Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 274
tocostume by the fashion ofthe period. After theTwenty-sixth Dynasty itwould seem that the useof the wig gradually be-came less general, andthat it disappeared entirelyunder the Persians. Thepriests, who kept theirskulls bare for reasons ofprofessional cleanliness,lived, it may be said,… … FIG. 4Q0.—SPHINX OF THE ROMAN PERIOU(Museum, Alexandria). (Phot. Breccia.) ART IN EGYPT into a new path, and when artists copied the head so exactly,it was in the hope of securing for the double all the benefits
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