Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 228
rand delicate taste of the old goldsmiths hadbeen perverted by the models which war or commerce hadimported from Asia; it would, however, be going too far toaffirm this, before excavation has given us the equivalents inMesopotamia and Assyria of the treasures gathered togetheron the banks of the… … FIG. 402. —ONE OF THE BOATS OF QfF.EN AAH-HETEP(Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) the centuries while the Egyptian heg-cmony lasted. They modi-fied the habits of the nation to some extent, suggesting newneeds to them, andit certainly seemsthat the passion forvery elaborate jewel-ry came in…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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