAMESES,AFTERWARDS RAMESES II.AT ABVDOS. (Phot. Beato ) and rounder, and consequently less drythan that of the Fifth Dynasty; at thesame time the arrangement of the epi-sodes is richer and less immutable. Thehypogea of luaa, Kha-emhet, and a scoreof others, shattered, ravaged and…
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