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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 209

An illustration from Art in Egypt, 1912, leaf 209
ed from thatof Karnak, persist-ed under the suc-cessors of Seti 1.We owe to it theMemnonium of Ra-meses II. at Aby-dos, now half de-stroyed, and whatremains of thebattle-scenes ofKadesh prove tous that upon oc-casion it was ca-pable of boldness.After the com-pletion of the Mem-nonium, the work-shop… … A WALL OK THK HYFCXiElM t)E TAMEHI ATEL-KAH. (Phot. Insinger.) THE SECOND THEBAN AGE equal to that of Seti I., and in those ofMeneptah, Seti II. (Fig. 353) and Septah Mencp-tah, we find isolated figures (Fig. 354) andscenes (Fig. 355) which prove that it had longpossessed gifted artists. After…

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