Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 284
rated into the earlier hypogea, but if, after pillagingand demolishing them to make fresh use of their materials, theyderived texts and magic formulae from them, they had no needto borrow school motives. The designs prescribed for use inthe mastabas had never been completely abandoned,… … FIG. 506.—SKETCH FUaRK OF A KING (Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) processes had loaded them with detailsalien to the primitive conception. Whenthe political hegemony of Thebes was over-thrown, its artistic influence vanished raj)id-Iv, and soon, towards the end of theBubastite age, or under the…
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