Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 281
thewall, which they appliedeven to inscriptions. It thusbecame easier for them tocomplete their decorationwithout endangering theirfigures and hieroglyphicsunduly; but, on the otherhand, they secured integrityat the cost of flexibility;their works, reduced to theutmost simplicity of model-ling for… … v\(i. 503. PTOLEMY KrKI<(;KTKS fHAROING(Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) 260 THE SAITE AGE the same causes as at Karnak; we follow it step by step, fromthe pavilion of the doorway of Nectanebus II. to the shrine ofEuergetes II., the porticoes of Augustus and Tiberius, the doorsof Hadrian and…
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