Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 315
nia for western jewelry obtained even at the court of the lastMeroitic Pharaohs, and the jewels Ferlini stripped from the mummyof a Candace a century ago, came from a workshop morethan half Greek. The exotic designs executed in gold for therich, were transferred to silver for the benefit of the… … FIG. 563. —SII.V?:R PLATE OF THMT^IS(Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) THE SAlTE AGE ends or twists which recall the old types of the Ramcssids: if wecompare them with contemporary Egyptian ornaments, we shallfind that they differ from tnem only in insignificant details, andif they were offered…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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