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Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)

Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 176

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ose gods whowere considered as dynasts, or who had reigned in Egypt; butin the latter case, the gods can be recognised by their attributes,and especially by the head-dress ; the kings being distinguishedby their purely human forms, and by the richness of their costume. 154 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY.… … SETHI MENEPTHAH II., FIFTH RING OF THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY. the sacred tau in one hand,and some other divine attribute in theother, the urseus on their brow, and the head-dress of the god underwhose protection they had placed themselves when alive. The sameobservation may be applied to the queens.…

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