Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 79
ore the same name. The Egyptians were intense believers in a future state,hence the great care bestowed on their dead, for theybelieved that the body should be preserved in order toinsure a state of bliss for the soul in the future world.Every human being had its double, or ghost Ka, aswell as its… … i :ci»« »« >■«!.«« I Fig. 83.—Amen, or Ammon, broaze.(P. & C.) Fig. 84.—Ptah, from a bronzeActual Size. (P. Sc C.) EGYPTIAN ART. 5q Ka statue, or image. The Ba, or soul, was sup-posed to be luminous. It is supposed that many of the animals and animalforms buried with and painted on the…
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