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Art in Egypt (1912)

Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 219

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d, green or blue composition, and in some rare cases,of bronze, which come from private tombs. The Theban crafts-men were neither less skilful nor less inventive than the artistsstrictly so-called. This is most evident among the wood-carvers. The particularidea the Egyptians had of death gave rise… … FIG. 386.—BOX FOR COS-METICS (Museum, Cairo).(Phot. E. Brugsch.) THE SECOND THEBAN AGE jars and figurines, black sarcophagi with gilded figures, and,above all, the mummy-shaped coffins. On these, in many cases,

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