Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 210
is reignof sixty-seven years, and he was no doubt ob-liged to employ all available artists, good andbad alike, to satisfy the exigencies of hismonumental mania: wherever the traveller goesin Egypt, he will almost certainly encountera stele wich bears his name, a statue, a votivebas-relief, a… … (-■■■ V -•V }] |r ^ i. ?■■ {■ ; 1 ii. P m.. . rt-d- FIG. 367. COLOSSAL FKilRE OF RAMKSES H. (Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) FIG. 368.—MEMPHITE PTAH (Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) clumsiness into which the artisans who workedon the hemispeos of Der and that of es-Sabuadescended. Yet it…
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